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Wealth Tax Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1957

WEALTH TAX ACT, 1957 WEALTH TAX ACT, 1957 27 of 1957 An Act to provide for the levy of wealth-tax BE it enacted by Parliament in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Wealth-tax Act, 1957. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 1957. SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a)2[***] 3[(b) "Appellate Tribunal" means the Appellate Tribunal constituted under section 252 of the Income-tax Act; (c) "assessee" means a person by whom wealth-tax or any other sum of money is payable under this Act, and includes- (i) every person in respect of whom any proceeding under this Act has been taken for the determination of wealth-tax payable by him or by any other person or the amount of refund due to him or such other person : (ii) every person who is deemed to be an assessee under this Act ; (iii) every person who is deemed to be an assessee in default under this Act; 4[(ca) "Assessing Officer " means the Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax or the Assistant Commissioner or the.....

Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1957

MINES AND MINERALS (REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT) ACT, 1957 MINES AND MINERALS (REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT) ACT, 1957 67 of 1957 28th December, 1957 An Act to provide for the 3["development and regulation of mines and minerals"]under the control of the Union. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows :- [a] For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gaz. of India, 1957, Extra., Pt. II, section 2, p. 392; and for Report of the Joint Committee, see p. 997.PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Mines and Minerals4["(Development and Regulation)"] Act, 1957. (2) It extends1to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date2as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. SECTION 02: DECLARATION AS TO EXPEDIENCY OF UNION CONTROL It is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that the Union should take under its control the regulation of mines and the development of minerals to the extent hereinafter provided. SECTION 03: DEFINITIONS - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "minerals" includes all.....

Copyright Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1957

COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957 COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957 [Act No. 14 of Year 1957, dated 4th. June, 1957] An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to copyright Be it enacted by Parliament in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows: - CHAPTER I: PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Copyright Act, 1957. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. SECTION 02: INTERPRETATION In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "adaptation" means,- (i) in relation to a dramatic work, the conversion of the work into a non-dramatic work; (ii) in relation to a literary work or an artistic work, the conversion of the work into a dramatic work by way of performance in public or otherwise; (iii) in relation to a literary or dramatic work, any abridgement of the work or any version of the work in which the story or action is conveyed wholly or mainly by means of pictures in a form suitable for reproduction in a book, or in a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical; 2[* * *] (iv) in.....

Wealth-tax Act, 1957 Chapter IV

Title: Assessment

State: Central

Year: 1957

..... 1.Inserted by Act 46 of 1964, Section 15 w.e.f. 1-4-1965. 2.Substituted by Act 4 of 1988, Section 135 (i) w.e.f 1-4-1989. 3.Substituted by Act 41 of 1975, Section 88 w.e.f. 1-4-1976. 4.Inserted by Act 4 of 1988, Section 135(ii) w.e.f. 1-4-1989. Section 15B - Self-assessment 1[15B. Self-assessment (1) Where any tax is payable on the basis of any return furnished under section 14 or section 15 or in response to a notice under clause (i) of sub-section (4) of section 16 or under section 17, after taking into account the amount of tax, if any, already paid under any provision of this Act, the assessee shall be liable to pay such tax, together with interest payable under any provision of this Act for any delay in furnishing the return, before furnishing the return and me return shall be accompanied by proof of payment of such tax and interest. Explanation. -Where the amount paid by the assessee under this sub-section falls short of the aggregate of the tax and interest as aforesaid, the amount so paid shall first be adjusted towards the interest payable as aforesaid and the balance, if any, shall be adjusted towards the tax payable. (2) After the regular.....

Wealth-tax Act, 1957 Schedule III

Title: Rules for Determining the Value of Assets

State: Central

Year: 1957

..... PART B: Immovable property 3. Valuation of immovable property. - Subject to the provisions of rules 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 for the purposes of sub-section (1) of section 7, the value of any immovable property, being a building or land appurtenant thereto, or part thereof, shall be the amount arrived at by multiplying the net maintainable rent by the figure 12.5: Provided that in relation to any such property which is constructed on lease hold land, this rule shall have effect as if for the figure 12.5 (a) where the unexpired period of the lease of such land is fifty years or more, the figure 10.0 had been substituted; and (b) where the unexpired period of the lease of such land is less than fifty years, the figure 8.0 had been substituted: Provided further that where such property is acquired or construction of which is completed after the 31st day of March, 1974, if the value so arrived at is lower than the cost of acquisition or the cost of construction, as increased, in either case, by the cost of any improvement to the property, the cost of acquisition or, as the case may be, the cost of construction, as so increased, shall be taken to be the value of the property.....

Wealth-tax Act, 1957 Section 22HA

Title: Abatement of the Proceeding Before Settlement Commission

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....Commission.-- (1) Where -- (i) an application made under section 22C on or after the 1st day of June, 2007 has been rejected under sub-section (1) of section 22D; or (ii) an application made under section 22C has not been allowed to be proceeded with under sub-section (2A) or further proceeded with under sub-section (2D) of section 22D; or (iii) an application made under section 22C has been declared as invalid under sub-section (2C) of section 22D; or (iv) in respect of any other application made under section 22C, an order under sub-section (4) of section 22D has not been passed within the time or period specified under sub-section (4A) of section 22D, the proceedings before the Settlement Commission shall abate on the specified date. Explanation.--For the purposes of this sub-section, "specified date" means-- (a) in respect of an application referred to in clause (i), the date on which the application was rejected; (b) in respect of an application referred to in clause (ii), the 31st day of July, 2007; (c) in respect of an application referred to in clause (iii) the last day of the month in which the application was declared invalid; (d) in.....

Wealth-tax Act, 1957 Section 16

Title: Assessment

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....from the end of the assessment year in which the net wealth was first assessable.] 3 [*****] 4 [*****](2) 5 [Where a return has been made under section 14 or section 15, or in response to a notice under clause (i) of sub-section (4) of this section, the Assessing Officer shall, if he] considers it necessary or expedient to ensure that the assessee has not understated the net wealth or has not under-paid the tax in any manner 6 [serve on the assessee] a notice requiring him, on a date to be specified therein, either to attend at the office of the Assessing Officer or to produce, or cause to be produced there, any evidence on which the assessee may rely in support of the return: 7 [Provided that no notice under this sub-section shall be served on the assessee after the expiry of twelve months from the end of the month in which the return is furnished.] (3) On the day specified in the notice issued under sub-section (2) or as soon afterwards as may be, after hearing such evidence as the assessee may produce and such other evidence as the Assessing Officer may require on specified points, and after taking into account all relevant material which he has gathered, the.....

Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....3. It is therefore proposed to make suitable amendments in the Act- (a) providing that in a case where no objections undersection 5Aof the 1894 Act had been filed, action undersection 9of the 1957 Act could be taken as if a notification undersection 7of that Act had been issued and no objection undersection 8thereof had been preferred: (b) providing for validation of the acquisitions made under the aforesaid notification No. S.O. 1759, dated the 7th August, 1958 and under a similar notification No. S. O. 25, dated the 22nd December, 1959, because the National Coal Development Corporation Limited in which the lands, after acquisition, had been vested could not work the lands as a result of the High Court decision and the coal production programme of the Government was seriously hampered. 4. Opportunity has also been taken to make a slight verbal alteration in sub-section (3) ofsection 28to bring it in line with the wording ofsections 7and9. 5. The Bill seeks to achieve the above objects. -Gaz. of Ind., 10 -8-67. Pt. II, S. 2, Ext.. p. 729. Act 54 of 1971.- The Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 (20 of 1957) (hereinafter referred to as the Coal Bearing.....

Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 Section 7

Title: Power to Acquire Land or Rights in or over Land Notified Under Section

State: Central

Year: 1957

(1) If the Central Government is satisfied that coal is obtainable in the whole or any part of the land notified under sub-section (1) of section 4, it may, within a period of two years from the date of the said notification or within such further period not exceeding one year in the aggregate as the Central Government may specify in this behalf, by notification in the Official Gazette, give notice of its intention to acquire the whole or any part of the land or of any rights in or over such land, as the case may be. (2) If no notice to acquire the land or any rights in or over such land is given under sub-section (1) within the period allowed there under, the notification issued under sub-section (1) of section 4 shall cease to have effect on the expiration of three years from the date thereof.

Wealth-tax Act, 1957 Section 15

Title: Return After Due Date and Amendment of Return

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....amendment of return If any person has not furnished a return within the time allowed under sub-section (1) of section 14 or under a notice issued under clause (i) of sub-section (4) of section 16, or having furnished a return discovers any omission or wrong statement therein, he may furnish a return or a revised return, as the case may be, at any time before the expiry of one year from the end of the relevant assessment year or before the completion of the assessment, whichever is earlier: Provided that- (a) where such return or revised return relates to the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1987, or any earlier assessment year, it may be furnished at any time upto and inclusive of the 31st day of March, 1990, or before the completion of the assessement, whichever is earlier; (b) where such return or revised return relates to the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1988, it may be furnished at any time upto and inclusive of the 31st day of March, 1991, or before the completion of the assessment, whichever is earlier.] ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 4 of 1988, Section 134 w.e.f. 1-4-1989.