Effective duty rates adjusted for specified goods, substituting notified rate entries and raising ad valorem duties effective early September. The notification amends Notification Nos. 8/96-C.E. and 16/96-C.E. by substituting specified table entries: several column (3) figures '25' are replaced by '30' and certain column (4) ad valorem rates are increased (including substitutions from '4% ad valorem' to '4.8% ad valorem' and from '10% ad valorem' to '12% ad valorem'). The amendments are made under section 5A(1) of the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944 and take effect from the 4th day of September, 1996.