Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Entertainments exempted from payment of tax.-(1) The State Government may, subject to such conditions and restrictions, exempt from levy and payment of entertainment tax, on any entertainment where the State Government is satisfied- ( a) that the entire gross proceeds of the entertainment are devoted to philanthropic, religious or charitable purposes with or without any charge on such proceeds for any expenses of the entertainment; or (b) that entertainment is ofa wholly educational character: or (c) that the entertainment is provided for purposes which are partly educational cultural or scientific by any person not conducted or established for valuable consideration: or (d) that the entertainment is provided by an mstitutron not conducted for profit and established solely for the purpose of promoting the public health or the interests of agriculture or of a manufacturing industry and consists solely of an exhibition of articles which are of material interest in connection with question relating to public health or agriculture, or of the products of the industry for promoting the interests of which the institution exists or of the materials, machinery, appliances or foodstuffs used in the production of those products. (c) that the entertainment is provided for any other purposes which the State Government may think proper in the public interest" (2) The State Government shall, by a notification Published in the official gazette, specify the places of entertainment for the purposes of sub-section (I): (3) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) or (2) shall apply to an entertainment where entry is regulated by any mechanical contrivance used for the purpose of revenue under this Act. 28 I