Section 117 in The City of Nagpur Corporation Act, 1948
117. Exemption from [general tax]. - (1) The State Government shall pay to the Corporation annually, in lieu of the [general tax] from which buildings and lands vested in [the State Government] are exempted by clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 116, a sum ascertained in the manner provided in sub-sections (2) and (3).
(2)The annual value of the buildings and lands within the City and vested in [the State Government] and beneficially occupied, in respect of which but for the said exemption, [general tax] should be leviable from the State Government, shall be fixed by a person appointed in this behalf by the State Government with the concurrence of the Corporation. The said value shall be fixed as far as may be, in accordance with the provisions hereinafter contained concerning the valuation of property assessable to [general taxes] at such amount as the person making the assessment shall deem to be fair and reasonable. The assessment so made shall hold good for a term of five years, subject only to proportionate variation, if in the meantime the number or extent of the buildings and lands vested in [the State Government] in the City materially increases or decreases.(3)The sum to be paid annually to the Corporation by the State Government shall be eight-tenths of the amount which, but for this sub-section, would have been payable under the assessment.
