61. Power to alter entries in Schedules
The Central Government may, if it is of opinion that it is expedient so to do, by notification, [ [amend any Schedule or add] or delete any entry to or from any Schedule] or transfer any entry from one Part of a Schedule to another Part of the same Schedule or from one Schedule to another.
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On the issue of a notification under sub-section (1), *** the relevant Schedule shall be deemed to be altered accordingly, provided that every such alteration shall be without prejudice to anything done or omitted to be done before such alteration.
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Provided that any such alteration made by the State Government, if it has been made with the previous consent of the Central Government, shall prevail in that State:
Provided further that nothing in the foregoing proviso shall prevent the Central Government from modifying or cancelling, at any time, the alteration made by the State Government.
Amendment notes (5)
- Subs w.e.f. 2-10-1991 . Subs. by Act 44 of 1991, s. 44, for "add any entry to any Schedule" (w.e.f. 2-10-1991).
- Subs w.e.f. 1-4-2023 . Subs. by Act 18 of 2022, s. 37, for "add" (w.e.f. 1-4-2023).
- omitted w.e.f. 2-10-1991 . Sub-section (2) omitted by s. 44, ibid. (w.e.f. 2-10-1991).
- omitted w.e.f. 2-10-1991 . The words brackets and figure "or sub-section (2)" omitted by Act 44 of 1991, s. 44 (w.e.f. 2-10-1991).
- omitted w.e.f. 2-10-1991 . Sub-section (4) omitted by s. 44, ibid. (w.e.f. 2-10-1991).