Section Text
In section 80P of the Income-tax Act, after sub-section (3), the following shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2007, namely:--
'(4) The provisions of this section shall not apply in relation to any co-operative bank other than a primary agricultural credit society or a primary co-operative agricultural and rural development bank.
Explanation.--For the purposes of this sub-section,--
(a) "co-operative bank" and "primary agricultural credit society" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in Part V of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949(10 of 1949);
(b) "primary co-operative agricultural and rural development bank" means a society having its area of operation confined to a taluk and the principal object of which is to provide for long-term credit for agricultural and rural development activities.'.