{"act":{"id":"finance-act-2003","short_title":"The Finance Act, 2003","long_title":"An Act to give effect to the financial proposals of the Central Government for the financial year 2003-2004.","act_number":null,"act_year":2003,"enact_date":null,"enforcement_date":null,"ministry":"Ministry of Finance","department":"Department of Revenue","jurisdiction":"CENTRAL","unit":"section","section_count":108,"in_force":true,"spent":false,"spent_note":null,"duplicate_of":null,"text_source":"published","scan_url":null,"url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/finance-act-2003/"},"unit":"section","section":{"number":"91","heading":"Insertion of new section 234D","text":"Insertion of new section 234D. 91. After section 234C of the Income-tax Act, the following section shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of June, 2003, namely :— \"234D. Interest on excess refund.—(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, where any refund is granted to the asses­see under sub-section (1) of section 143, and— (a ) no refund is due on regular assessment; or (b ) the amount refunded under sub-section (1) of section 143 exceeds the amount refundable on regular assessment, the assessee shall be liable to pay simple interest at the rate of two-third per cent on the whole or the excess amount so refunded, for every month or part of a month comprised in the period from the date of grant of refund to the date of such regular assessment. (2) Where, as a result of an order under section 154 or section 155 or section 250 or section 254 or section 260 or section 262 or section 263 or section 264 or an order of the Settlement Commission under sub-section (4) of section 245D, the amount of refund granted under sub-section (1) of section 143 is held to be correctly allowed, either in whole or in part, as the case may be, then, the interest chargeable, if any, under sub-section (1) shall be reduced accordingly. Explanation.—Where, in relation to an assessment year, an as­sessment is made for the first time under section 147 or section 153A, the assessment so made shall be regarded as a regular assessment for the purposes of this section.\". © Copyright. Taxmann Publications Pvt. Ltd.","html":"<p><b>Insertion of new section 234D.</b></p><p><b>91.</b> After section 234C of the Income-tax Act, the following section shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of June, 2003, namely :—</p><p>\"234D. <i>Interest on excess refund.</i>—(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, where any refund is granted to the asses­see under sub-section (1) of section 143, and—</p><p>(<i>a</i> ) no refund is due on regular assessment; or</p><p>(<i>b</i> ) the amount refunded under sub-section (1) of section 143 exceeds the amount refundable on regular assessment,</p><p>the assessee shall be liable to pay simple interest at the rate of two-third per cent on the whole or the excess amount so refunded, for every month or part of a month comprised in the period from the date of grant of refund to the date of such regular assessment.</p><p><span class=\"num\">(2)</span> Where, as a result of an order under section 154 or section 155 or section 250 or section 254 or section 260 or section 262 or section 263 or section 264 or an order of the Settlement Commission under sub-section (4) of section 245D, the amount of refund granted under sub-section (1) of section 143 is held to be correctly allowed, either in whole or in part, as the case may be, then, the interest chargeable, if any, under sub-section (1) shall be reduced accordingly.</p><p><i>Explanation.</i>—Where, in relation to an assessment year, an as­sessment is made for the first time under section 147 or section 153A, the assessment so made shall be regarded as a regular assessment for the purposes of this section.\".</p><p>© Copyright. Taxmann Publications Pvt. Ltd.</p>","words":267,"text_source":"published"},"classification":[],"instruments":[],"judgments":[],"corresponds_to":[],"url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/finance-act-2003/section/91/","note":null,"source_note":"Harvested from the Income Tax Department's own portal at incometaxindia.gov.in, which publishes the Finance Acts section by section. India Code carries none of them: its Central community holds the Acts that stand as general law, and a Finance Act is an amending and rate-fixing instrument.","judgments_note":"Judgment holdings are the ratio decidendi as extracted from the order by eCourts India, reproduced unaltered. Reported judgments only.","licence":"Published with commentary and other original matter under s.52(1)(q)(ii), Copyright Act 1957."}