Amendments to Finance (No.2) Bill, 2009

Page 4, for lines 61 and 62 substitute -

'(d) in clause (24), -

(i) in sub-clause (iia), after the word and figures 'section 10", the words "or by an electoral trust" shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2010;

(ii) after sub-clause (xiv), the following sub-clause shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of October, 2009, namely : -

"(xv) any sum of money or value of property referred to in clause (vii) of sub-section 2 of section 56;";.

Page 5, for lines 51 and 52 substitute, -

Amendment of section 17. '9. In section 17 of the Income-tax Act, in clause (2), with effect from the 1st day of April, 2010,-

(a) in sub-clause (v), for the words "annuity; and", the word "annuity;" shall be substituted,

(b) for sub-clause (vi), the following sub-clauses shall be substituted, namely : -

Page 6, after line 39 insert, -

"Provided that the expenditure incurred, wholly and exclusively, for the purposes of any specified business, shall be allowed as deduction during the previous year in which he commences operations of his specified business, if -

(a) the expenditure in incurred prior to the commencement of its operation; and

(b) the amount is capitalised in the books of account of the assessee on the date of commencement of its operations,".

Page 10, for lines 5 to 10, substitute -

Amendment of section 49. - '23. In section 49 of the Income-tax Act, -

(a) for sub-section (2AA), the following sub-Section shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2010, namely : -

"(2AA) Where the capital gain arises from the transfer of specified security or sweat equity shares referred to in sub-clause (vi) of clause (2) of section 17, the cost of acquisition of such security or shares shall be the fair market value which has been taken into account for the purposes of the said sub-clause.;"

(b) after sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of October, 2009, namely : -

"(4) Where the capital gain arises from the transfer of a property, the value of which has been subject to income tax under clause (vii) of sub-section (2) of section 56, the cost of acquisition of such property shall be deemed to be the value which has been taken into account for the purposes of the said clause (vii)."'.

Page 10, for lines 11 and 12, substitute -

Amendment of section 50B - "24. In section 50B of the Income-tax Act, in Explanation 2 with effect from the 1st day of April, 2010,-

(i) in clause (a), the words "and" occurring at the end shall be omitted;

(ii) for clause (b), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely : -".

Page 11, for line 30, substitute -

"referred to in clause (b) of section 145A.".

Page 12, for lines 37 to 40, substitute -

'(a) in sub-section (I)

(i) in the opening portion, after the words, figures and letters "Where an assessee, being an individual employed by the Central Government or any other employer on or after the 1st day of January, 2004,", the words "or any other assessee, being an individual" shall be inserted;

(ii) for the words "as does not exceed ten per cent. of his salary in the previous year", the following words shall be substituted, namely : -

"as does not exceed, -

(a) in the case of an employee, ten per cent, of his salary in the previous year; and

(b) in any other case, ten per cent, of this gross total income in the previous year:,;

Page 12, for lines 48 and 49, substitute-

Amendment of section 80E. 32. In section 80E of the Income tax Act, in sub-section (3), with effect from the 1st day of April, 2010,-

(i) for clause (C), the following cause shall be substituted, namely:-

Page 12, after line 53, insert-

(ii) for clause (e) the following clause shall be substituted namely:-

(e) "relative", in relation to an individual, means the spouse and children of the individual or the student for whom the individual is the legal guardian.'

Page 13, for line 12, substitute-

'(c) in sub-section (4) -

(A) in clause (iii), in the second proviso, for the words, figures and letters "the 31st day of March, 2009" the words, figures and letterers "the 31st day of March, 2011" shall be substituted'.

Page 13, after line, 52, insert-

"(V) is engaged in commercial production of natural gas in blocks licensed under the IV Round of bidding for award of exploration contracts for Coal Bed Methane blocks and begins commercial production of natural gas on or after the 1st day of April, 2009,

Page 13, for lines 53 to 55, substitute -

'(c) in sub-section (10),-

(i) in the opening portion, for the figures, letters and words "31st day of March, 2007" the figures, letters and words "31st day of March, 2008" shall be substituted;

(ii) in clause (c), for the words "any other place; and", the words "any other place;" shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2010;

(iii) after clause (d), the following clauses shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2010, namely:-'

Page 13, for line 60, substitute -

"(i) the individual or the spouse or the minor children of such individual,".

Page 13, after line 68, insert -

'(d) in sub-section (11A), with effect from the 1st day of April, 2010,-

(i) after the words "vegetables or", the following words shall be inserted, namely:-

"meat and meat products or poultry or marine or dairy products or";

(ii) the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-

"Provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply to an undertaking engaged in the business of processing, preservation and packaging of meat or meat products or poultry or marine or dairy products if it begins to operate such business before the 1st day of April, 2009.".'.

Page 13, after line 68, insert-

Amendment of section 80-U. 37A. In section 80 U of the Income-tax Act, in subsection (l), after the proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2010, namely:-

"Provided further that for the assessment years beginning on or after the 1st day of April, 2010, the provisions of the first proviso shall have effect as if for the words "seventy-five thousand rupees", the words "one lakh rupees: had been substituted.".'.

Page 15, for lines 4 to 9, substitute -

'(i) the amount of income-tax calculated at the rate of thirty per cent on the aggregate of anonymous donation received in excess of the higher of the following, namely:-

(A) five per cent of the total donations received by the assessee, or

(B) one lakh rupees; and";

(b) for clause (ii) the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-

"(ii) the amount of income-tax with which the assessee would have been chargeable had his total income been reduced by the aggregate of anonymous donations received.".'.