Voluntary Deposits (Immunities and Exemptions) Act, 1991
Preamble
An Act to provide for certain immunities to
persons making voluntary deposits with the National Housing Bank and for
certain exemptions from direct taxes in relation to such deposits and for
matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
WHEREAS for effective economic and social
planning it is necessary to canalise for certain social objectives black money
which has become a serious threat to the national economy;
AND WHEREAS with a view to such canalisation,
the Central Government has decided to allow voluntary deposits being made with
the National Housing Bank in accordance with a scheme to be formulated by that
Bank whereunder forty per cent of the amount of such deposits will be credited
to a special fund to be created for financing slum clearance and low cost
housing for the poor and sixty per cent. Of the amount of such deposits can be
utilised by the depositors for purposes specified by them;
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for
certain immunities and exemptions to render it possible for persons in
possession of black money to make such deposits; BE it enacted by Parliament in
the Forty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:--