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The Union Duties of Excise (Distribution) Act, 1979

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An Act to provide for the payment out of the Consolidated Fund of India of sums equivalent to a part of the net proceeds of certain Union duties of excise to the States to which the law imposing the duty extends and for the distribution of those sums among those States in accordance with the principles recommended by the Finance Commission in its report dated the 25th day of November, 1994.

Act number
24 of 1979
Ministry
Ministry of Finance
Department
Department of Revenue
Enacted
20 May 1979

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6 sections

  1. Section 1Short title and commencement.
  2. Section 2Definition.
  3. Section 3Payment to States of sums equivalent to a part of the net proceeds of Union duties of excise and distribution of sums among them.
  4. Section 4Payment to be charged on the Consolidated Fund of India.
  5. Section 5Power to make rules.
  6. Section 6Repeal.