The 1[Karnataka] Health Cess Act, 1962

THE KARNATAKA HEALTH CESS ACT, 1962

1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the

1[Karnataka] Health Cess Act, 1962.

1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973

1. (2) It extends to the whole of the 1[State Karnataka] .

1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973

1. (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the first day of April 1962.

In this Act,—

1. (1) “local authority” means a municipal corporation, a municipal committee, a town committee, a municipal council, a borough municipal council, a sanitary or town board, a notified area committee, a taluk development board, a village panchayat or any authority established for the purpose of local self-government or village administration;
2. (2) “notification” means a notification published in the official Gazette.

There shall be levied and collected a health cess at the rate of

1[fifteen paise] in the rupee on,—

¹ Substituted by Act 33 of 1976 w.e.f. 1.4.1976.

(i)all items of land revenue; (ii)the items of State Revenues mentioned in Schedule A; and (iii)the items of taxes mentioned in Schedule B levied under any law for the time being in force by a local authority.

The health cess payable under section 3 shall be levied, assessed and recovered along with the items of land revenue, State revenue or tax on which such cess is levied, and the provisions of the law and the rules, orders and notifications made or issued thereunder for the time being in force, shall apply to the levy, assessment and recovery of the health cess as they apply in respect of the levy, assessment and recovery of the said items of land revenue, State revenue or tax.

Where the health cess under this Act is recovered by a local authority, such local authority shall be entitled to deduct ten per cent of the amount recovered as the cost of collection, and the balance shall be paid to the State Government.] 1. Section 4A Inserted by Act 19 of 1968 w.e.f. 7.11.1968

1[paisa] .—In the determination of the amount of health cess payable under this Act, fractions of a

1[paisa] less than half a

1[paisa] shall be disregarded and fractions of a

1[paisa] equal to or exceeding half a

1[paisa] shall be regarded as one

1[paisa] .

¹ Substituted by Act 19 of 1968 w.e.f. 7.11.1968

Nothing in this Act shall affect the operation of the provisions of any other Act and the levy of the health cess under this Act is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other duty or cess that may be levied under any other law for the time being in force.

1. (1) The State Government may, by notification, make rules for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act.
2. (2) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of the State Legislature while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be so however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.

The Mysore Health Cess Act, 1951 (Mysore Act No. XVIII of 1951) is hereby repealed.

The following taxes leviable by local authorities under any law for the time being in force, namely:— 1. Taxes on lands and buildings. 2. Taxes on vehicles. 1[3. x x x] 1. Omitted by Act 33 of 1976 w.e.f. 1.4.1976 1[3.] Taxes on advertisements. 1. Re-numbered by Act 33 of 1976 w.e.f. 1.4.1976 • * * *