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West Ben. Act XIX of 1989.

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Parent: The West Bengal Additional Tax And One-time Tax On Motor Vehicles Act, 1989 (52b6d116a53ba8f80ea674212e574c1d3ffaa229)

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West Ben. Act XIX of 1989. GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative West Bengal Act VIII of 1999 THE WEST BENGAL ADDITIONAL TAX AND ONE-TIME TAX ON MOTOR VEHICLES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1999. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the Governor was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 22nd July, 1999.] [22nd July, 1999.] An Act to amend the West Bengal Additional Tax and One-time Tax on Motor Vehicles Act, 1989. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the West Bengal Additional Tax and One-time Tax on Motor Vehicles Act, 1989, for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Fiftieth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:- (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Additiona Tax and One-time Tax on Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 1999. (2) It shall come into force at once. In section 2 of the West Bengal Additional Tax and One-time Tax on Motor Vehicles Act, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),— after clause (la), the following clause shall be inserted:— `(1b) "autorickshaw" means a motor vehicle having three wheels constructed or adopted and used to carry not more than three passengers for hire or reward excluding the driver. Explanation.—For the purposes of this clause, a motor vehicle having three wheels constructed or adopted and used to carry more than three passengers but not more than twelve passengers for hire or reward excluding the driver shall not be treated as autorickshaw. Such motor vehicle shall be regarded as motorcab or maxicab, considering its seating capacity under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988;'; Short title and continencement. Amendment of of sectio n B t e 2 B West en. Act XIX of 1989. Amendment of section 3. (Section 3.)

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59 · of 1988.
59 · of 1988.
5 · In section 10 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), after the word and figures "Schedule II", the words and figures "or Schedule III or Schedule IV" shall be inserted.
7 · After section 23 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted:—
23A · The State Government may, if it considers it necessary or expedient so to do, by order exempt wholly or partly any person from any penalty imposed on him under any provision of this Act for non-payment of additional tax or one-time tax.". "Exemption.
8 · In Schedule I of the principal Act, under the heading "A. Motor vehicles for carrying passengers not plying for hire:", for serials (1), (2) and (3) and the entries relating thereto in the columns under the heading "Description of motor vehicles" and the corresponding entries in the column under the heading "Annual rate of additional tax", the following serials and entries shall be substituted:—
1 · of 1956.
10 · (1) Anything done or any action taken or purported to have been done or taken under the principal Act as amended by this Act, shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, as valid and effective as if such thing had been done or such action had been taken under the principal Act as amended by this Act, and accordingly—