The Constitution of India
Duties levied by the Union but collected and appropriated by the States
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Provision
- 268
- Source language
- eng+tel
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official sourcestamp duties 2[***] as are mentioned in the Union List shall be levied by the Government of
India but shall be collected—
(a) in the case where such duties are leviable within any 3[Union territory], by the
Government of India, and
(b) in other cases, by the States within which such duties are respectively leviable.
(2) The proceeds in any financial year of any such duty leviable within any State shall
not form part of the Consolidated Fund of India, but shall be assigned to that State.
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[268A. Service tax levied by Union and collected and appropriated by the Union and
the State.]:- Omitted by the constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016, s.7
(w.e.f. 16-9-2016).
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