रजिस्ट्रीसं ० डी-(डी) -72
REGISTERED No. D- (D ) -72
ZL SECREAS
भारतको The Gazette of Judio
असाधारण
EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II खण्ड 1
PART II-Section 1
प्राधिकार से प्रकाशित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
सं० 25]
No. 25]
नई दिल्ली, सोमवार, मई 21, 1979/ बैशाख 31 , 1901 NEW DELHI , MONDAY, MAY 21 , 1979 / VAISAKΗΑ 31, 1901
इस भाग में भिन्न पृष्ठ संख्या दी जाती हैं जिससे कि यह अलग संकलन के रूप में रखा जा सके ।
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MINISTRY OF LAW , JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi , the 21st May , 1979 / Vaisakha 31 , 1901 ( Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 20th May , 1979 , and is hereby published for general information: ---
THE UNION DUTIES OF EXCISE ( DISTRIBUTION )
ACT, 1979
NO . 24 OF 1979
[20th May , 1979 ]
An Act to provide for the payment out of the Consolidated Fund of India of sums equivalent to a part of the net proceeds of certain Union duties of excise to the States to which the law imposing the duty extends and for the distribution of those sums among those States in accordance with the principles recommended by the Finance Commission in its report dated the 28th day of October , 1978 .
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirtieth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-
1. ( 1 ) This Act may be called the Union Duties of Excise (Distribu- tion) Act , 1979 .
Short title and com- mence- ment.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April , 1979.
Defint- tion .
I of 1944 .
2. In this Act , the expression " distributable Union duties of excise " means forty per cent . of the net proceeds of Union duties of excise , other than on electricity , levied and collected under the Central Excises and Salt Act , 1944 and any other law for the levy and collection of such duty, unless the law earmarks the proceeds of the duty for any special purpose.
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THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY
Explanation. The expression " net proceeds " has the same meaning as in clause (1) of article 279 of the Constitution .
3. During each of the financial years commencing on and after the 1st day of April , 1979 there shall be paid, out of the Consolidated Fund of India , to the States sums equivalent to the distributable Union duties of excise levied and collected in that year and those sums shall be distributed to each of the States specified in column ( 1) of the Table below in such percentage as is set out against it in column (2 ) : -
TABLE
(1)
State
Andhra Pradesh Payment to States of sums equiva- lent to a part of the net proceeds of Union duties of excise and distri- bution of the sums among them.
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
(2)
Percentage
7.698
2.793
13.025
4.103
1.177
0.521
0.839
4.877
4.036
8.727
6.633
0.218
0.200
0.097
4.682
1.226
4.813
7.641
0.373
18.293
8.028
4. The expenditure on the payments in pursuance of section 3 shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund of India .
Payment to be charged on the Consoli- dated Fund of India.
Power to make rules.
5. (1 ) The Central Government may , by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules providing for the time at which and the manner in which, any payments under this Act are to be made, for the making of adjustments between one financial year and another and for any other incidental or ancillary matters .
THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY
SEC. 1 ]
203
(2) Every rule made under this section shall be laid , as soon as may be after it is made , before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions , and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect , as the case may be; so, however , that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.
3 of 1962 .
Repeal, 6. The Union Duties of Excise (Distribution ) Act, 1962 , shall , as from the 1st day of April , 1979 stand repealed .
R. V. S. PERI SASTRI , Secy. to the Govt . of India .
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