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▪ 2017 } | 17 { No. 28 Poudouchéry M ercredi 1 7 M a i 2017
No. Puducherry Wednesday 17 th May 2017
( 27 Vaisakha 1939 )
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
LAW DEPARTMENT
No. 112/Leg./2017-LD.
Puducherry, the 15th May 2017.
The following Act of the Legislative Assembly, Puducherry received
the assent of the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, on the 9th day of
May, 2017 and is hereby published for general information :—
[305] 306 LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT [P ART–II
THE PUDUCHERRY MUNICIPALITIES
(AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017
(Act No. 5 of 2017)
(9-5-2017)
AN
AC T
further to amend the Puducherry Municipalities
Act, 1973.
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of
Puducherry in the Sixty-eighth Year of the Republic of
India as follows :—
1. (1) This Act may be called the Puducherry
Short title and commencement.
Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 2017.
(2) It shall come into force with effect from
the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Puducherry Municipalities Act, 1973
Amendment of Schedule-IV. (hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act), for
Schedule-IV, the following Schedule shall be substituted,
namely:–
SCHEDULE-IV
[See section 144(1)(b)]
PROFESSION TAX
Persons shall be assessed by the Commissioner to Provided that such scale shall be subject to the
maximum specified against each class.
307
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Class Half-yearly Maximum
income half-yearly tax From To
(1) (2) (3) (4)
` ` `
I Up to 99,999 ......... Nil
II 1,00,000 2,00,000 250
III 2,00,001 3,00,000 500
IV 3,00,001 4,00,000 750
V 4,00,001 5,00,000 1,000
VI 5,00,001 ......... 1,250
and above
3. In the said Principal Act, 1973, in section 152,—
Amendment of section 152.
Act No. 9 of 1973.
(i) for sub-section (1) the following sub-section
shall be substituted, namely:–
"Every person who erects, exhibits, fixes or
retains upon or over any land, building, wall,
hoarding or structure any advertisement or who
displays any advertisement to public view in any
manner whatsoever, in any place whether public or
private, shall pay on every advertisement which is so
(ii) for the existing Schedule-VII, the following
Schedule shall be substituted, namely:– 308 LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT [P ART–II
SCHEDULE-VII
(See section 152)
TAX ON ADVERTISEMENT OTHER THAN ADVERTISEMENTS
PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPERS
Tax on advertisement other than advertisements published in the
newspapers shall be levied at such rates which shall not be less than
the following:–
Sl. Description of advertisements Minimum
No.
half-yearly tax
(1)
(2)
(3)
`
1 Illuminated advertisements on 200 per sq.mt.
land, building, wall hoardings
or frame, post, structures, etc.
2 Illuminated advertisement boards 250 per sq.mt.
carried on vehicles including
automobiles.
3 Non-Illuminated advertisements 100 per sq.mt.
on land, building, wall hoardings,
frame, post, structures, etc.
4 Non-Illuminated advertisements 100 per sq.mt.
suspended across streets.
5 Non-Illuminated advertisements 130 per sq.mt.
carried on vehicles including
automobiles.
6 Non-Illuminated advertisement 50 per sq.mt.
hoardings, standing blank but,
bearing the name of the advertiser
or with the announcement "To be
let" displayed thereon:
7 "Electronic Display Board". 500 per sq.mt.
309
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(iii) In sub-section (2), the following clause shall
be substituted, namely:–
"The rates of the tax shall be determined by the
Council subject to the condition that they shall not
be less than the minimum laid down in that
Schedule:".
N. MURUGAVEL,
Under Secretary to Government (Law).
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