Preamble. - WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Kerala Electricity Duty Act, 1963, for the purpose hereinafter appearing;

          Be it enacted in the Twenty-eight Year of the Republic of India as follows: -

         1. Short title . - This Act may be called the Kerala Electricity Duty (Amendment) Act, 1977.

          2. Amendment of section 8 . - In section 8 of the Kerala Electricity Duty Act, 1963 (23 of 1963), for the words "twelve per cent", the words "eighteen per cent" shall be substituted.