Clause 70 - Deduction from life insurance. - Direct Taxes Code, 2010

Deduction from life insurance. 70. (1) A person, being an individual or a Hindu undivided family, shall be allowed a deduction in respect of any sum paid or deposited to effect or keep in force an insurance on the life of persons specified in sub-section (3). (2) The insurance referred to in sub-section (1) shall be an insurance where the premium payable for any of the years during the term of the policy shall not exceed five per cent. of the capital sum assured. (3) The person referred to in sub-section (1) shall be— (a) the individual,spouse or any child of such individual; and (b) in case of a Hindu undivided family, any member of such family.