(J) The permissible quota of dhoties which may be packed during any quarter by any mill shall be one-fourth of sixty per cent, of the total quantity of dhoties packed by that mill during the relevant period.
Explanation I.—For the purposes of sub-section (1), the Central Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, fix for all mills any period of twelve months which has expired before the commencement of this Ordinance is the relevant period, and where any such period has been so fixed, the total quantity of dhoties packed by any mill during that period shall be determined with reference to the returns furnished in that behalf by the mill to the Textile Commissioner to the Government of India under the Cotton Textiles (Control) Order, 1948.
Explanation II.—The permissible quota for the quarter of the year 1953 remaining unexpired at the commencement of this Ordinance shall bear the same proportion to one-fourth of the said sixty per cent, as the total number of days remaining unexpired bears to the total number of days in the quarter.
(2j Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), if, in the case of any mill or class of mills, the Central Government is of opinion that due to economic reasons connected with the nature of the machinery or other equipment installed therein a higher percentage than that specified in sub-section (1) should be fixed in respect thereof, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, fix the permissible quota for a quarter for the mill or class of mills as one-fourth of such higher percentage as it may think fit, and where any such notification has been issued, the quota so fixed shall be deemed to be the permissible quota for the mill or class of mills within the meaning of this Ordinance.
4. Levy of additional duty of excise on dhoties.-—(1) Where the quantity of dhoties packed by any mill on or after the commencement of this Ordinance exceeds in any quarter the permissible quota for that quarter, there shall be levied and collected on that quantity of dhoties which is in excess of the permissible quota a duty of excise at the rate or rates which may be applicable thereto as specified in the Schedule.
(2) The duty of excise referred to in sub-section (1) shall be in addition to the duty of excise chargeable on cloth under the Central gao 1] THE GAZETTE OF IJJDIA EXTRAOEDINiAEY 373 Excises and Salt Act, 1944 (I of 1944), and the Khadi and other Handloom Industries Development (Additional Excise Duty on Cloth) Act, 1953 (12 of 1953), and shall be levied and collected in the same manner as the duty of excise on cloth is levied and collected under the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944, and the provisions of that Act and the rules thereunder, as far as may be applicable in this behalf, shall apply accordingly,