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(1) No octroi shall be leviable on any article which, at the time of its importation, is certified by an officer empowered by the Government in this behalf to be the property of the State, to be used or intended to be used solely for public purposes and not to be used or intended to be used for purposes of profit. (2) If any article on which octroi is payable is imported under a written declaration signed by the importer that such article is being imported for the purpose of fulfilling a specified contract with the Government or otherwise for the use of the Government the amount if any of the octroi paid thereon shall be refunded in full on production, at any time within six months after importation, of a certificate signed by an officer empowered by the Government in this behalf stating that the article so imported has become the property of the State, is used or intended to be used solely for a public purpose and is not used or intended to be used for purposes of profit.