Rescission of additional duty notification under section 5A: central government revokes prior tariff notification in public interest. The Central Government, exercising the power under sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944, rescinds Notification No. 16/96-Central Excises, which had prescribed the effective rate of additional duty for specified goods of Chapters 15 to 96, on the ground that such rescission is necessary in the public interest.