Section Text
In section 11 of the Income-tax Act, -
(a) in sub-section (2), for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely :-
"(b) the money so accumulated or set apart is invested or deposited in the forms or modes specified in sub-section (5).";
(b) after sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 1984, namely :-
"(4A) Sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) or sub-section (3A) shall not apply in relation to any income, being profits and gains of business, unless -
(a) the business is carried on by a trust wholly for public religious purposes and the business consists of printing and publication of books or publication of books or is of a kind notified by the Central Government in this behalf in the Official Gazette; or
(b) the business is carried on by an institution wholly for charitable purposes and the work in connection with the business is mainly carried on by the beneficiaries of the institution,
and separate books of account are maintained by the trust or institution in respect of such business.";
(c) after sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely :-
'(5) The forms and modes of investing or depositing the money referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (2) shall be the following, namely :-
(i) investment in savings certificates as defined in clause (c) of section 2 of the Government Saving Certificates Act, 1959 (46 of 1959), and any other securities or certificates issued by the Central Government under the Small Savings Schemes of that Government;
(ii) deposit in any account with the Post Office Savings Bank;
(iii) deposit in any account with a scheduled bank or a co-operative society engaged in carrying on the business of banking (including a co-operative land mortgage bank or a co-operative land development bank).
Explanation : In this clause, "scheduled bank" means the State Bank of India constituted under the State Bank of India Act, 1955 (23 of 1955), a subsidiary bank as defined in the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959 (38 of 1959), a corresponding new bank constituted under section 3 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 (5 of 1970), or under section 3 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980 (40 of 1980), or any other bank being a bank included in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934);
(iv) investment in units of the Unit Trust of India established under the Unit Trust of India Act, 1963 (52 of 1963);
(v) investment in any security for money created and issued by the Central Government or a State Government;
(vi) investment in debentures issued by, or on behalf of, any company or corporation both the principal whereof and the interest whereon are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Central Government or by a State Government;
(vii) investment or deposit in any Government company as defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956);
(viii) deposits with or investment in any bonds issued by a financial corporation which is engaged in providing long-term finance for industrial development in India and which is approved by the Central Government for the purposes of clause (viii) of sub-section (1) of section 36;
(ix) deposit with or investment in any bonds issued by a public company formed and registered in India with the main object of carrying on the business of providing long-term finance for construction or purchase of houses in India for residential purposes and which is approved by the Central Government for the purposes of clause (viii) of sub-section (1) of section 36;
(x) investment in immovable property.
Explanation : "Immovable property" does not include any machinery or plant (other than machinery or plant installed in a building for the convenient occupation of the building) even, though attached to, or permanently fastened to anything attached to, the earth.'.