Section38
The Finance Act, 2003

Amendment of section 80-IA

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Section 38 of the Finance Act, 2003 deals with amendment of section 80-IA. Amendment of section 80-IA. 38. In section 80-IA of the Income-tax Act,— (i ) in sub-section (2), for the words "or develops or develops and operates or maintains and operates a special econom­ic zone", the words "or develops a special economic zone" shall be substituted and shall be deemed to have

Amendment of section 80-IA.

38. In section 80-IA of the Income-tax Act,—

(i ) in sub-section (2), for the words "or develops or develops and operates or maintains and operates a special econom­ic zone", the words "or develops a special economic zone" shall be substituted and shall be deemed to have been substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2002;

(ii ) in sub-section (4),—

(a) in clause (ii), for the figures, letters and words "31st day of March, 2003", the figures, letters and words "31st day of March, 2004" shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2004;

(b) in clause (iii), for the proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted and shall be deemed to have been substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2002, namely :—

" Provided that in a case where an undertaking develops an indus­trial park on or after the 1st day of April, 1999 or a special economic zone on or after the 1st day of April, 2001 and trans­fers the operation and maintenance of such industrial park or such special economic zone, as the case may be, to another under­taking (hereafter in this section referred to as the transferee undertaking), the deduction under sub-section (1) shall be al­lowed to such transferee undertaking for the remaining period in the ten consecutive assessment years as if the operation and maintenance were not so transferred to the transferee undertak­ing;".

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Section 38, The Finance Act, 2003.

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Questions about Section 38

What does Section 38 of the Finance Act deal with?

Section 38 of the Finance Act is headed "Amendment of section 80-IA". Amendment of section 80-IA. 38. In section 80-IA of the Income-tax Act,— (i ) in sub-section (2), for the words "or develops or develops and operates or maintains and operates a special econom­ic zone", the words "or develops a special economic zone" shall be substituted and shall be deemed to have

How do I find court cases under Section 38 of the Finance Act?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Finance Act 2003 38, section 38 Finance Act 2003, section 38 of the Finance Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

What should I read with Section 38 of the Finance Act, and has it changed?

Its own text turns on section 80 (Amendment of section 195), so none of them can safely be read on its own. 1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it.

When was the Finance Act enacted?

Finance Act was enacted in 2003. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.

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