The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
S No. 33 ] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1974/JAISTHA 1, 1896
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MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 22nd May, 1974/Jyaistha 1, 1896 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 21st May, 1974, and is hereby published for general information: —
THE ESTATE DUTY (DISTRIBUTION) AMENDMENT
ACT, 1974
No. 21 OF 1974
[21st May, 1974]
An Act further to amend the Estate Duty (Distribution) Act, 1972
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-fifth Year of the Republic
of India as follows: —
1. (2) This Act may be called the Estate Duty (Distribution) Amend-
ment Act, 1974.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 9 of 1962.
Short title and com- mence- ment.
1974.
Amend- ment of long title.
2. In the long title of the Estate Duty (Distribution) Act, 1962 (here- inafter referred to as the principal Act), for the figures, letters and words "31st day of October, 1968", the figures, letters and words "28th day of October, 1973" shall be substituted.
(i) in sub-section (1),—
3. In section 3 of the principal Act,— Amend- ment of section 3.
448 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 1] (b) for the words "three per cent.", the figures and words "25 per cent." shall be substituted;(c) the proviso and the Table below it shall be omitted;
(ii) in sub-section (2). for clause (b) and the proviso occurring at the end of that clause, the following clause shall be substituted, namely: —
"(b) the balance shall be distributed among the States as follows: —
State
Percentage
8.04 2.70 19.41 4.93 1.66 0.64 0.85 5.41 3.94 7.70 9.31 0.20 0.19 0.10 4.05 2.50 4.76 %Q1 0.29 16.32
8.19".
Andhra Pradesh Assam Bihar Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Nagaland Orissa Punjab Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh West Bengal
Amend- ment of section 4
4. In sub-section (2) of section 4 of the principal Act, for the words "or in two successive sessions, and ii, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following", the words "or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid" shall be substituted.
K. K. SUNDARAM,
Secy, to the Govti. of India.