{"act":{"id":"finance-act-2023","short_title":"The Finance Act, 2023","long_title":"An Act to give effect to the financial proposals of the Central Government for the financial year 2023-2024.","act_number":"8","act_year":2023,"enact_date":null,"enforcement_date":null,"ministry":"Ministry of Finance","department":"Department of Revenue","jurisdiction":"CENTRAL","unit":"section","section_count":181,"in_force":true,"spent":false,"spent_note":null,"duplicate_of":null,"text_source":"published","scan_url":null,"url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/finance-act-2023/"},"unit":"section","section":{"number":"3","heading":"Amendment of section 2","text":"CHAPTER III DIRECT TAXES Income-tax Amendment of section 2. 3.  In section 2 of the Income-tax Act,— (a) | in clause (19B), the words and brackets \"or an Additional Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals)\" shall be omitted; (b) | in clause (24), after sub-clause (xviib), the following sub-clauses shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2024, namely:— \"(xviic) any sum referred to in clause (xii) of sub-section (2) of section 56;\"; \"(xviid) any sum referred to in clause (xiii) of sub-section (2) of section 56;\"; (c) | after clause (28C), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— '(28CA) \"Joint Commissioner (Appeals)\" means a person appointed to be a Joint Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) or an Additional Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) under sub-section (1) of section 117;'; (d) | in clause (37A), in sub-clause (ii), after the figures and letter \"194B,\", the figures and letters \"194BA,\" shall be inserted; (e) | in clause (42A), in Explanation 1, in clause (i), after sub-clause (hh), the following sub-clause shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2024, namely:— \"(hi) in the case of a capital asset, being— (a) | Electronic Gold Receipt issued in respect of gold deposited as referred to in clause (viid) of section 47, there shall be included the period for which such gold was held by the assessee prior to conversion into the Electronic Gold Receipt; (b) | gold released in respect of an Electronic Gold Receipt as referred to in clause (viid) of section 47, there shall be included the period for which such Electronic Gold Receipt was held by the assessee prior to its conversion into gold.\".","html":"<p><b><i>CHAPTER III</i></b></p><p><b>DIRECT TAXES</b></p><p><i>Income-tax</i></p><p><b>Amendment of section 2.</b></p><p><b>3. </b> In section 2 of the Income-tax Act,—</p><div class=\"tablewrap\"><table class=\"dtable\"><tr><td>(<i>a</i>)</td><td></td><td>in clause (<i>19B</i>), the words and brackets \"or an Additional Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals)\" shall be omitted;</td></tr><tr><td>(<i>b</i>)</td><td></td><td>in clause (<i>24</i>), after sub-clause (<i>xviib</i>), the following sub-clauses shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2024, namely:—</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>\"(<i>xviic</i>) any sum referred to in clause (<i>xii</i>) of sub-section (2) of section 56;\";</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>\"(<i>xviid</i>) any sum referred to in clause (<i>xiii</i>) of sub-section (2) of section 56;\";</td></tr><tr><td>(<i>c</i>)</td><td></td><td>after clause (<i>28C</i>), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>'(<i>28CA</i>) \"Joint Commissioner (Appeals)\" means a person appointed to be a Joint Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) or an Additional Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) under sub-section (1) of section 117;';</td></tr><tr><td>(<i>d</i>)</td><td></td><td>in clause (<i>37A</i>), in sub-clause (<i>ii</i>), after the figures and letter \"194B,\", the figures and letters \"194BA,\" shall be inserted;</td></tr><tr><td>(<i>e</i>)</td><td></td><td>in clause (<i>42A</i>), in <i>Explanation 1</i>, in clause (<i>i</i>), after sub-clause (<i>hh</i>), the following sub-clause shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2024, namely:—</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>\"(<i>hi</i>) in the case of a capital asset, being—</td></tr></table></div><div class=\"tablewrap\"><table class=\"dtable\"><tr><td>(<i>a</i>)</td><td></td><td>Electronic Gold Receipt issued in respect of gold deposited as referred to in clause (<i>viid</i>) of section 47, there shall be included the period for which such gold was held by the assessee prior to conversion into the Electronic Gold Receipt;</td></tr><tr><td>(<i>b</i>)</td><td></td><td>gold released in respect of an Electronic Gold Receipt as referred to in clause (<i>viid</i>) of section 47, there shall be included the period for which such Electronic Gold Receipt was held by the assessee prior to its conversion into gold.\".</td></tr></table></div>","words":276,"text_source":"published"},"classification":[],"instruments":[],"judgments":[],"corresponds_to":[],"url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/finance-act-2023/section/3/","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."}