Charge of expenditure-tax.
4. Subject to the provisions of this Act, there shall be charged on and from
(a) the commencement of this Act, a tax at the rate of 10[ten] per cent of the chargeable expenditure incurred in a hotel referred to in clause (1) of section 3 :
Provided that nothing in this clause shall apply in the case of a hotel referred to in 11[clause (a) of sub-section (7) of section 80-IB] of the Income-tax Act during the period beginning on the 1st day of April, 1991 and ending on the 31st day of March, 2001 :
12[Provided further that nothing in this clause shall apply in the case of a hotel referred to in 13[clause (a) of sub-section (7) of section 80-IB] of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) during the period beginning on the 1st day of April, 1998 and ending on the 31st day of March, 2008;]
(b) the 1st day of October, 1991 14[but not after the 31st day of May, 1992] a tax at the rate of fifteen per cent of the chargeable expenditure incurred in a restaurant referred to in clause (2) of section 3.
