CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY

1 . Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Finance Act, 2006.

(2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, sections 2 to 57 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 2006.

2. Income-tax.- (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3), for the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 2006, income-tax shall be charged at the rates specified in Part I of the First Schedule and such tax as reduced by the rebate of income- tax calculated under Chapter VIII-A of the Income-tax Act, 1961(43 of 1961) (hereinafter referred to as the Income-tax Act) shall be increased by a surcharge for purposes of the Union calculated in each case in the manner provided therein. (2) In the cases to which Paragraph A of Part I of the First Schedule applies, where the assessee has, in the previous year, any net agricultural income exceeding five thousand rupees, in addition to total income, and the total income exceeds one lakh rupees, then,-

(a) the net agricultural income shall be taken into account, in the manner provided in clause (b) [that is to say, as if the net agricultural income were comprised in the total income after the first one lakh rupees of the total income but without being liable to tax], only for the purpose of charging income-tax in respect of the total income; and

(b) the income-tax chargeable shall be calculated as follows:-

(i) the total income and the net agricultural income shall be aggregated and the amount of income-tax shall be determined in respect of the aggregate income at the rates specified in the said Paragraph A, as if such aggregate income were the total income;

(ii) the net agricultural income shall be increased by a sum of one lakh rupees, and the amount of income-tax shall be determined in respect of the net agricultural income as so increased at the rates specified in the said Paragraph A, as if the net agricultural income as so increased were the total income;

(iii) the amount of income-tax determined in accordance with sub-clause (i) shall be reduced by the amount of income-tax determined in accordance with sub-clause (ii) and the sum so arrived at shall be the income-tax in respect of the total income:

Provided that in the case of every woman, resident in India and below the age of sixty-five years at any time during the previous year, referred to in item (II) of Paragraph A of Part I of the First Schedule, the provisions of this sub-section shall have effect as if for the words "one lakh rupees", the words "one lakh thirty-five thousand rupees" had been substituted:

Provided further that in the case of every individual, being a resident in India, who is of the age of sixty-five years or more at any time during the previous year, referred to in item (III) of Paragraph A of Part I of the First Schedule, the provisions of this sub-section shall have effect as if for the words "one lakh rupees", the words "one lakh eighty-five thousand rupees" had been substituted:

Provided also that the amount of income-tax so arrived at, as reduced by the amount of rebate of income-tax calculated under Chapter VIII-A of the Income-tax Act, shall be increased by a surcharge for purposes of the Union calculated in each case in the manner provided in that Paragraph and the sum so arrived at shall be the income-tax in respect of the total income.

(3) In cases to which the provisions of Chapter XII or Chapter XII-A or Chapter XII-H or section 115JB or sub-section (1A) of section 161 or section 164 or section 164A or section 167B of the Income-tax Act apply, the tax chargeable shall be determined as provided in that Chapter or that section, and with reference to the rates imposed by sub- section (1) or the rates as specified in that Chapter or section, as the case may be:

Provided that the amount of income-tax computed in accordance with the provisions of section 111A or section 112 shall be increased by a surcharge for purposes of the Union as provided in Paragraph A, B, C, D or E, as the case may be, of Part I of the First Schedule:

Provided further that in respect of any income chargeable to tax under sections 115A, 115AB, 115AC, 115ACA, 115AD, 115B, 115BB, 115BBA, 115E and 115JB or fringe benefits chargeable to tax under section 115WA of the Income-tax Act, the amount of income-tax computed under this subsection shall be increased by a surcharge for purposes of the Union, calculated,-

(a) in the case of every individual, Hindu undivided family, association of persons and body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, at the rate of ten per cent, of such income- tax where the total income or fringe benefits, as the case may be, exceeds ten lakh rupees;

(b) in the case of every firm, artificial juridical person referred to in sub-clause (vii) of clause (31) of section 2 of the Income-tax Act, and domestic company at the rate of ten per cent, of such income-tax;

(c) in the case of every company, other than a domestic company, at the rate of two and one-half per cent, of such income-tax.

(4) In cases in which tax has to be charged and paid under section 115-O or sub-section

(2) of section 115R of the Income-tax Act, the tax shall be charged and paid at the rate as specified in those sections and shall be increased by a surcharge for purposes of the Union, calculated at the rate of ten per cent, of such tax.

(5) In cases in which tax has to be deducted under sections 193, 194, 194A, 194B, 194BB, 194D and 195 of the Income-tax Act, at the rates in force, the deductions shall be made at the rates specified in Part II of the First Schedule and shall be increased, by a surcharge for purposes of the Union, calculated in each case, in the manner provided therein.

(6) In cases in which tax has to be deducted under sections 194C, 194E, 194EE, 194F, 194G, 194H, 194-1, 194J, 194LA, 196B, 196C and 196D of the Income-tax Act, the deductions shall be made at the rates specified in those sections and shall be increased by a surcharge for purposes of the Union, calculated,-

(a) in the case of every individual, Hindu undivided family, association of persons and body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, at the rate of ten per cent, of such tax where the income or the aggregate of such incomes paid or likely to be paid and subject to the deduction exceeds ten lakh rupees;

(b) in the case of every firm, artificial juridical person referred to in sub-clause (vii) of clause (31) of section 2 of the Income-tax Act, and domestic company, at the rate of ten per cent, of such tax;

(c) in the case of every company, other than a domestic company, at the rate of two and one-half per cent, of such tax.

(7) In cases in which tax has to be collected under the proviso to section 194B of the Income-tax Act, the collection shall be made at the rates specified in Part II of the First Schedule, and shall be increased, by a surcharge for purposes of the Union, calculated in the manner provided therein.

(8) In cases in which tax has to be collected under section 206C of the Income-tax Act, the collection shall be made at the rates specified in that section and shall be increased by a surcharge for purposes of the Union, calculated,-

(a) in the case of every individual, Hindu undivided family, association of persons and body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, at the rate of ten per cent, of such tax where the amount or the aggregate of such amounts collected, and subject to the collection, exceeds ten lakh rupees;

(b) in the case of every firm, artificial juridical person referred to in sub-clause (vii) of clause (31) of section 2 of the Income-tax Act, and domestic company, at the rate of ten per cent, of such tax;

(c) in the case of every company, other than a domestic company, at the rate of two and one-half per cent of such tax.

(9) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (10), in cases in which income-tax has to be charged under sub-section (4) of section 172 or sub-section (2) of section 174 or section 174A or section 175 or sub-section (2) of section 176 of the Income-tax Act or deducted from, or paid on, income chargeable under the head "Salaries" under section 192 of the said Act or in which the "advance tax" payable under Chapter XVII-C of the said Act has to be computed at the rate or rates in force, such income-tax or, as the case may be, "advance tax" shall be so charged, deducted or computed at the rate or rates specified in Part III of the First Schedule and such tax as reduced by the rebate of income-tax calculated under Chapter VIII-A of the said Act shall be increased by a surcharge for purposes of the Union, calculated in each case in the manner provided therein:

Provided that in cases to which the provisions of Chapter XII or Chapter XII-A or Chapter XII-H or section 115JB or sub-section (1A) of section 161 or section 164 or section 164A or section 167B of the Income-tax Act apply, "advance tax" shall be computed with reference to the rates imposed by this subsection or the rates as specified in that Chapter or section, as the case may be:

Provided further that the amount of "advance tax" computed in accordance with the provisions of section 111A or section 112 of the Income-tax Act shall be increased by a surcharge for purposes of the Union as provided in Paragraph A, B, C, D or E, as the case may be, of Part III of the First Schedule:

Provided also that in respect of any income chargeable to tax under sections 115A, 115AB, 115AC, 115ACA, 115AD, 115B, 115BB, 115BBA, 115BBC, 115E and 115JB or fringe benefits chargeable to tax under section 115WA of the Income-tax Act,

"advance tax" computed under the first proviso shall be increased by a surcharge for purposes of the Union, calculated,-

(a) in the case of every individual, Hindu undivided family, association of persons and body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, at the rate of ten per cent, of "advance tax" where the total income or fringe benefits, as the case may be, exceeds ten lakh rupees;

(b) in the case of every firm, artificial juridical person referred to in sub-clause (vii) of clause (31) of section 2 of the Income-tax Act, and domestic company, at the rate of ten per cent, of such "advance tax";

(c) in the case of every company, other than a domestic company, at the rate of two and one-half per cent of such "advance tax".

(10) In cases to which Paragraph A of Part III of the First Schedule applies, where the assessee has, in the previous year or, if by virtue of any provision of the Income-tax Act, income-tax is to be charged in respect of the income of a period other than the previous year, in such other period, any net agricultural income exceeding five thousand rupees, in addition to total income and the total income exceeds one lakh rupees, then, in charging income-tax under sub-section (2) of section 174 or section 174A or section 175 or sub- section (2) of section 176 of the said Act or in computing the "advance tax" payable under Chapter XVII-C of the said Act, at the rate or rates in force,-

(a) the net agricultural income shall be taken into account, in the manner provided in clause (b) [that is to say, as if the net agricultural income were comprised in the total income after the first one lakh rupees of the total income but without being liable to tax], only for the purpose of charging or computing such income-tax or,

as the case may be, "advance tax" in respect of the total income; and

(b) such income-tax or, as the case may be, "advance tax" shall be so charged or computed as follows:-

(i) the total income and the net agricultural income shall be aggregated and the amount of income-tax or "advance tax" shall be determined in respect of the aggregate income at the rates specified in the said Paragraph A, as if such aggregate income were the total income;

(ii) the net agricultural income shall be increased by a sum of one lakh rupees, and the amount of income-tax or "advance tax" shall be determined in respect of the net agricultural income as so increased at the rates specified in the said Paragraph A, as if the net agricultural income were the total income;

(iii) the amount of income-tax or "advance tax" determined in accordance with sub-clause (i) shall be reduced by the amount of income-tax or, as the case may be, "advance tax" determined in accordance with sub- clause (ii) and the sum so arrived at shall be the income-tax or, as the case may be, "advance tax" in respect of the total income:

Provided that in the case of every woman, resident in India and below the age of sixty-five years at any time during the previous year, referred to in item (ii) of Paragraph A of Part III of the First Schedule, the provisions of this sub-section shall have effect as if for the words "one lakh rupees", the words "one lakh thirty-five thousand rupees" had been substituted:

Provided further that in the case of every individual, being a resident in India, who is of the age of sixty-five years or more at any time during the previous year, referred to in item (III) of Paragraph A of Part III of the First Schedule, the provisions of this sub-section shall have effect as if for the words "one lakh rupees", the words "one lakh eighty-five thousand rupees" had been substituted:

Provided also that the amount of income-tax or "advance tax" so arrived at, as reduced by the rebate of income-tax calculated under Chapter VIII-A of the said Act, shall be increased by a surcharge for purposes of the Union calculated in each case, in the manner provided therein.

(11) The amount of income-tax as specified in sub-sections (1) to (10) and as increased by a surcharge for purposes of the Union calculated in the manner provided therein, shall be further increased by an additional surcharge for purposes of the Union, to be called the "Education Cess on income-tax", so as to fulfil the commitment of the Government to provide and finance universalised quality basic education, calculated at the rate of two per cent, of such income-tax and surcharge.

(12) For the purposes of this section and the First Schedule,-

(a) "domestic company" means an Indian company or any other company which, in respect of its income liable to income-tax under the Income-tax Act for the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 2006, has made the prescribed arrangements for the declaration and payment within India of the dividends (including dividends on preference shares) payable out of such income;

(b) "insurance commission" means any remuneration or reward, whether by way of commission or otherwise, for soliciting or procuring insurance business (including business relating to the continuance, renewal or revival of policies of insurance);

(c) "net agricultural income", in relation to a person, means the total amount of agricultural income, from whatever source derived, of that person computed in accordance with the rules contained in Part IV of the First Schedule;

(d) all other words and expressions used in this section and the First Schedule but not defined in this sub-section and defined in the Income-tax Act shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.

3 . Amendment of section 2.- In section 2 of the Income-tax Act,-

(i) in clause (24),-

(A) in sub-clause (iia),-

(a) after the words, brackets and figures "sub-clause (iv) or sub- clause (v)", the words, brackets, figures and letter "or by any university or other educational institution referred to in sub-clause (vi) or by any hospital or other institution referred to in sub-clause (via)" shall be inserted and shall be deemed to have been inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 1999;

(b) for the words, brackets, figures and letter "or by any university or other educational institution referred to in sub-clause (vi) or by any hospital or other institution referred to in sub-clause (via)", as so inserted by sub-item (a), the words, brackets, figures and letters "or by any university or other educational institution referred to in sub-clause (iiiad) or sub-clause (vi) or by any hospital or other institution referred to in sub-clause (iiiae) or sub- clause (via)" shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007;

(B) after sub-clause (vii), the following sub-clause shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007, namely:-

"(viia) the profits and gains of any business of banking (including providing credit facilities) carried on by a co-operative society with its members;";

(ii) after clause (26), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:-

'(26A) "infrastructure capital company" means such company which makes investments by way of acquiring shares or providing long-term finance to any enterprise or undertaking wholly engaged in the business referred to in sub-section (4) of section 80-IA or sub-section (1) of section 80-IAB or an undertaking developing and building a housing project referred to in subsection (10) of section 80-IB or a project for constructing a hotel of not less than three-star category as classified by the Central Government or a project for constructing a hospital with at least one- hundred beds for patients;

(26B) "infrastructure capital fund" means such fund operating under a trust deed registered under the provisions of the Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908) established to raise monies by the trustees for investment by way of acquiring shares or providing long-term finance to any enterprise or undertaking wholly engaged in the business referred to in sub-section (4) of section 80-IA or subsection (1) of section 80-IAB or an undertaking developing and building a housing project referred to in sub-section (10) of section 80-IB or a project for constructing a hotel of not less than three-star category as classified by the Central Government or a project for constructing a hospital with at least one-hundred beds for patients;';

(iii) in clause (37A), in sub-clause (iii), for the words and figures, "an agreement entered into by the Central Government under section 90, whichever is applicable by virtue of the provisions of section 90;", the words, figures and letters "an agreement entered into by the Central Government under section 90, or an agreement notified by the Central Government under section 90A, whichever is applicable by virtue of the provisions of section 90, or section 90A, as the case may be;" shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of June, 2006;

(iv) in clause (48), the Explanation shall be omitted.

4 . Amendment of section 10.- In section 10 of the Income-tax Act,-

(a) in clause (6BB), for the words, figures and letters "or entered into after the 31st day of March, 2006 and approved by the Central Government in this behalf, the words, figures and letters "or entered into after the 31st day of March, 2007 and approved by the Central Government in this behalf shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007;

(b) in clause (15A), in the proviso, for the words, figures and letters "the 1st day of April, 2006", the words, figures and letters "the 1st day of April, 2007" shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007;

(c) in clause (17), for sub-clause (iii), the following sub-clause shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007, namely:-

"(iii) any constituency allowance received by any person by reason of his membership of any State Legislature under any Act or rules made by that State Legislature;";

(d) in clause (23C),-

(i) after the eleventh proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of June, 2006, namely:-

"Provided also that in case the fund or trust or institution or any university or other educational institution or any hospital or other medical institution referred to in the first proviso makes an application on or after the 1st day of June, 2006 for the purposes of grant of exemption or continuance thereof, such application shall be made at any time during the financial year immediately preceding the assessment year from which the exemption is sought:";

(ii) after the twelfth proviso as so inserted, the following proviso shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007, namely:-

"Provided also that any anonymous donation referred to in section 115BBC on which tax is payable in accordance with the provisions of the said section shall be included in the total income;";

(e) in clause (23EA), for the words "any income", the words "any income, by way of contributions received from recognised exchanges and the members thereof," shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007;

(f) clause (23G) shall be omitted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007;

(g) in clause (38),-

(i) before the Explanation, the following proviso shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007, namely:-

"Provided that the income by way of long-term capital gain of a company shall be taken into account in computing the book profit and income-tax payable under section 115JB.";

(ii) in the Explanation, in clause (i), for the words "fifty per cent.", the words "sixty-five per cent." shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of June, 2006;

(h) after clause (41), the following shall be inserted, namely:-

'(42) any specified income arising to a body or authority which-

(a) has been established or constituted or appointed under a treaty or an agreement entered into by the Central Government with two or more countries or a convention signed by the Central Government;

(b) is established or constituted or appointed not for the purposes of profit;

(c) is notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette for the purposes of this clause.

Explanation- For the purposes of this clause, "specified income" means the income, of the nature and to the extent, arising to the body or authority referred to in this clause, which the Central Government may notify in this behalf.'.

5 . Amendment of section 10B.- In section 10B of the Income-tax Act, in sub-section (1),-

(a) in the second proviso, for the word "also", the word "further" shall be substituted;

(b) after the third proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-

"Provided also that no deduction under this section shall be allowed to an assessee who does not furnish a return of his income on or before the due date specified under sub-section (1) of section 139.".

6 . Amendment of section 13.- In section 13 of the Income-tax Act, after sub-section (6) and before Explanation 1, the following sub-section shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007, namely:-

"(7) Nothing contained in section 11 or section 12 shall operate so as to exclude from the total income of the previous year of the person in receipt thereof, any anonymous donation referred to in section 115BBC on which tax is payable in accordance with the provisions of that section.".

7 . Amendment of section 14A.- Section 14A of the Income-tax Act shall be numbered as sub-section (1) thereof and after sub-section (1) as so numbered, the following sub-sections shall be inserted, with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007, namely:-

"(2) The Assessing Officer shall determine the amount of expenditure incurred in relation to such income which does not form part of the total income under this Act in accordance with such method as may be prescribed, if the Assessing Officer, having regard to the accounts of the assessee, is not satisfied with the correctness of the claim of the assessee in respect of such expenditure in relation to income which does not form part of the total income under this Act.

(3) The provisions of sub-section (2) shall also apply in relation to a case where an assessee claims that no expenditure has been incurred by him in relation to income which does not form part of the total income under this Act".

8 . Amendment of section 17.- In section 17 of the Income-tax Act, in clause (2), after sub-clause (vi), in the proviso, with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007,-

(i) in clause (iii), after the words "Central Government", the words, brackets and figures "or the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority established under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999,(41 of 1999)" shall be inserted;

(ii) in clause (iv), after the words "Central Government", the words, brackets and figures "or the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority established under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999,(41 of 1999)" shall be inserted.

9 . Amendment of section 36.- In section 36 of the Income-tax Act, in sub-section (1),-

(a) for clause (ib), the following clause shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007, namely:-

"(ib) the amount of any premium paid by cheque by the assessee as an employer to effect or to keep in force an insurance on the health of his employees under a scheme framed in this behalf by-

(A) the General Insurance Corporation of India formed under section 9 of the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972(57 of 1972) and approved by the Central Government; or

(B) any other insurer and approved by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority established under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999(41 of 1999);";

(b) in clause (iiia), in the Explanation, clause (iii) shall be omitted;

(c) in clause (viii), in the Explanation, for clause (d), the following clause shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007, namely:-

'(d) "infrastructure facility" means-

(i) an infrastructure facility as defined in the Explanation to clause (i) of sub-section (4) of section 80-IA, or any other public facility of a similar nature as may be notified by the Board in this behalf in the Official Gazette and which fulfils the conditions as may be prescribed;

(ii) an undertaking referred to in clause (ii) or clause (iii) or clause (iv) of sub-section (4) of section 80-IA; and

(iii) an undertaking referred to in sub-section (10) of section 80-IB;'.

10 . Amendment of section 40.- In section 40 of the Income-tax Act, in clause (a), after sub-clause (ii),-

(a) the following Explanation shall be inserted, namely:-

"Explanation 1- For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that for the purposes of this sub-clause, any sum paid on account of any rate or tax levied includes and shall be deemed always to have included any sum eligible for relief of tax under section 90 or, as the case may be, deduction from the Indian income-tax payable under section 91.";

(b) after Explanation 1 as so inserted, the following Explanation shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of the June, 2006, namely:-

"Explanation 2- For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that for the purposes of this sub-clause, any sum paid on account of any rate or tax levied includes any sum eligible for relief of tax under section 90A;".

11 . Amendment of section 43.- In section 43 of the Income-tax Act, in clause (5), in the proviso, in clause (d), for the brackets and letters "(aa)", the brackets and letters "(ac)" shall be substituted.

12 . Amendment of section 43B.- In section 43B of the Income-tax Act,-

(a) after Explanation 3B, the following Explanation shall be inserted and shall be deemed to have been inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 1989, namely:-

"Explanation 3C - For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that a deduction of any sum, being interest payable under clause (d) of this section, shall be allowed if such interest has been actually paid and any interest referred to in that clause which has been converted into a loan or borrowing shall not be deemed to have been actually paid.";

(b) after Explanation 3C as so inserted, the following Explanation shall be inserted and shall be deemed to have been inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 1997, namely:-

"Explanation 3D - For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that a deduction of any sum, being interest payable under clause (e) of this section, shall be allowed if such interest has been actually paid and any interest referred to in that clause which has been converted into a loan or advance shall not be deemed to have been actually paid.".

13 . Amendment of section 54EC.- In section 54EC of the Income-tax Act, after sub-section (3), in the Explanation, for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-

'(b) "long-term specified asset" means any bond, redeemable after three years and issued on or after the 1st day of April, 2006,-

(i) by the National Highways Authority of India constituted under section 3 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988(68 of 1988), and notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette for the purposes of this section; or

(ii) by the Rural Electrification Corporation Limited, a company formed and registered under the Companies Act, 1956(1 of 1956), and notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette for the purposes of this section.'.

14 . Amendment of section 54ED.- In section 54ED of the Income-tax Act, in sub-section (1), for the words "from the transfer of a long-term capital asset,", the words, figures and letters "from the transfer before the 1st

15 . Insertion of new section 80AC.- After section 80AB of the Income-tax Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-

"80AC. Deduction not to be allowed unless return furnished - Where in computing the total income of an assessee of the previous year relevant to the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 2006 or any subsequent assessment year, any deduction is admissible under section 80-IA or section 80- IAB or section 80-IB or section 80-IC, no such deduction shall be allowed to him unless he furnishes a return of his income for such assessment year on or before the due date specified under sub-section (1) of section 139.".

16 . Amendment of section 80C.- In section 80C of the Income-tax Act, in sub-section (2), with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007,-

(a) in clause (xi), for the words, brackets, figures and letter "notified under clause (23D)", the words, brackets, figures and letter "referred to in clause (23D)" shall be substituted;

(b) in clause (xiii), for the words, brackets, figures and letter "notified under clause (23D)", the words, brackets, figures and letter "referred to in clause (23D)" shall be substituted;

(c) in clause (xiv), for the words, brackets, figures and letter "notified under clause (23D)", the words, brackets, figures and letter "referred to in clause (23D)" shall be substituted;

(d) after clause (xx), the following shall be inserted, namely:-

''(xxi) as term deposit-

(a) for a fixed period of not less than five years with a scheduled bank; and

(b) which is in accordance with a scheme framed and notified, by the Central Government, in the Official Gazette for the purposes of this clause.".

Explanation - For the purposes of this clause, "scheduled bank" means the State Bank of India constituted under the State Bank of India Act, 1955(23 of 1955), or a subsidiary bank as defined in the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959(38 of 1959), or a corresponding new bank constituted under section 3 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970(5 of 1970), or under section 3 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980(40 of 1980), or any other bank, being a bank included in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934(2 of 1934).'.

17 . Amendment of section 80CCC.- In section 80CCC of the Income-tax Act, in sub-section (1), for the words "ten thousand rupees", the words "one lakh rupees" shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007.

18 . Amendment of section 80-IA.- In section 80-IA of the Income-tax Act, in sub-section (4), with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007,-

(a) in clause (iii), after the proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-

'Provided further that in the case of any undertaking which develops, develops and operates or maintains and operates an industrial park, the provisions of this clause shall have effect as if for the figures, letters and words "31st day of March, 2006", the figures, letters and words "31st day of March, 2009" had been substituted;';

(b) in clause (iv),-

(i) in sub-clause (a), for the words, figures and letters "the 31st day of March, 2006", the words, figures and letters "the 31st day of March, 2010" shall be substituted;

(ii) in sub-clause (b), for the words, figures and letters "the 31st day of March, 2006", the words, figures and letters "the 31st day of March, 2010" shall be substituted;

(iii) in sub-clause (c), for the words, figures and letters "the 31st day of March, 2006", the words, figures and letters "the 31st day of March, 2010" shall be substituted.

19 . Amendment of section 80P.- In section 80P of the Income-tax Act, after sub-section (3), the following shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007, namely:-

'(4) The provisions of this section shall not apply in relation to any co-operative bank other than a primary agricultural credit society or a primary co-operative agricultural and rural development bank.

Explanation - For the purposes of this sub-section,-

(a) "co-operative bank" and "primary agricultural credit society" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in Part V of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949(10 of 1949);

(b) "primary co-operative agricultural and rural development bank" means a society having its area of operation confined to a taluk and the principal object of which is to provide for long-term credit for agricultural and rural development activities.'.

20 . Insertion of new section 90A.- In Chapter IX of the Income-tax Act, after section 90, the following section shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of June, 2006, namely:-

'90A. Adoption by Central Government of agreements between specified associations for double taxation relief - (1) Any specified association in India may enter into an agreement with any specified association in the specified territory outside India and the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make such provisions as may be necessary for adopting and implementing such agreement-

(a) for the granting of relief in respect of-

(i) income on which have been paid both income-tax under this Act and income-tax in any specified territory outside India; or

(ii) income-tax chargeable under this Act and under the corresponding law in force in that specified territory outside India to promote mutual economic relations, trade and investment, or

(b) for the avoidance of double taxation of income under this Act and under the corresponding law in force in that specified territory outside India, or

(c) for exchange of information for the prevention of evasion or avoidance of income-tax chargeable under this Act or under the corresponding law in force in that specified territory outside India, or investigation of cases of such evasion or avoidance, or

(d) for recovery of income-tax under this Act and under the corresponding law in force in that specified territory outside India.

(2) Where a specified association in India has entered into an agreement with a specified association of any specified territory outside India under sub-section (1) and such agreement has been notified under that sub- section, for granting relief of tax, or as the case may be, avoidance of double taxation, then, in relation to the assessee to whom such agreement applies, the provisions of this Act shall apply to the extent they are more beneficial to that assessee.

(3) Any term used but not defined in this Act or in the agreement referred to in sub-section (1) shall, unless the context otherwise requires, and is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or the agreement, have the same meaning as assigned to it in the notification issued by the Central Government in the Official Gazette in this behalf.

Explanation 1 - For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the charge of tax in respect of a company incorporated in the specified territory outside India at a rate higher than the rate at which a domestic company is chargeable, shall not be regarded as less favourable charge or levy of tax in respect of such company.

Explanation 2 - For the purposes of this section, the expressions-

(a) "specified association" means any institution, association or body, whether incorporated or not, functioning under any law for the time being in force in India or the laws of the specified territory outside India and which may be notified as such by the Central Government for the purposes of this section;

(b) "specified territory" means any area outside India which may be notified as such by the Central Government for the purposes of this section.'.

21 . Amendment of section 92C.- In section 92C of the Income-tax Act, in sub-section (4), in the first proviso, for the words, figures and letters "section 10A or section 10B", the words, figures and letters "section 10A or section 10AA or section 10B" shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007.

22 . Insertion of new section 115BBC.- In Chapter XII of the Income-tax Act, after section 115BBB, the following section shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007, namely:-

'115BBC. Anonymous donations to be taxed certain cases - (1) Where the total income of an assessee, being a person in receipt of income on behalf of any university or other educational institution referred to in sub-clause (iiiad) or sub- clause (vi) or any hospital or other institution referred to in sub-clause (iiiae) or sub-clause (via) or any fund or institution referred to in sub-clause (iv) or any trust or institution referred to in sub-clause (v) of clause (23C) of section 10 or any trust or institution referred to in section 11, includes any income by way of any anonymous donation, the income-tax payable shall be the aggregate of-

(i) the amount of income-tax calculated on the income by way of any anonymous donation, at the rate of thirty per cent.; and

(ii) the amount of income-tax with which the assessee would have been chargeable had his total income been reduced by the amount of income referred to in clause (i).

(2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall not apply to any anonymous donation received by-

(a) any trust or institution created or established wholly for religious purposes;

(b) any trust or institution created or established wholly for religious and charitable purposes other than any anonymous donation made with a specific direction that such donation is for any university or other educational institution or any hospital or other medical institution run by such trust or institution.

(3) For the purposes of this section, "anonymous donation" means any voluntary contribution referred to in sub-clause (iia) of clause (24) of section 2, where a person receiving such contribution does not maintain a record of the identity indicating the name and address of the person making such contribution and such other particulars as may be prescribed.'.

23 . Amendment of section 115JAA.- In section 115JAA of the Income-tax Act, for sub-sections (2) and (3), the following sub- sections shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007, namely:-

"(2) The tax credit to be allowed under sub-section (1) shall be the difference of the tax paid for any assessment year under sub-section (1) of section 115JA and the amount of tax payable by the assessee on his total income computed in accordance with the other provisions of this Act:

Provided that no interest shall be payable on the tax credit allowed under sub-section (1).

(2A) The tax credit to be allowed under sub-section (1A) shall be the difference of the tax paid for any assessment year under sub-section (1) of section 115JB and the amount of tax payable by the assessee on his total income computed in accordance with the other provisions of this Act:

Provided that no interest shall be payable on the tax credit allowed under sub-section (1A).

(3) The amount of tax credit determined under sub-section (2) shall be carried forward and set off in accordance with the provisions of sub-sections (4) and (5) but such carry forward shall not be allowed beyond the fifth assessment year immediately succeeding the assessment year in which tax credit becomes allowable under sub-section (1).

(3A) The amount of tax credit determined under sub-section (2A) shall be carried forward and set off in accordance with the provisions of sub-sections (4) and (5) but such carry forward shall not be allowed beyond the seventh assessment year immediately succeeding the assessment year in which tax credit becomes allowable under sub-section (1A).".

24 . Amendment of section 115JB.- In section 115JB of the Income-tax Act, with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007,-

(i) in sub-section (1),-

(a) for the words, figures and letters "the 1st day of April, 2001", the words, figures and letters "the 1st day of April, 2007" shall be substituted;

(b) for the words "seven and one-half per cent.", at both the places where they occur, the words "ten per cent." shall be substituted;

(ii) in the Explanation occurring after sub-section (2),-

(a) in clause (f), for the words, figures, brackets and letters "section 10 (other than the provisions contained in clause (23G) thereof) or section 10A or section 10B or section 11 or section 12 apply,", the words, figures, brackets and letters "section 10 [other than the provisions contained in clause (38) thereof] or section 10A or section 10B or section 11 or section 12 apply; or" shall be substituted;

(b) after clause (f) -

(A) the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-

"(g) the amount of depreciation,";

(B) for the portion beginning with the words "if any amount", and ending with the words "as reduced by-", the following shall be substituted, namely:-

"if any amount referred to in clauses (a) to (g) is debited to the profit and loss account, and as reduced by-";

(c) in clause (ii), for the words, figures, brackets and letter "section 10 (other than the provisions contained in clause (23G) thereof)", the words, figures and brackets "section 10 [other than the provisions contained in clause (38) thereof]" shall be substituted;

(d) after clause (ii), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:-

"(iia) the amount of depreciation debited to the profit and loss account (excluding the depreciation on account of revaluation of assets); or

(iib) the amount withdrawn from revaluation reserve and credited to the profit and loss account, to the extent it does not exceed the amount of depreciation on account of revaluation of assets referred to in clause (iia); or".

25 . Amendment of section 115-O.- In section 115-O of the Income-tax Act, in sub-section (6), the words, brackets, figures and letter "not falling under clause (23G) of section 10" shall be omitted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007.

26 . Amendment of section 115R.- In section 115R of the Income-tax Act, in sub-section (2), in the proviso, in clause (b), the word "open-ended" shall be omitted with effect from the 1st day of June, 2006.

27 . Amendment of section 115T.- In section 115T of the Income-tax Act, in the Explanation, in clause (b), with effect from the 1st day of June, 2006,-

(i) the word "open-ended" shall be omitted;

(ii) in sub-clause (ii), for the words "fifty per cent.", the words "sixty-five per cent." shall be substituted.

28 . Amendment of section 115WB.- In section 115WB of the Income-tax Act, with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007,-

(a) in sub-section (2),-

(i) in clause (D), in the proviso,-

(A) in clause (v), the word "and" occurring at the end shall be omitted;

(B) after clause (vi), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:-

"(vii) being the expenditure on distribution of free samples of medicines or of medical equipment, to doctors; and

(viii) being the expenditure by way of payment to any person of repute for promoting the sale of goods or services of the business of the employer,";

(ii) in clause (F), the words and brackets "tour and travel (including foreign travel)" shall be omitted;

(iii) after clause (P), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-

"(Q) tour and travel (including foreign travel).";

(b) in sub-section (3), after the words "payable by the employee", the words "or any benefit or amenity in the nature of free or subsidised transport or any such allowance provided by the employer to his employees for journeys by the employees from their residence to the place of work or such place of work to the place of residence" shall be inserted at the end.

29 . Amendment of section 115WC.- In section 115WC of the Income-tax Act, with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007,-

(a) in sub-section (1),-

(i) for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-

"(b) the amount of contribution, referred to in clause (c) of sub- section (1) of section 115WB, which exceeds one lakh rupees in respect of each employee;";

(ii) after clause (d), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-

"(e) five per cent. of the expenses referred to in clause (Q) of sub-section (2) of section 115WB.";

(b) in sub-section (2),-

(i) after clause (a), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:-

'(aa) in the case of an employer engaged in the business of carriage of passengers or goods by aircraft, the value of fringe benefits for the purposes referred to in clause (B) of sub-section (2) of section 115WB shall be "five per cent." instead of "twenty per cent." referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (1);

(ab) in the case of an employer engaged in the business of carriage of passengers or goods by ship, the value of fringe benefits for the purposes referred to in clause (B) of sub-section (2) of section 115WB shall be "five per cent." instead of "twenty per cent." referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (1);';

(ii) after clause (d), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:-

'(da) in the case of an employer engaged in the business of carriage of passengers or goods by aircraft, the value of fringe benefits for the purposes referred to in clause (G) of sub-section (2) of section 115WB shall be "five per cent." instead of "twenty per cent." referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (1);

(db) in the case of an employer engaged in the business of carriage of passengers or goods by ship, the value of fringe benefits for the purposes referred to in clause (G) of sub-section (2) of section 115WB shall be "five per cent." instead of "twenty per cent." referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (1);'.

30 . Amendment of section 120.- In section 120 of the Income-tax Act, in sub-section (1), the following Explanation shall be inserted and shall be deemed to have been inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 1988, namely:-

"Explanation - For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that any income- tax authority, being an authority higher in rank, may, if so directed by the Board, exercise the powers and perform the functions of the income-tax authority lower in rank and any such direction issued by the Board shall be deemed to be a direction issued under sub-section (1).".