208. Taxes which may be imposed by a district panchayat.
- Subject to any general or special orders which the State Government may make in this behalf, every district panchayat may, after observing the preliminary procedure require I by section 212 impose any of the taxes and fees which are leviable by a village panchayat under section 200:Provided that the rate of tax or fee leviable by a district panchayat in respect of any matter within the limits of any village shall not exceed 10 per cent of the rate of the tax or fee actually levied by the village panchayat in respect of the same matter, and where no such tax or fee has been levied by the village panchayat shall not exceed 10 per cent, of the prescribed maximum rate of tax or fee in respect of the same matter:Provided further that-(i)no tax imposed as aforesaid other than a special sanitary cess or a water rate, shall without the express consent of the Government or, as the case may be the taluka panchayats concerned be leviable in respect of any building or part of any building or any vehicle, animal or other property belonging to the Government or to the taluka panchayat and used solely for public purposes, and not used or intended to be used for purposes of profit and no toll shall be leviable for passage of troops the conveyance of Government stores or of any other Government property the passage of military or Police Officers on duty, or the passage or conveyance of any person or property in the custody of such officers; and(ii)no tax on property shall be imposed in respect of any land on which local cess is being collected.
