Section 31 - Amendment of section 50C. - Finance Act, 2016

Amendment of section 50C. 31. In section 50C of the Income-tax Act, in sub-section (1), the following provisos shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2017, namely:- Provided that where the date of the agreement fixing the amount of consideration and the date of registration for the transfer of the capital asset are not the same, the value adopted or assessed or assessable by the stamp valuation authority on the date of agreement may be taken for the purposes of computing full value of consideration for such transfer: Provided further that the first proviso shall apply only in a case where the amount of consideration, or a part thereof, has been received by way of an account payee cheque or account payee bank draft or by use of electronic clearing system through a bank account, on or before the date of the agreement for transfer. .