State Act

THE KARNATAKA MOTOR VEHICLES TAXATION ACT, 1957.

1[3A. Levy of cess.- 1[(1) There shall be levied and collected by way of cess, at the rate of eleven percentum of the tax levied under section 3 on the Motor Vehicles registered under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Central Act 59 of 1988) out of which ten percentum shall be for the purpose of various infrastructure projects across the State, equity in investment in Bangalore Mass Rapid Transit Limited, the Mukhya Manthri Grameena Rasthe Abhivruddhi Nidhi, in the proportion of 57:28:15 respectively and one percentum for the purpose of Urban Transport Fund.]1 2[(1A) In addition to the existing cess of the tax levied under Section 3 on the Motor Vehicles registered under the Motor Vehicles Act,1988 (Central Act 59 0f 1988), 3% additional cess shall be levied and collected on the transport vehicles for the purpose of the Karnataka Motor Transport and Other Allied Workers Social Security and Welfare Fund.]2 3[(1B) In Addition to the existing cess of the tax levied under section 3 on the Motor Vehicles registered under the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Central Act 59 of 1988), additional cess of Rupees Five Hundred for two wheeler and Rupees One Thousand for Motor Cars shall be levied and collected on the non-transport vehicles at the time of registration for the purpose of the Karnataka Motor Transport and other Allied Workers Social Security and Welfare Fund. Explanation: For the purpose of this sub-section ‘non-transport vehicles’ means as specified by a Notification by the Central Government under the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.]3 (2) The cess levied under sub-section (1) shall be in addition to any tax levied under section 3. (3) The provisions of the Act and the rules made thereunder including those relating to refund or exemption from tax shall, so far as may be, apply in relation to the levy, assessment and collection of the cess payable under sub-section (1), as they apply in relation to the levy, assessment and collection of motor vehicles tax under this Act. 2[Explanation.- x x x]2]1