The Assam Amusements and Betting Tax (Amendment) Act, 2002

Registered No. - 768/97 R ttjA u "TOA THE ASSAM GAZETTE vspnsfwcf EXTRAORDINARY ?Th3 <^4^ PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY 4? 374 f?l<p, W -M 10 GT’, 2002, 20 1924(4T) No. 374 Dispur, Friday, 10th May, 2002, 20th Vaisakha, 1924 (S.E.) GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM ORDERS BY THE GOVERNOR LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT : : LEGISLATIVE BRANCH NOTIFICATION The 9th May, 2002 No. LGL.21/2002/5.--The following Act of the Assam Legislative Assembly which received the assent of the Governor is hereby published for general information. V 3174 THE ASSA.M GAZETTE. EXTRAORDINARY MAY 10 2002 ASSAM A C T No. V III O F 2002 (Received the assent of the Governor on 1st May, 2002) THE ASSAM AMUSEMENTS AND BETTING TAX(AMENDMENT) ACT. 2002 AN ACT further to amend the Assam Amusements and Betting Tax Act, 1939. Preamble. Whereas it is expedient further to amend Assam the Assam Amusements and Belting Tax Act, Act II of 1939, hereinafter referred to as the principal Act, 1939. in the manner hereinafter appearing ; It is hereby enacted in the Fifty-third Year o f Republic of India as follows Short title. I. (1) This Act may be called the Assam extent ami Amusements and Betting Tax (Amendment) Act. ment. Amendment of Section 3. Amendment of Section 4. (2) It shall have the like extent as the principal Act. (3) It shall come intoforce at once. 2. In the principal Act, in section 3, in sub-section (I), in clause (cl). in sub-clause (ii). for the words "rupee one and fifty paise”, the words “rupees two and fifty paise" shall be substituted 3. In the principal Act, in section 4, after clause (a), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely :- "Provided that in a case where the total entertainment tax per ticket comes to rupees one hundred and above, such entertainment tax, instead of being paid by affixing entertainment tax stamps to the ticket, may be paid by challan into the Government Treasury' in advance and on such payment an endorsement shall be made by the Commissioner or an Officer authorised by him in this behalf on every such ticket indicating the amount o f entertainm ent tax paid and such endoresment shall be signed and sealed by the Commissioner or the Officer authorised by him”. S. K. SINHA, GOVERNOR OF ASSAM' K. D. PHUKAN, Secretary to the Govt, of Assam, Legislative Department. GUWAHATI- Printed & Published by the Dy. Director (P&S), Directorate of Ptg. <fc Sty. Assam,Guwahati-2 i, (Ex-Gazette) No. 479-500-600-10-5-2002.