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2), the following shall be substituted, namely:- '(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provision of this Act, any amount of income distributed by the specified company or a Mutual Fund to its unit holders shall be chargeable to tax and such specified company or Mutual Fund shall be liable to pay additional income tax on such distributed income at the rate of twelve and one-half per cent: Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall apply in respect of any income distributed,- (a) by the Administrator of the specified undertaking, to the unit holders; or (b) to a unit holder of open-ended equity oriented funds in respect of any distribution made from such funds for a period of one year commencing from the 1st day of April, 2003. Explanation.-For the purposes of this sub-section, "Administrator" and "specified company" shall have the meanings respectively as- signed to them in the Explanation to clause (35) of section 10.'.