Amendment of section 80IB

Section 18 of the Finance Act, 2004 deals with amendment of section 80IB. Amendment of section 80-IB. 18. In section 80-IB of the Income-tax Act, with effect from the 1st day of April, 2005,— (a ) in sub-section (1), for the brackets, figures, word and letter "(11) and (11A)", the brackets, figures, letters and word "(11), (11A) and (11B)" shall be substituted;

Amendment of section 80-IB.

18. In section 80-IB of the Income-tax Act, with effect from the 1st day of April, 2005,—

(a ) in sub-section (1), for the brackets, figures, word and letter "(11) and (11A)", the brackets, figures, letters and word "(11), (11A) and (11B)" shall be substituted;

(b ) in sub-section (4), after the third proviso, the fol­lowing provisos shall be inserted, namely :—

‘ Provided also that in the case of an industrial undertaking in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, the provisions of the first proviso shall have effect as if for the figures, letters and words "31st day of March, 2004", the figures, letters and words "31st day of March, 2005" had been substituted :

Provided also that no deduction under this sub-section shall be allowed to an industrial undertaking in the State of Jammu and Kashmir which is engaged in the manufacture or production of any article or thing specified in Part C of the Thirteenth Schedule.’;

(c ) in sub-section (8A), in clause (iii), for the figures, letters and words "1st day of April, 2004", the figures, letters and words "1st day of April, 2005" shall be substituted;

(d ) for sub-section (10), the following shall be substitut­ed, namely:—

"(10) The amount of deduction in the case of an undertaking developing and building housing projects approved before the 31st day of March, 2007 by a local authority shall be hundred per cent of the profits derived in the previous year relevant to any assessment year from such housing project if,—

(a) such undertaking has commenced or commences development and construction of the housing project on or after the 1st day of October, 1998 and completes such construction,—

(i ) in a case where a housing project has been approved by the local authority before the 1st day of April, 2004, on or before the 31st day of March, 2008;

(ii ) in a case where a housing project has been, or, is approved by the local authority on or after the 1st day of April, 2004, within four years from the end of the financial year in which the housing project is approved by the local authority.

Explanation. —For the purposes of this clause,—

(i ) in a case where the approval in respect of the housing project is obtained more than once, such housing project shall be deemed to have been approved on the date on which the building plan of such housing project is first approved by the local authority;

(ii ) the date of completion of construction of the housing project shall be taken to be the date on which the completion certificate in respect of such housing project is issued by the local authority;

(b) the project is on the size of a plot of land which has a minimum area of one acre:

Provided that nothing contained in clause (a ) or clause (b) shall apply to a housing project carried out in accordance with a scheme framed by the Central Government or a State Government for reconstruction or redevelopment of existing buildings in areas declared to be slum areas under any law for the time being in force and such scheme is notified by the Board in this behalf;

(c) the residential unit has a maximum built-up area of one thousand square feet where such residential unit is situated within the cities of Delhi or Mumbai or within twenty-five kilom­eters from the municipal limits of these cities and one thousand and five hundred square feet at any other place; and

(d) the built-up area of the shops and other commercial establishments included in the housing project does not exceed five per cent of the aggregate built-up area of the housing project or two thousand square feet, whichever is less.";

(e ) in sub-section (11A), for the words "an undertaking deriving profit from", the words "an undertaking deriving profit from the business of processing, preservation and packaging of fruits or vegetables or from" shall be substituted;

(f ) after sub-section (11A), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—

"(11B) The amount of deduction in the case of an undertaking deriving profits from the business of operating and maintaining a hospital in a rural area shall be hundred per cent of the profits and gains of such business for a period of five consecutive assessment years, beginning with the initial assessment year if—

(i) such hospital is constructed at any time during the period beginning on the 1st day of October, 2004 and ending on the 31st day of March, 2008;

(ii) the hospital has at least one hundred beds for pa­tients;

(iii) the construction of the hospital is in accordance with the regulations, for the time being in force, of the local authority; and

(iv) the assessee furnishes along with the return of income, the report of an audit in such form and containing such particu­lars as may be prescribed, and duly signed and verified by an accountant, as defined in the Explanation below sub-section (2) of section 288, certifying that the deduction has been correctly claimed.

Explanation. —For the purposes of this sub-section, a hospital shall be deemed to have been constructed on the date on which a completion certificate in respect of such construction, is issued by the concerned local authority.";

(g ) in sub-section (14),—

(A) clauses (a) and (aa) shall be re-lettered as clauses (aa) and ( ab) respectively, and before clause (aa) as so re-lettered, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—

‘(a ) "built-up area" means the inner measurements of the residential unit at the floor level, including the projections and balconies, as increased by the thickness of the walls but does not include the common areas shared with other residential units;’;

(B) in clause (c),—

(I ) in sub-clause (iv), after the words "undertaking engaged", the words "in the business of processing, preservation and packaging of fruits or vegetables or" shall be inserted;

(II ) after sub-clause (vi), the following sub-clause shall be inserted, namely:—

"(vii) in the case of an undertaking engaged in operat­ing and maintaining a hospital in a rural area, means the assess­ment year relevant to the previous year in which the undertaking begins to provide medical services;".

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Section 18, The Finance Act, 2004.