Amendment of Eighth Schedule

Section 24 of the Finance Act, 1976 deals with amendment of Eighth Schedule. Amendment of Eighth Schedule 24. In the Eighth Schedule to the Income-tax Act,— (a) against Bihar in column (1), for the existing areas specified in column (2), the following shall be substituted, namely: — "The districts of Aurangabad, Begusarai, Bhagalpur Bhojpur, Darbhanga, East Champaran, Gaya, The Act was enacted on 27 May 1976.

Amendment of Eighth Schedule

24. In the Eighth Schedule to the Income-tax Act,—

(a) against Bihar in column (1), for the existing areas specified in column (2), the following shall be substituted, namely: —

"The districts of Aurangabad, Begusarai, Bhagalpur Bhojpur, Darbhanga, East Champaran, Gaya, Madhubani, Monghyr, Muzaffarpur, Nalanda, Nawadah, Palamau, Purnea, Saharsa, Samastipur, Santal Pafganas, Saran, Sitamarhi, Siwan, Vaishali and West Champaran.";

(b) against Punjab in column (1), for the existing areas specified in column (2), the following shall be substituted, namely: —

"The district of Bhatinda; so much of the district of Faridkot as formed part of the district of Bhatinda on the 31st day of July, 1972; the districts of Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur and Sangrur.";

(c) after Rajasthan in column (1) and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely: —

"Sikkim The whole of the State.";

(d) against Uttar Pradesh in column (1), for the existing areas specified in column (2), the following shall be substituted, namely: —

"The districts of Almora, Azamgarh, Baharaich, Ballia, "Banda, Bara Banki, Basti, Budaun, Bulandshahr, Ghamoli, Deoria, Etah, Etawah, Faizabad, Farrukhabad, Fatehpur, Garhwal, Ghazipur, Gonda, Hamirpur, Hardoi, Jalaun, Jaunpur, Jhansi, Mainpuri, Mathura, Moradabad, Pilibhit, Pithoragarh, Pratapgarh, Rae Bareli, Rampur, Shahjahanpur, Sitapur, Sultanpur, Tehri-Garhwal, Unnao and Uttarkashi.";

(e) for the Explanation, the following Explanation shall be substituted, namely: —

"Explanation- Save as otherwise expressly provided, reference to any district in this Schedule shall be construed,—

(i) in the case of the districts of Aurangabad, Begusarai, Bhojpur, Gaya, Monghyr, Nalanda and Nawadah in the State of Bihar; the district of Ferozepur in the State of Punjab; and the district of Rampur in the State of Uttar Pradesh, as a reference to the areas comprised in the district concerned on the 15th day of March, 1976, being the date of introduction of the Finance Bill, 1976 in the House of the People; and

(ii) in the case of any other district, as a reference to the areas comprised in that district on the 3rd day of September, 1973, being the date of introduction of the Direct Taxes (Amendment) Bill, 1973 in the House of the People.".

[Finance Act, 1976]

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Section 24, The Finance Act, 1976 (Act 66 of 1976).