Section 4 - Amendment of section 9. - Finance Act, 2017

Amendment of section 9. 4. In section 9 of the Income-tax Act, in sub-section (1), in clause (i), in Explanation 5,- (i) the following proviso shall be inserted and shall be deemed to have been inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2012, namely. - Provided that nothing contained in this Explanation shall apply to an asset or capital asset, which is held by a non-resident by way of investment, directly or indirectly, in a Foreign Institutional Investor as referred to in clause (a) of the Explanation to section 115AD for an assessment year commencing on or after the 1st day of April, 2012 but before the 1st day of April, 2015: ; (ii) after the first proviso as so inserted, the following proviso shall be inserted and shall be deemed to have been inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2015, namely: - Provided further that nothing contained in this Explanation shall apply to an asset or capital asset, which is held by a non-resident by way of investment, directly or indirectly, in Category-I or Category-II foreign portfolio investor under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Foreign Portfolio Investors) Regulations, 2014, made under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act,1992. . (15 of 1992.)