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GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative West Bengal Act III of 1999 THE WEST BENGAL FINANCE ACT, 1999. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the Governor was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 31st March, 1999.] [31st March, 1999.] An Act to amend the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, in its application to West Bengal, the Bengal Electricity Duty Act. 1935, the Bengal Agricultural Income-tax Act, 1944, the West Bengal Entertainments and Luxuries (Hotels and Restaurants) Tax Act, 1972, the West Bengal Urban Land Taxation Act, 1976, the West Bengal State Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employments Act, 1979, the West Bengal Multi-storeyed Building Tax Act, 1979, the West Bengal Entertainment-cum-Amusement Tax Act, 1982, the West Bengal Luxury Tax Act, 1994, the West Bengal Sales Tax Act, 1994, and the West Bengal Building Tax Act, 1996. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, in its application to West Bengal, the Bengal Electricity Duty Act, 1935, the Bengal Agricultural Income-tax Act, 1944, the West Bengal Entertainments and Luxuries (Hotels and Restaurants) Tax Act, 1972, the West Bengal Urban Land Taxation Act, 1976, the West Bengal S tate Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employments Act, 1979, the West Bengal Multi- storeyed Building Tax Act, 1979, the West Bengal Entertainment-cum- Amusement Tax Act, 1982, the West Bengal Luxury Tax Act, 1994, the West Bengal Sales Tax Act, 1994, and the West Bengal Building Tax Act, 1996, for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Fiftieth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:- 51 The West Bengal Finance Act, 1999. [West Ben. Act (Sections 1-3.) Short title and Commence- ment. Application and amendment of Act 2 of