Finance Act, 1974 Section 16

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Department of Revenue and Insurance) No. S. O. 2167, dated the 28th day of May, 1971, issued under sub-section (5) of section 33 of the Income-tax Act-shall not apply in respect of (a) any ship acquired after the 31st day of May, 1974, but before 1 [the 1st day of January 77], by any assessee, if the assessee furnishes evidence to the satisfaction of the Income-tax Officer that he had, before the 1st day of December, 1973, entered into a contract for the purchase of such ship with the builder or owner thereof; (b) any machinery or plant, being coal-fired equipment, or .any machinery or plant for converting oil-fired equipment into coal-fired equipment installed by any assessee after the 31st day of May, 1974, but before the 1st day of June, 1977. (c) any machinery or plant 1 [not being machinery or plant referred to in clause (b) ] installed by any assessee after the 31st day of May, 1974, but before the 1st day of June, 1975, if the assessee furnishes evidence to the satisfaction of the Income-tax Officer that before the 1st day of December, 1973, he had purchased such machinery or plant or had entered into a contract for the purchase of such machinery or plant with the manufacturer or owner of, or a dealer in, such machinery' or plant, or had, where such machinery or plant has been manufactured in an undertaking owned by the assessee, taken steps for the manufacture of such machinery or plant, and accordingly the provisions of the Income-tax Act shall have effect in relation to such ship, machinery or plant, subject to the conditions specified in clauses (a), (b) and (c).