Section 9 - Amendment of section 12A. - Finance Act, 2017

Amendment of section 12A. 9. In section 12A of the Income-tax Act, in sub-section (1), with effect from the 1st day of April, 2018,- (i) after clause (aa), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- (ab) the person in receipt of the income has made an application for registration of the trust or institution, in a case where a trust or an institution has been granted registration under section 12AA or has obtained registration at any time under section 12A [as it stood before its amendment by the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1996], (33 of 1996.) and, subsequently, it has adopted or undertaken modifications of the objects which do not conform to the conditions of registration, in the prescribed form and manner, within a period of thirty days from the date of said adoption or modification, to the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner and such trust or institution is registered under section 12AA; ; (ii) after clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- (ba) the person in receipt of the income has furnished the return of income for the previous year in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (4A) of section 139, within the time allowed under that section. .