Circular No. 477-Income Tax Explanatory Notes ESTATE DUTY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1986 1. The Estate Duty (Amendment) Bill, 1986, as passed by both the Houses of Parliament during the last session, received assent of the President on 26th November, 1986, and has been published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, dated 27th November, 1986, as Act No. 49 of 1986