State of Gujarat - Act
Gujarat Carriage of Goods Taxation (Amendment) Act, 1964
GUJARAT
India
India
Gujarat Carriage of Goods Taxation (Amendment) Act, 1964
Act 10 of 1965
- Published on 22 April 1965
- Not commenced
- [This is the version of this document from 22 April 1965.]
- [Note: The original publication document is not available and this content could not be verified.]
An Act further to amend the Gujarat Carriage of Goods Taxation Act, 1962.It is hereby enacted in the Fifteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-* (Received the assent of the Governor on 22nd April, 1965 and published in the "Gujarat Government Gazette" on the 27th April 1965)(i)after sub-section (1), the following shall be inserted, namely:- "(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) every operator of a goods vehicle shall have an option of lump sum payment of tax to be exercised as provided in sub-section (2) within ninety days from the date of the commencement of the Gujarat Carriage of Goods Taxation (Amendment) Act, 1964 (Guj. 10 of 1965) and any person who becomes such an operator on a day after that date may exercise such option within two months of such day."(ii)for sub-section (2) the following shall be substituted, namely:- "(2) An operator desiring to exercise the option of lump sum payment of tax shall make an application to the Taxation Officer in such form as may be prescribed to permit him to make in lieu of the amount of tax payable by him under the foregoing provisions of this Act a lump sum payment of such amount as may be fixed by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette, regard being had to the carrying capacity of the vehicle but so, however, that, in no case shall the amount exceed the product obtained by multiplying the payload in metric tonnes by rupees 22 per month per public goods vehicle and rupees 15 per month per private goods vehicle respectively. On such application being made, the Taxation Officer may grant such permission and thereupon, subject to the provisions of sub-section (3) the payment shall be made accordingly on the prescribed date and in the prescribed manner."(iii)sub-section (4) shall be deleted.