THE BIHAR CONTINGENCY FUND (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015

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    "title": "THE BIHAR CONTINGENCY FUND (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015",
    "short_title": "The Bihar Contingency Fund (Amendment) Act, 2015",
    "act_number": "4",
    "act_year": 2015,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
    "law_status": "valid",
    "enactment_date": "2015-04-24",
    "description": "The Bihar Contingency Fund (Amendment) Act, 2015",
    "preamble": "",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "sections": [
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "An ACT",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "AN\nACT\nTO AMEND THE BIHAR CONTINGENCY FUND (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2012\n(BIHAR ACT 13, 2012).\nPreamble. -WHEREAS, to ensure the expenditure under Central Sector Scheme,\nCentrally sponsored schemes and Central Assistance to State Plan in which major changes\nhave been made by the Government of India and for which budget provision has not been\nmade and the expenditure is required to be made imediately, to ensure remunerative price to\nfarmers, of their produce, wheat/paddy has to be procured through the PACS;\nAND WHEREAS, irregular monsoon and the resultant fall in ground water level\nsometimes adversely affect the agriculture and create drinking water problem and there is\napprehension of flood in some areas, Which requires relief and rehabilitation measures to be\nundertaken on an emergent and massive scale, and for undertaking of many other essential\nworks,\nAnd For which the present permanent corpus of Rs 350 (Three hundred fifty) crore of\ncontingency funds, along with the temporary corpus of up to 3% of the expenditure budget,\nwhich was provided for vide insertion of clause 4A of Bihar contingency fund (Amendment)\nAct of 2012, may be insuffecient;\nBe it enacted by the legislature of the State of Bihar in the Sixty sixth year of the\nRepublic of India as follows:-",
            "footnote": "13, 2012",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(1)",
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            "content": "1. Short title and commencement- (1) This Act may be called the Bihar Contingency Fund\n(Amendment) Act, 2015.",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(2)",
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            "content": "(2) It shall come into force at once.",
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        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2. Amendment in section 4A in the Bihar contingency fund (Amendment) Act, 2012 (Bihar Act 13, 2012)",
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            "content": "2. Amendment in section 4A in the Bihar contingency fund (Amendment) Act, 2012\r\n(Bihar Act 13, 2012)- In section 4A the word \"3 (Three) percent\" shall be subsitituted by word \"4\r\n(Four) percent\" in the Bihar Contingency Fund (Amendment) Act, 2012 (Bihar Act 13, 2012).",
            "footnote": "13, 2012",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "201504",
        "Act Number": "4",
        "Enactment Date": "2015-04-23",
        "Act Year": "2015",
        "Short Title": "The Bihar Contingency Fund (Amendment) Act, 2015",
        "Department": "Law Department",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:20"
}