THE ASSAM AMUSEMENTS AND BETTING TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1963

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    "title": "THE ASSAM AMUSEMENTS AND BETTING TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1963",
    "short_title": "The Assam Amusements and Betting Tax (Amendment) Act, 1963",
    "act_number": "1",
    "act_year": 1964,
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    "description": "The Assam Amusements and Betting Tax (Amendment) Act, 1963",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "An ACT",
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            "content": "An Act further to amend the Assam Amusements and Betting Tax Act, 1939.\n\nWHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Assam Amusements and Betting Tax Act, 1939, hereinafter called the principal Act, in the manner hereinafter appearing;\n\nIt is hereby enacted in the Fourteenth year of the Republic of India as follows:-",
            "footnote": "Assam Act VI of 1939",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1. Short title and commencement",
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            "content": "Section 1. Short title and commencement.",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(1)",
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            "content": "This Act may be called the Assam Amusements and Betting Tax (Amendment) Act, 1963.",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(2)",
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            "content": "It shall come into force at once.",
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            "title": "Section 2. Amendment of Section 8 of Assam Act VI of 1939",
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            "content": "After sub-section (2) of Section 8 of the principal Act, the following shall be inserted as sub-section (3), namely:-",
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            "number": "8",
            "title": "Section 8(3)",
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            "content": "\"(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Act, the State Government may, by general or special order and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the order, exempt any class of persons from the liability to the entertainment tax under this Act for admission to any entertainment or class of entertainments.\"",
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        "Act ID": "196401",
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        "Enactment Date": "1964-01-09",
        "Act Year": "1964",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Amusements and Betting Tax (Amendment) Act, 1963",
        "Department": "Law Department, Government of Assam",
        "Type": "STATE",
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    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:13"
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