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Finance Act, 2002 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows :- SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT -(1) This Act may be called the Finance Act, 2002. (2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, Sections 2-to116-shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 2002. SECTION 02: INCOME TAX (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3), for the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 2002, income tax shall be charged at the rates specified in Part I of the First Schedule and such tax as reduced by the rebate of income tax calculated under Chapter VIII-A of the Income Tax Act, 1961(43 of 1961) (hereinafter referred to as the Income Tax Act) shall be increased by a surcharge for purposes of the Union calculated in each case in the manner provided therein. (2) In the cases to which Paragraph A of Part I of the First Schedule applies, where the assessee has, in the previous year, any net agricultural income exceeding five thousand rupees, in addition to total income, and the total income exceeds fifty thousand rupees, then,- (a) the net agricultural income shall be taken into account, in the manner provided.....

Finance Act, 2002 Chapter V

Title: Service Tax

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....or centre, authorised by any motor vehicle manufacturer, to carry out any service or repair of any motor car or two wheeled motor vehicle manufactured by such manufacturer; (9) "banking" shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (b) of section 5 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949); (10)" banking company" shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (a) of section 45A of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934); (11) "banking and other financial services" means the following services provided by a banking company or a financial institution including a non-banking financial company or any other body corporate, namely:-- (i) financial leasing services including equipment leasing and hire-purchase by a body corporate; (ii) credit card services; (iii) merchant banking services; (iv) securities and foreign exchange (forex) broking; (v) asset management including portfolio management, all forms of fund management, pension fund management, custodial, depository and trust services, but does not include cash management; (vi) advisory and other auxiliary financial services including investment and portfolio research and advice, advice on.....

Finance Act, 2002 Section 149

Title: Amendment of Act 32 of 1994

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....or management, of real estate; (75) "recognised stock exchange" has the meaning assigned to it in clause (f) of section 2 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (42 of 1956); (76) "rent-a-cab scheme operator" means any person engaged in the business of renting of cabs; (77) "scientific or technical consultancy" means any advice, consultancy, or scientific or technical assistance, rendered in any manner, either directly or indirectly, by a scientist or a technocrat, or any science or technology institution or organisation, to a client, in one or more disciplines of science or technology; (78) "securities" has the meaning assigned to it in clause (h) of section 2 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (42 of 1956); (79) "security agency" means any commercial concern engaged in the business of rendering services relating to the security of any property, whether movable or immovable, or of any person, in any manner and includes the services of investigation, detection or verification, of any fact or activity, whether of a personal nature or otherwise, including the services of providing security personnel; (80) "service tax" means tax leviable.....

The Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 2002

.....Purpose Act, 1985 and (v) The Maharashtra Sales Tax on the Transfer of Property in goods involved in the execution of Works Contract (Re-enacted) Act, 1989. each of them as amended from time to time, and includes enactments which have validated anything done or omitted to be done under any of the above mentioned laws; (12) "goods" means every kind of moveable property not being newspapers, actionable claims, money, stocks, shares, securities or lottery tickets and includes live stocks, growing crops, grass, and trees and plants including the produce thereof including property in such goods attached to or forming part of the land which are agreed to be severed before sale or under the contract of sale; (13) "importer" means a dealer who brings any goods into the State or to whom any goods are dispatched from any place outside the State; (14) "legal representative" shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (11) of section 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; (15) "manufacture" with all its grammatical variations and cognate expressions includes producing, making, extracting, altering, ornamenting, finishing or otherwise processing, treating or.....

The Freedom of Information Act, 2002 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 2002

.....of the Governmental agencies by requiring them to make public certain information about their working and work product. THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, 2002 An Act to provide for freedom to every citizen to secure access to information under the control of public authorities, consistent with public interest, in order to promote openness, transparency and accountability in administration and in relation to matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows: CHAPTER - I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Freedom of Information Act, 2002 (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2. Definition In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires " (a) "appropriate government" means in relation to a public authority established, constituted, owned, substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly or controlled " (i) by the Central Government, the Central.....

The Punjab Infrastructure (Development & Regulation) Act, 2002 Complete Act

State: Punjab

Year: 2002

.....which The Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission established under sub-section (1) of section 17 of the Electricity Regulatory Commissions Act, 1998 (Act No. 14 of 1998), is empowered to discharge. (2) The Authority shall always act consistent with the objectives and purposes for which it has been established. (3) Orders passed by the Authority in exercise of its powers under this Act, shall be final and binding on all concerned and shall be executable as a decree. Section 15 - Authority to have powers of a Civil Court (1) The Authority, in conduct of all proceedings before it and in exercise of its powers under this Act, will be guided by the principles of natural justice. (2) The Authority shall have the some powers as are vested in a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, in respect of :- (i) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath; (ii) requiring the discovery and production of documents (iii) receiving evidence on affidavits ; (iv) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents; (v) reviewing its decisions ; (vi) dismissing an application for default or deciding it ex parte, setting aside any.....

Negotiable Instruments (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002 Chapter II

Title: Amendments to the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....house managed by the Reserve Bank of India or a clearing house recognised as such by the Reserve Bank of India.'. Section 3 - Amendment of section 64 Section 64 of the principal Act shall be re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereof, and after sub-section (1) as sore-numbered, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-- "(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 6, where an electronic image of a truncated cheque is presented for payment, the drawee bank is entitled to demand any further information regarding the truncated cheque from the bank holding the truncated cheque in case of any reasonable suspicion about the genuineness of the apparent tenor of instrument, and if the suspicion is that of any fraud, forgery, tampering or destruction of the instrument, it is entitled to further demand the presentment of the truncated cheque itself for verification: Provided that the truncated cheque so demanded by the drawee bank shall be retained by it, if the payment is made accordingly.", Section 4 - Amendment of section 81 Section 81 of the principal Act shall be re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereof, and after sub-section (1) as on re-numbered, the.....

Negotiable Instruments (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002 Section 2

Title: Substitution of New Section for Section 6

State: Central

Year: 2002

For section 6 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), the following section shall be substituted, namely:-- '6. "Cheque".-- A "cheque" is a bill of exchange drawn on a specified banker and not expressed to be payable otherwise than on demand and it includes the electronic image of a truncated cheque and a cheque in the electronic form. Explanation 1.--For the purposes of this section, the expressions-- (a) "a cheque in the electronic form" means a cheque which contains the exact mirror image of a paper cheque, and is generated, written and signed in a secure system ensuring the minimum safety standards with the use of digital signature (with or without biometrics signature) and asymmetric crypto system; (b) "a truncated cheque" means a cheque which is truncated during the course of a clearing cycle, either by the clearing house or by the bank whether paying or receiving payment, immediately on generation of an electronic image for transmission, substituting the further physical movement of the cheque in writing. Explanation II.--For the purposes of this section, the expression "clearing house" means the clearing house.....

INSURANCE REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (PROTECTION OF POLICY HOLDERS'INTERESTS) REGULATIONS, 2002 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....and Development Authority Act, 1999 (41 of 1999) or the Insurance Rules, 1939 shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in those Acts or the rules. Regulation 3 Point of Sale (1) Notwithstanding anything mentioned in Regulation 2(e) above, a prospectus of any insurance product shall clearly state the scope of benefits, the extent of insurance cover and in an explicit manner explain the warranties, exceptions and conditions of the insurance cover and, in case of life insurance, whether the product is participating (with profits) or non-participating (without profits). The allowable rider or riders on the product shall be clearly spelt out with regard to their scope of benefits, and in no case, the premium relatable to all the riders put together shall exceed 30% of the premium of the main product. Explanation. The rider or riders attached to a life policy shall bear the nature and character of the main policy, viz. participating or non-participating and accordingly the life insurer shall make provisions, etc. in its books. (2) An insurer or its agent or other intermediary shall provide all material information in respect of a proposed cover to the prospect.....

Finance Act, 2002 Schedule IX

Title: Ninth Schedule

State: Central

Year: 2002

..... sub-rule shall be inserted, namely: -- "(1 A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), the duty on the goods removed from the factory or the warehouse, in the State of Gujarat, during the second fortnight of February r 2002 and the month of March, 2002 shall be paid by the31st March, 2002: Provided that where an assessee in the State of Gujarat is availing of the exemption under a notification based on the value of clearances in a financial year, the duty on goods cleared during the month of February, 2002 shall be paid by the 31st March, 2002. Explanation. -- For removal of doubts, it is hereby clarified that the duty liability shall be deemed to have been discharged only if the amount payable is credited to the account of the Central Government by the specified date."; (b) after rule 8, the following rule shall be inserted, namely: -- "8A. Manner of payment in respect of specified goods on which excise duty has been imposed with effect from 1st March, 2002.- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in rule 8, the duty on the goods, specified in the Annexure to this rule, removed from the factory or the warehouse.....