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First Session, Forty-second Parliament,

64-65 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-232
An Act to amend the Excise Act, 2001 (spirits)

FIRST READING, February 25, 2016

Mr. Lobb

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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Excise Act, 2001 to provide that, in the case of certain spirits, different rates of duty are imposed based on the quantity produced.

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1st Session, 42nd Parliament,

64-65 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-232

An Act to amend the Excise Act, 2001 (spirits)

2002, c. 22

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1Section 122 of the Excise Act, 2001 is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):

Reduced rates

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(1.‍1)With respect to the first 100,000 litres of spirits produced in Canada in a fiscal year by a spirits licensee, duty is imposed at the rate set out in section 1.‍1 of Schedule 4.

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2Section 1 of Schedule 4 to the Act is replaced by the following:

1Spirits: $ Insertion start 11.‍00 Insertion end per litre of absolute ethyl alcohol contained in the spirits.

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1.‍1Spirits: $6.‍00 per litre of absolute ethyl alcohol contained in the spirits.

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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons

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