Law Ministry allows FBR to impose health levy on tobacco products Peshawar May 28, 2021 PESHAWAR: The Ministry of Law and Justice has allowed the Federal Board of Revenue [FBR] to impose the health levy on tobacco products through an ordinary bill or through an ordinance before the upcoming budget. In response to a letter of the FBR, the law ministry has said the proposed federal health levy would fall within the definition of fiscal laws for the purpose of the act. “In the light of the restriction in the use of funds collected pursuant to the proposed law, it will not constitute a money bill,” the law ministry said in a letter to the FBR.