THE ASSAM ELECTRICITY DUTY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019

r I , Registered No.-768/97 THE ASSAM GAZETTE ~~q EXTRAORDINARY en~ <tS'-i~~ ~ ~ PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHORITY ~~ 375 iifxt~. 1~. 4 ~. 2019, 13 *· 1941 ~) No. 375 Dispur, Wednesday, 4th September, 2019, 13th Bhadra, 1941 (S.E.) GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM ORDERSBYTHEGOVERNOR LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT::: LEGISLATIVE BRANCH NOTIFICATION The 4th September, 2019 No. LGL. 64/2006/54.- The following Act of the Assam Legislative Assembly which received the assent of the Governor on 26th August, 2019 is hereby published for general information. ASSAM ACT NO. XI OF 2019 (Received the assent of the Governor on 26th August, 2019) THE ASSAM ELECTRICITY DUTY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019 1704 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 Preamble Short title, extent and commencement AN ACT further to amend the Assam Electricity Duty Act, 1964. Whereas it is expedient further to · amend the Assam Electricity Duty Act, 1964, hereinafter referred to as the principal Act, in the manner hereinafter appearing ; It is hereby enacted in the Seventieth Year of the Republic of India as follows :- 1. ( 1) This Act may be called the Assam Electricity Duty (Amendment) Act, 2019. (2) It shall have the like extent as the principal Act. (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 20th day of October, 2018, the date on which the Assam Electricity Duty (Amendment) Act, 2018, came into force. Amendment of 2. In the principal Act, in section 3, in sub-section (I), after Section 3 clause (c), the following Explanation shall be inserted, namely :- "Explanation :- In case of electrical energy consumed by any person or any organization generating energy, the aggregate value of energy charges shall be determined at the rate per unit as may be notified by the Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL) or the Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission (AERC), as the case may be, from time to time, for similar category of consumers." Assam Act No .XXX ofl964 Assam Act No. XXIV of2018 S. M. BUZAR BARUAH, Commissioner & Secretary to the Government of Assam, Legislative Department, Dispur, Guwahati-6 Guwahati :- Printed and Published by the Dy. Director, Directorate of Printing & Stationery, Assam, Guwahati-21. Ex. Gazette No. 749- 300 + 10 - 04 - 09 - 2019. (visit at-dpns.assam.gov.in)