Section 2
Definitions. Repealed
The Terminal Tax on Railway Passengers�Act, 1956
About this Act
An Act to provide for the levy of a terminal tax on passengers carried by railway from or to certain places of pilgrimage or where fairs, melas or exhibitions are held.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “maximum rates” mean the rates of terminal tax specified in the Schedule;
(b) “mela” means a public gathering on the occasion of any religious festival;
(c) “notified place” means a place of pilgrimage or a place where a fair, mela or exhibition is being or is likely to be led, which the Central Government has, by notification in the Official Gazette, declared to be a notified place for the purpose of this Act;
(d) “railway administration” has the meaning assigned to it in the Indian Railways Act, 1890 (9 of 1890).
(a) “maximum rates” mean the rates of terminal tax specified in the Schedule;
(b) “mela” means a public gathering on the occasion of any religious festival;
(c) “notified place” means a place of pilgrimage or a place where a fair, mela or exhibition is being or is likely to be led, which the Central Government has, by notification in the Official Gazette, declared to be a notified place for the purpose of this Act;
(d) “railway administration” has the meaning assigned to it in the Indian Railways Act, 1890 (9 of 1890).