Depositories Act, 1996
PART IV
Amendment to the Income Tax Act, 1961
[43 of 1961]
Amendment
In section 45, after sub-section (2), the following sub-section
shall be inserted, namely:-
"(2A) Where any person has had at any time during previous
year any beneficial interest in any securities, then any profits or gains
arising from transfer made by the depository or participant of such beneficial
interest in respect of securities shall be chargeable to income-tax as the
income of the beneficial owner of the previous year in which such transfer took
place and shall not be regarded as income of the depository who is deemed to be
the registered owner of securities by virtue of sub-section (1) of section 10
of the Depositories Act, 1996, and for the purposes of-
(i) section 48, and
(ii) proviso to clause (42A) of section 2,
the cost of acquisition and the period of holding of any
securities shall be determined on the basis of the first-in-first-out method.
Explanation: For the purposes of this sub-section, the
expressions "beneficial owner", "depository" and
"security" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in
clauses (a), (e) and (l) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Depositories
Act, 1996."