6. The following amendments shall be made in the Electricity Duty Act, 1935 (Ben. Act X of 1935), namely:- (1) for section 3, the following shall be substituted, namely:- “3. There shall be charged, levied and paid to the Government on the units of energy consumed, a duty (hereinafter referred to as “electricity duty”) at the rate specified in the Schedule: Provided that electricity duty shall not be leviable on the units of energy consumed in any- (i) place of public worship, public burial or burning ground or other place for the disposal of dead; (ii) premises declared by the Government to be used exclusively for the purposes of public charity; (iii) vessel, whether sea-going or inland; (iv) premises in the occupation of foreign diplomatic missions for the purposes of office and residence.”; (2) section 4 shall be omitted; (3) in section 5, in sub-section (1), the words “for the purpose of lights and fans” shall be omitted; (4) in section 9, for the words “fifty taka” the words “one hundred taka” shall be substituted; (5) in section 11, in sub-section (3), for the words “fifty taka” the words “one hundred taka” shall be substituted; (6) for the First Schedule and the Second Schedule, the following shall be substituted, namely:-

“THE SCHEDULE

(See section 3)

Rate of Duty

(1) Five poisha for each unit of energy consumed.

(2) In respect of all other premises where consumption of energy is un-metered, energy consumed shall be calculated on the basis of-

Total connected load of Installation in K.W.

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Daily working hours.

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No. of days.

Units”.