Section 196D:
Income of Foreign Institutional Investors from securities.
1(1) Where 2
any income in
respect of securities referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 115AD, not being income by
way of interest referred to in section 194LD, is payable to a Foreign Institutional Investor, the person
responsible for making the payment shall, at the time of credit of such income to the account of the payee
or at the time of payment thereof in cash or by issue of a cheque or draft or by any other mode, whichever
is earlier, deduct income-tax thereon at the rate of twenty per cent.:
3
Provided that no such deduction shall be made in respect of any dividends referred to in section
115-O.
(2) No deduction of tax shall be made from any income, by way of capital gains arising from the
transfer of securities referred to in section 115AD, payable to a Foreign Institutional Investor.
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 38 of 1993, s. 28 (w.e.f. 1-6-1993).
2. Subs. by Act 17 of 2013, s. 49, for “any income in respect of securities referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of
section 115AD is payable” (w.e.f. 1-6-2013).
3. Ins. by Act 32 of 2003, s. 83 (w.e.f. 1-4-2003). Earlier the proviso was omitted by Act 20 of 2002, s. 84 (w.e.f. 1-6-2002)
which was inserted by Act 26 of 1997, s. 50 (w.e.f. 1-6-1997).