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220 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES

252 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, FEB. 26,1948

Duties levied 249, (1) Such stamp duties and such duties of

by the Union excise on medicinal and toilet preparations as are

but collected mentioned in the Union List shall be levied by the

and appro- Government of India but shall be collected—

priated by

the States. (a) in the case where such duties are leviable 5

within any State for the time being

specified in Part II of the First Schedule,

by the Government of India, and

(b) in other cases, by the States within which

such duties are respectively leviable. 10

(2) The proceeds in any financial year of any

such duty leviable in that year within any State

shall not form part of the revenues of India, but

shall be assigned to that State.

Taxes levied 250. (I) The following duties and taxes shall be 15

and collec- levied and collected by the Government of India but

ted by the shall be assigned to the States in the manner provid-

Union but ed in clause (2) of this article, namely:—

assigned to

the States.

(a) duties in respect of succession to property 20

other than agricultural land;

(b) estate duty in respect of property other than

agricultural land;

(c) terminal taxes on goods or passengers

carried by railway or air;

(d) taxes on railway fares and freights. 25

(2) The net proceeds in any financial year of any

such duty or tax, except in so far as those proceeds

represent proceeds attributable to States for

the time being specified in Part II of the First

Schedule, shall not form part of the revenues of 30

India, but shall be assigned to the States within

which that duty or tax is leviable in that year, and

shall be distributed among those States in accord-

ance with such principles of distribution as may be

formulated by Parliament by law. 35

Taxed levied

  1. (1) Taxes on income other than agricultural and collec- income shall be levied and collected by the Govern- ted by the ment of India and distributed between, the Union Union and and the States in the manner provided in clause (2) distributed of this article. 40 between the

Union and (2) Such percentage, as may be prescribed, of

the States. the net proceeds in any financial year of any such