The Assam Electricity Duty (Amendment) Act, 2018

W - 4'Jsb- /S4 Registered No.-768/97 THE ASSAM GAZETTE EXTRAORDIN ARY 2tt<3 3W T -S PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHORITY ^ 5 1 0 ^ ^ ,^ S R H ,2 4 ^ B R ,2 0 1 8 ,2 ^ t f ^ , 1940 (*PF) No. 510 Dispur, Wednesday, 24th October, 2018, 2nd Kartika, 1940 (S. E.) GOVERNMENT OF ASSA M ORD ERS B Y TH E GOVER NOR LEGISLA TIVE DEPA RTMENT : : : LEGISLATIVE BRANCH NOTIFICATION The 20th October, 2018 No. LGL.64/2006/44.- The following Act of the Assam Legislative Assembly which received the assent of the Governor on 10th October, 2018 is hereby published for general information. ASSAM ACT NO. XXIV OF 2018 (Received the assent of the Governor on 10th October, 2018) THE ASSAM ELECTRICITY DUTY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2018 3510 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, OCTOBER 24, 2018 Preamble Short title, extent and commencement Amendment o f section 3 AN ACT further to amend the Assam Electricity Duty Act, 1964. Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Assam Assam Electricity Duty Act, 1964, hereinafter referred to as the Act No. principal Act, in the maimer hereinafter appearing; ^XX o! It is hereby enacted in the Sixty-ninth Year of the J 9 64 Republic o f India as follows 1, (1) This Act may be called the Assam Electricity Duty (Amendment) Act, 2018, (2) It shall have the like extent as the principal Act. (3) It shall come into force at once. 2. In the principal Act, in section 3,- (i) in sub-section (1), for the words “at the rate of twenty paise per unit of energy’5, the words, “at five percentum of the aggregate value of energy charges and fixed charges” shall be substituted; (ii) in sub-section (4), in the proviso, for the words ‘Twenty paise per unit of energy”, the words “ten percentum o f the aggregate value of energy’ charges and fixed charges” shal 1 be substituted. S. M. BUZAR BARUAH, Commissioner & Secretary to the Government of Assam, Legislative Department, Dispur, Guwahati-6. Guw ah at i: P rinted and Publ ished by the Dy. Direc tors (P & S), D irectorate of P rinting & Stationery, Assam, G uwahati -21. Extraordina ry Gazette No. 1019 - 300 + 10 - 24 -10 - 2018. (visit a t- dpns.a ssam.g ov. in)