THE ASSAM ELECTRICITY DUTY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1972

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    "title": "THE ASSAM ELECTRICITY DUTY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1972",
    "short_title": "The Assam Electricity Duty (Amendment) Act, 1972",
    "act_number": "22",
    "act_year": 1972,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "amended",
    "enactment_date": "1972-09-26",
    "description": "The Assam Electricity Duty (Amendment) Act, 1972",
    "preamble": "",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "An ACT",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "An Act to amend the Assam Electricity Duty Act, 1964\n\nWhereas it is expedient to amend the Assam Electricity Duty Act, 1964, hereinafter called the principal Act, in the manner hereinafter appearing;\n\nIt is hereby enacted in the Twenty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:-",
            "footnote": "Assam Act XXX of 1964",
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            "sort_order": 0
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "1. (1) This Act may be called the Assam Electricity Duty (Amendment) Act, 1972.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(2)",
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            "content": "(2) It shall have the like extent as the principal Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 20
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(3)",
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            "content": "(3) It shall come into force at once.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 30
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2. Amendment of section 3 of Assam Act XXX of 1964",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "2. In Section 3 of the principal Act, for sub-section (1) the following shall be substituted, namely:-",
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            "sort_order": 40
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "\"(1) There shall be levied and paid to the State Government a duty, to be called the 'electricity duty', at the rate of three paise per unit of energy-",
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            "sort_order": 50
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(1)(a)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) supplied to a consumer by the Board; or",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 60
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(1)(b)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(b) supplied to a consumer by a licensee generating energy or procuring energy in bulk from the Board; or",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 70
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(1)(c)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(c) generated by a person for his own use or consumption.\"",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 80
        }
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "197222",
        "Act Number": "22",
        "Enactment Date": "1972-09-26",
        "Act Year": "1972",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Electricity Duty (Amendment) Act, 1972",
        "Department": "Law Department",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:14"
}