Substitution of new-section of section 13

Section 6 of the Finance Act, 1970 deals with substitution of new-section of section 13. Substitution of new-section of section 13. The Act was enacted on 14 May 1970.

Substitution of new-section of section 13.

6. For section 13 of the Income-tax Act, the following section shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 1971, namely:—

Section 11 not to apply in cases

'13. (1) Nothing contained in section 11 shall operate so as to exclude from the total income of the previous year of the person in receipt thereof—

(a) any part of the income from the property held under a trust for private religious purposes which does not ehure for the benefit of the public;

(b) in the case of a trust for charitable purposes or a charitable institution created or established after the commencement of this Act, any income thereof if the trust or institution is created or established for the benefit of any particular religious community or caste

(c) in the case of a trust for charitable or religious purposes or a charitable or religious institution, any income thereof—

(i) if such trust or institution has been created or established after the, commencement of this Act and under the terms of the trust or the rules governing the institution, any part of such income ensures, or

(ii) if any part of such income or any property of the trust or institution (whenever created or established) is during the previous year used or applied,

directly Or indirectly for the benefit of any person referred to in sub-section (3):

Provided that in the case of a trust or institution created or established before the commencement of this Act, the provisions of sub-clause (ii) shall not apply to any use or application, whether directly or indirectly, of any part of such income or any property of the trust or institution for the benefit of any person referred to in sub-section (3), if such use or application is by way of compliance with a mandatory term of the trust or a mandatory rule governing the institution:

Provided further that in the case of a trust for religious purposes or a religious institution (whenever created or established) or a trust for charitable purposes or a charitable institution created or established before the commencement of this Act, the provisions of sub-clause (ii) shall not apply to any use or application, whether directly or indirectly, of any part of such income or any property of the trust or institution for the benefit of any person referred to in sub-section (3) in so far as such use or application relates to any period before the 1st day of June, 1970.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of clause (c) of sub-section (1), the income or the property of the trust or institution or any part of such income or property shall, for the purposes of that clause, be deemed to have been used or applied for the benefit of a person referred to in sub-section (3),—

(a) if any part of the income or property of the trust or institution is, or continues to be, lent to any person referred to in sub-section (3) for any period during the previous year without either adequate security or adequate¹ interest of both;

(b) if any land, building or other property of the trust or institution is, or continues to be, made available for the use of any person referred to in sub-section (3), for any period during the previous year without charging adequate rent or other compensation;

(c) if any amount is paid by way of salary, allowance or otherwise during the previous year to any person referred to in sub-section (3) out of the resources of the trust or institution for services rendered by that person to such trust or institution and the amount so paid is in excess of what may be reason-ably paid for such, services;

(d) if the services of the trust or institution are made available to any person referred to in sub-section (3) during the previous year without adequate remuneration or other compensation;

(e) if any share, security or other property is purchased by or on behalf of the trust or institution from any person referred to in sub-section (3) during the previous year for consideration which is more than adequate;

(f) if any share, security or other property is sold by or on behalf of the trust or institution to any person referred to in subsection (3) during the previous year for consideration which is less than adequate;

(g) if a substantial portion of the income or property of the trust or institution is diverted during the previous year in favour of any person referred to in sub-section (3); or

(h) if any funds of the trust or institution are, or continue to remain, invested for any period during the previous year (not being a period before the 1st day of January, 1971) in any concern in which any person referred to in sub-section (3) has a substantial interest.

(3) The persons referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (1) and sub-section (2) are the following, namely:—

(a) the author of the trust or the founder of the institution;

(b) any person who has made a substantial contribution to the trust or institution;

(c) where such author, founder or person is a Hindu undivided family, a member of the family;

(d) any relative of any such author, founder, person or member as aforesaid;

(e) any concern in which any of the persons referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) has a substantial interest.

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (c) of subsection (1), in a case where the aggregate of the funds of the trust or institution invested in a concern in which any person referred to in sub-section (3) has a substantial interest, does not exceed five per cent. of the capital of that concern, the exemption under section 11 shall not be denied in relation to any income other than the income arising to the trust or the institution from such investment, by reason only that the moneys of the trust or the institution have been invested in a concern in which such person has a substantial interest.

Explanation 1.-For the purposes of section 11 and 12 and this section, "trust" includes any other legal obligation and for the purposes of this section "relative" also includes a lineal descendant of a brother or sister.

Explanation 2.-A trust or institution created or established for the benefit of Scheduled Castes, backward classes, Scheduled Tribes or women and children shall not be deemed to be a trust or institution created or established for the benefit of a religious community or caste within the meaning of clause (b) of sub-section (1).

Explanation 3.-For the purposes of this section, a person shall foe deemed to have a substantial interest in a concern,—

(i) in a case where the concern is a company, if its shares (not being shares entitled to a fixed rate of dividend whether with or without a further right to participate in profits) carrying not less than twenty per cent. of the voting power are, at any time during the previous year, owned beneficially by such person or partly by such person and partly by one or more of the other persons referred to in sub-section (3);

(ii) in the case of any other concern, if such person is en-titled, or such person and one or more of the other persons referred to in sub-section (3) are entitled in the aggregate, at any time during the previous year, to not less than twenty per cent. of, the profits of such concern.'.

[Finance Act, 1970]

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Section 6, The Finance Act, 1970 (Act 19 of 1970).