Section 51 — Excise Tax Act: Goods exempted

The tax imposed by section 50 does not apply to the sale or importation of the goods mentioned in Schedule III, other than those goods mentioned in Part XIII of that Schedule that are sold to or imported by persons exempt from consumption or sales tax under subsection 54(2). The tax imposed by section 50 shall be imposed only on fifty per cent of the sale price if manufactured in Canada or fifty per cent of the duty-paid value if imported, of metric retail scales having a maximum weighing capacity of one hundred kilograms and specifically designed for the weighing of goods in retail operations, when sold or imported before January 1, 1984. The tax imposed by section 50 on the sale price of mobile homes and modular building units shall be imposed on only fifty per cent of the sale price thereof.