Amendment of certain Acts

173. Save as otherwise provided in this Act, on and from the date of commencement of this Act, (1) in the Puducherry Municipalities Act, 1973 (Act No. 9 of 1973), (a) in section 118, in sub-section (1), in clause (a), sub-clause (iii) shall be omitted;

1. (b) sections 152, 153, 154, 155, 156 and 157 shall be omitted; and ( c ) schedule-VII appended to the Act shall be omitted.

1. (2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, on and from the date of commencement of this Act, the provisions, under any State law, authorizing levy and collection of taxes or cess or surcharge by the Government or a Municipality or a Commune Panchayat or any other authority shall stand annulled or rescinded or modified in as much as and to the extent such taxes are the subject matter of Entry 52, Entry 54, Entry 55 and Entry 62 of the State List of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution, as amended by the Constitution (One Hundredth and First Amendment) Act, 2016.