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153                    THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                   (Part XII.—Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits)

       (2) The Legislature of a State may by law establish a Contingency Fund in
the nature of an imprest to be entitled “the Contingency Fund of the State” into
which shall be paid from time to time such sums as may be determined by such
law, and the said Fund shall be placed at the disposal of the Governor 1*** of the
State to enable advances to be made by him out of such Fund for the purposes of
meeting unforeseen expenditure pending authorisation of such expenditure by the
Legislature of the State by law under article 205 or article 206.
           Distribution of Revenues between the Union and the States
       268. Duties levied by the Union but collected and appropriated by
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the States.—(1) Such stamp duties 2*** as are mentioned in the Union List shall
be levied by the Government of India but shall be collected—
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               (a) in the case where such duties are leviable within any 3[Union
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       territory], by the Government of India, and
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             (b) in other cases, by the States within which such duties are
       respectively leviable.
      (2) The proceeds in any financial year of any such duty leviable within
any State shall not form part of the Consolidated Fund of India, but shall be
assigned to that State.
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       268A. [Service tax levied by Union and collected and appropriated by
the Union and the States.].—Omitted by the Constitution (One Hundred and
First Amendment) Act, 2016, s. 7 (w.e.f. 16-9-2016).



1. The words "or Rajpramukh" omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act,
   1956, s. 29 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
2. The words "and such duties of excise on medicinal and toilet preparations"
   omitted by the Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016, s. 6,
   (w.e.f. 16-9-2016).
3. Subs. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch., for "State
   Specified in Part C of the First Schedule" (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
4. Ins. by the Constitution (Eighty-eighth Amendment) Act, 2003, s. 2 (date not notifed).

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