{"act":{"id":"finance-act-2017","short_title":"The Finance Act, 2017","long_title":"An Act to give effect to the financial proposals of the Central Government for the financial year 2017-2018.","act_number":null,"act_year":2017,"enact_date":"2017-04-17","enforcement_date":null,"ministry":"Ministry of Finance","department":"Department of Revenue","jurisdiction":"CENTRAL","unit":"section","section_count":198,"in_force":true,"spent":false,"spent_note":null,"duplicate_of":null,"text_source":"published","scan_url":null,"url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/finance-act-2017/"},"unit":"section","section":{"number":"138","heading":"Amendment of section 23J","text":"PART V AMENDMENT TO THE SECURITIES CONTRACTS (REGULATION) ACT, 1956 Amendment of section 23J 138. In the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (42 of 1956), in section 23J, the following Explanation shall be inserted, namely:— Explanation.—For the removal of doubts, it is clarified that the power of an adjudicating officer to adjudge the quantum of penalty under sections 23A to 23C shall be and shall always be deemed to have exercised under the provisions of this section.''.","html":"<p>PART V</p><p>AMENDMENT TO THE SECURITIES CONTRACTS (REGULATION) ACT, 1956</p><p><b>Amendment of section 23J</b></p><p><b>138. </b>In the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (42 of 1956), in section 23J, the following <i>Explanation </i>shall be inserted, namely:—</p><p><i>Explanation.—</i>For the removal of doubts, it is clarified that the power of an adjudicating officer to adjudge the quantum of penalty under sections 23A to 23C shall be and shall always be deemed to have exercised under the provisions of this section.''.</p>","words":77,"text_source":"published"},"classification":[],"instruments":[],"judgments":[],"corresponds_to":[],"url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/finance-act-2017/section/138/","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."}