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Section 131-A
Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Panchayat and Zila Panchayat ActUttar Pradesh

Section 131-A. Imposition of tax by Kshettra Panchayat

1[ 131-A. A Kshettra Panchayat may, in such manner as may be prescribed, impose -

(a) water tax, where it constructs or maintains a scheme for providing drinking water, water for irrigation or for any other purposes under its jurisdiction ;

(b) electricity tax, where it provides for and maintains lighting arrangement at a public street or other public places ; and

(c) any other tax which the State Legislature has the power under the Constitution, including Article 277 thereof, to impose in the State and of which imposition by the Kshettra Panchayat has been authorized by the State Government. ]

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