Short title and Commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh General Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 1996. (2) (a) Clause (i) of Section 2, Section 3, Section 14, and section 15 shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from 1st October, 1993. (b) Clauses (iii) and (iv) of section 2 and item 105 of the First Schedule as inserted by clause (x) of section 21 and item 16 of the Sixth Schedule as inserted by clause (v), and clauses (viii) (ix) and (x) of section 25 shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from 1st April, 1995. (c) Clause (ii) of section 21 relating to items 24a, 24B and 24C of the First Schedule as inserted by section 21shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from 16th August, 1995. (d) Clauses (xvi) and (xvii) of Section 21 relating to items 193, 194 and Explanation III of the First Schedule and amendment of item 2 of the Third Schedule and item 2A of the Third Schedule as inserted by section 23 and the amendment to the Fourth Schedule as amended by clause (i) of section 24 shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from 8th February, 1996. (e) Clause (xvi) of Section 21 relating to item 195 of the First Schedule shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from 1st April, 1996.   (f) the remaining provisions shall come into force with effect from 1st August, 1996. (Amendments made by Sections 1(2) (f) (i) to 25 were carried out in the respective sections and Schedules.)