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(1) Save as otherwise provided in this Chapter, there shall be levied and collected, for the purposes of this Act, a tax on the entry of evey specified goods into the Calcutta Metropolitan Area (for consumption, use or sale therein) from any place outside that Area, at such rate, not exceeding the rate specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 of the Schedule, as the State Government may, by notification, specify. (2) Subject to such rules as may be made by the State Government in this behalf, no tax shall be levied and collected under this Act on the entry of any specified goods into the Calcutta Metropolitan Area if such goods are brought into that Area— (a) as personal luggage by a passenger and the value or the number or quantity thereof does not exceed the prescribed amount or limit, as the case may be, or Prescribed Authority, etc., to be public servants. Levy and collection of taxes. (b) in such circumstances and subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed.