Act Number: 58

Act Name: The Unit Trust of India (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act, 2002

Year: 2002

Enactment Date: 2002-12-17

Long Title: An Act to provide for the transfer and vesting of the undertaking (excluding the specified undertaking) of the Unit Trust of India to the specified company to be formed and registered under the Companies Act, 1956, and the transfer and vesting of the specified undertaking of the Unit Trust of India in the Administrator and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto and also to repeal the Unit Trust of India Act, 1963.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Financial Services

Section 13: Tax exemption or benefit to continue to have effect.
    (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) or any other enactment for the time being in force relating to tax or income, profits or gains, no income-tax or any other tax shall be payable by the Administrator in relation to the specified undertaking 1[for the period beginning on the appointed day and ending on the 2[31st day of March, 2023]] in respect of any income, profits or gains derived, or any amount received in relation to the specified undertaking.
     (2) The transfer and vesting of the undertaking or the specified undertaking in terms of section 4 shall not be construed as a transfer within the meaning of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) for the purposes of capital gains.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 18 of 2008, s. 123, for "for a period of five years computed from the appointed day" (w.e.f. 1-2-2008).
2. Subs. by Act 13 of 2021, s. 163, for "the 31st day of March, 2021" (w.e.f. 1-4-2021).
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