THE ASSAM LOCAL RATES (AMENDMENT) · ACT, 1949

ASSAM ACT XIV OF 1949 THE ASSAM LOCAL R~TES (AMENDMENT) · ACT, 1949. (Passed by the Assembly) (Received the assent of the Governor on the 28th Se.pteJDber, 1949.) [Published in the Assam Gazette of the 5th October, 1949.] An Actfurther to amend the Assam Local Rates Regulation, 1879. WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Assam Regulation 3 Local Rates Regulation, 1879, hereinafter called the said of 1879. Regulation, in the manner hereinafter appearing:- It is hereby enacted as follows:- Short title. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Assam Local Rates (Amendment) Act, 194Q. Commence- (2) It shall be deemed to have had effect as from ment . the 1st day of April, 1949. Extent . (3) It shall have the like extent as the said Regulation. A d t 2. In section 3A of the said Regulation for the words o:Ue~e~f:n "eight annas an ac.re" the following shall be substituted, 3A of Regu- namely :- latjon III of 1879 (as " ( i) One rupee per acre in the case of revenue free amended by land or land paying land revenue at a rate not exceeding Act VI of rupee one per acre and 1926). ' ~epeal. (ii) eight 3;nnas per acre or at the rate mentioned in section 3 whichever is higher in the case of other revenue paying land." 3. The Assam Local Rates (Amendment) Act, 1948 (Assam Act IX of 1948) is hereby repealed. Price 1 anna or ld. i . . ' A.G.P, (Leg.) No.23f49-100Q- 25·11·1949,