(1) This Ordinance may be called the Uttar Pradesh Terminal Tax on Railway Passengers Ordinance, 1954.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
(3) It shall come into force at once.
2. Terminal tax on passengers carried by railway to and from certain railway stations in Uttar Pradesh—(I) There shall be levied on all passengers carried by railway from any railway station in the territories to which this Act extends to any of the following railway \A TiHE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTBAOBDINARY [PART n stations, namely, Allahabad City, Allahabad Junction, Daragai Jhusi, Naini, Prayag, Prayag Ghat and.Sangam, or from any of the railway stations aforesaid to any other railway station in the said territories a terminal tax in respect of every single ticket at the rates specified in the Schedule.
Explanation.—The terminal tax- on a return ticket shall be twice, and on a half ticket one-half of, the terminal tax leviable in respect of a single ticket.
(2) The terminal tax specified in sub-section (1) shall be leviable for the period commencing on the 7th day of January, 1954, and ending with the 15th day of March, 1954.