Section Text
In section 56 of the Income-tax Act, in sub-section (2), after clause (iv), the following clause shall be inserted at the end, with effect from the 1st day of April, 2005, namely:--
"(v) where any sum of money exceeding twenty-five thousand rupees is received without consideration by an individual or a Hindu undivided family from any person on or after the 1st day of September, 2004, the whole of such sum:
Provided that this clause shall not apply to any sum of money received--
(a) from any relative; or
(b) on the occasion of the marriage of the individual; or
(c) under a will or by way of inheritance; or
(d) in contemplation of death of the payer. Explanation.-- For the purposes of this clause, "relative" means--
(i) spouse of the individual;
(ii) brother or sister of the individual;
(iii) brother or sister of the spouse of the individual;
(iv) brother or sister of either of the parents of the individual;
(v) any lineal ascendant or descendant of the individual;
(vi) any lineal ascendant or descendant of the spouse of the individual;
(vii) spouse of the person referred to in clauses (ii) to (vi)."