Section 7. Purpose of levy of cess.

(1) The cess shall be levied for the purposes of meeting expenditure on the national security of India and for public health. (2) The proceeds of the cess levied under section 4 shall first be credited to the Consolidated Fund of India and the Central Government may, after due appropriation made by Parliament by law in this behalf, utilise such sums of money of the cess for the purposes specified in sub-section (1), as it may consider necessary. (3) For the purposes of utilisation of the cess, the Central Government may specify such activities, schemes and programmes for national security or, as the case may be, for public health, as may be prescribed.