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TypeBare Act JurisdictionWest Bengal Government

Cess Act, 1880 Section 2

Extent This Act shall take effect at once in every district and part of a district in which Bengal Act 10 of 1871

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Cess Act, 1880 Section 2 is part of Cess Act, 1880 - Extent This Act shall take effect at once in every district and part of a district in which Bengal Act 10 of 1871. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

an Act to provide for local rating for the construction and maintenance of roads and other means of communication) and Bengal Act 2 of 18771 (an Act to provide for the levy of a cess for the construction, charges and maintenance of provincial public works) may be in force on the date of the commencement of this Act. (The 22. Words subs, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Or der, 1937 and the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950, respectively. [State Government] may, by notification, in the 33. Words subs, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Or der. 1937. {Official Gazette], extend its provisions to any other district or part of a district situate in the territories for the time being administered by 33. Words subs, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Or der. 1937. [it]; and this Act shall take effect accordingly therein from the date specified in such notification:) Provided that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect any immovable property within the limits of the ordinary original jurisdiction of 44. Words subs, by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. [the High Court at Calcutta], or within the limits of any 55. Words and figures subs, by Ben. Act 1 of 1939. [municipality under the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932]. The 22. Words subs, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Or der, 1937 and the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950, respectively. [State Government] may, by notification in the 33. Words subs, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Or der. 1937. [Official Gazette], exempt any district or part of a district, or any estate or tenure, from the operation of this Act, or from the operation of so much thereof as relates to the road cess, or as relates to the public works cess, and may at any time, by a similar notification, revoke such exemption.

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Section Section 2 of the Cess Act, 1880 (Extent This Act shall take effect at once in every district and part of a district in which Bengal Act 10 of 1871) is reproduced on this page as part of the Cess Act, 1880. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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