Section 196:
Interest or dividend or other sums payable to Government, Reserve Bank or certain Corporations.
1Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, no
deduction of tax shall be made by any person from any sums payable to—
(i) the Government, or
(ii) the Reserve Bank of India, or
(iii) a corporation established by or under a Central Act which is, under any law for the time
being in force, exempt from income-tax on its income, or
(iv) a Mutual Fund specified under clause (23D) of section 10,
where such sum is payable to it by way of interest or dividend in respect of any securities or shares owned
by it or in which it has full beneficial interest, or any other income accruing or arising to it.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 4 of 1988, s. 75, for section 196 (w.e.f. 1-4-1988). Earlier section 196 was substituted by Act 20 of 1967, s.
30 (w.e.f. 1-4-1967).