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1 [30-A. (1) Until provision to the contrary is made by the 2 [Parliament] the 3 [State Government] may continue to levy any duty to which this section applies which it was lawfully levying immediately before the commencement of 4 [the Constitution] under this chapter as then in force. (2) The duties to which this section applies are (a) any duty on intoxicants 5 [or medicinal or toilet preparations containing alcohol] which are not excisable articles within the meaning of this Act ; and (b) any duty on an excisable article produced outside India and imported into 6 [Uttar Pradesh] whether across a customs frontier as defined by the Central Government customs frontier as defined by the Central Government or not. (3) Nothing in this section shall authorize the levy by the 3 [State Government] of any duty which, as between goods manufactured or produced in the 7 [State], and similar goods not so manufactured or produced, discriminates in favour of the former, or which, in the case of goods manufactured or produced outside the 7 [State], discriminates between goods manufactured or produced in one locality and similar goods manufactured or produced in another locality. ]