Clause 9 - Amendment of section 56 - Finance Bill, 2013

Amendment of section 56 9 . In section 56 of the Income-tax Act, in sub-section (2), (I) in clause (vii), for sub-clause (b), the following sub-clause shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2014, namely: (b) any immovable property, (i) without consideration, the stamp duty value of which exceeds fifty thousand rupees, the stamp duty value of such property; (ii) for a consideration which is less than the stamp duty value of the property by an amount exceeding fifty thousand rupees, the stamp duty value of such property as exceeds such consideration: Provided that where the date of the agreement fixing the amount of consideration for the transfer of immovable property and the date of registration are not the same, the stamp duty value on the date of the agreement may be taken for the purposes of this sub-clause: Provided further that the said proviso shall apply only in a case where the amount of consideration referred to therein, or a part thereof, has been paid by any mode other than cash on or before the date of the agreement for the transfer of such immovable property; ; (II) in clause (viib), in the Explanation, in clause (b), for the word and figure Explanation 1 , the word Explanation shall be substituted.