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An Act to amend the law relating to the levy of rates on land in Oudh. WHEREAS, in order to defray the expenditure incurred and to be incurred for the relief and prevention of famine, it is necessary to make a permanent increase to the annual revenues; and it is accordingly expedient to provide, in the territories administered by the Chief Commissioner of Oudh, for the levy on land of rates in addition to those now applied to local purposes; and whereas it is also expedient to empower the said Chief Commissioner to provide for the payment of certain charges incurred or to be incurred on account of canals and railways; and whereas it is therefore expedient to repeal the Oudh Local Rates Act, and to re-enact it with the amendments hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted as follows:—