Section 9 - Amendment of Section 36 - Finance Act, 1970

9. Amendment of Section 36 In section 36 of the Income-tax Act, in clause (viii) of sub-section (1), the following Explanation shall be deemed to have been inserted at the end with effect from the 1st day of April, 1966, namely :- Explanation : For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that in the case of a financial corporation to which sub-clause (a) applies, if the amount carried to the reserve account referred to in this clause in the accounts of the previous year relevant to the assessment year commencing on the 1st day April, 1966, falls short of twenty-five per cent. of the total income and the amount transferred to such reserve account in the accounts of the immediately succeeding previous year exceeds the amount in respect of which the corporation is entitled to the deduction under this clause for the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1967, an amount equal to such excess shall, for the purpose of allowing the deduction under this clause, be deemed to have been transferred to the reserve account in the accounts of the first-mentioned previous year; .