Section 6 - Amendment of section 10B - Finance Act, 2002

6. Amendment of section 10B.- In section 10B of the Income-tax Act, with effect from the 1st day of April, 2003,- (a) in sub-section (1), after the second proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:- "Provided also that for the assessment year beginning on the 1st day of April, 2003, the deduction under this sub-section shall be ninety per cent, of the profits and gains derived by an undertaking from the export of such articles or things or computer software:"; (b) after sub-section (9) and before Explanation 1, the following shall be inserted, namely:- "(9A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (9), where as a result of reorganisation of business, a firm or a sole proprietary concern is succeeded by a company and the ownership or beneficial interest in the undertaking of the firm or the sole proprietary concern is transferred to the company, the deduction under sub-section (1) in respect of such undertaking shall be allowed to the company, as the same would have been allowed to such firm or sole proprietary concern, as the case may be, if the reorganisation had not taken place: Provided that,- (a) in the case of a firm, the aggregate of the shareholding in the company of the partners of the firm is not less than fifty-one per cent, of the total voting power in the company and their shareholding continues to be as such for the period for which the company is eligible for deduction under this section; (b) in the case of a sole proprietary concern, the shareholding of the sole proprietor in the company is not less than fifty-one per cent, of the total voting power in the company and his shareholding continues to remain as such for the period for which the company is eligible for deduction under this section.".