Act Number: 18

Act Name: The Gift-tax Act, 1958

Year: 1958

Enactment Date: 1958-05-15

Long Title: An Act to provide for the levy of gift-tax

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Revenue

Section 6: Value of gifts, how determined.
1(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), the value of any property, other than cash, transferred by way of gift shall, for the purpose of this Act, be its value as on the date on which the gift was made and shall be determined in the manner laid down in Schedule II.
(2) Where a person makes a gift which is not revocable for a specified period, the value of the property gifted shall be the capitalised value of the income from such property during the period for which the gift is not revocable.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 3 of 1989, s. 81, for section 6 (w.e.f. 1-4-1989).
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