Bolani Ores Limited (Acquisition of Shares) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act,1978
Act No : 42
Section : PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO INCOME --TAX AND SUR --TAX
SECTION 14: PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO INCOME --TAX AND SUR --TAX
(1) The Steel Authority of India shall be liable to pay any sum under the provisions ofthe Income tax Act-or the Companies (Profits) Sur-tax Actwhich the dissolved company would have been liable to pay if the dissolution had not taken place, in the like manner and to the same extent as the dissolved company.
(2) For the purpose of making an assessment of the income or, as the case may be, the chargeable profits of the dissolved company and for the purpose of levying any sum in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1),-
(a) any proceeding taken against the dissolved company before the appointed day shall be deemed to have been taken against the Steel Authority of India and may be continued against the Steel Authority of India from the stage at which it stood immediately before the appointed day;
(b) any proceeding which could have been taken against the dissolved company, if the dissolution had not taken place may be taken against the Steel Authority of India, and
(c) all the provisions of the Income-tax Act-, or, as the case may be the Companies (Profits) Sur-tax Act shall apply accordingly.
(3) The assessment of the income or, as the case may be, the chargeable profits of the previous year of the dissolved company up to the appointed day shall be made as if such dissolution had not taken place and all the provisions of the Income-tax Act-or, as the case may be, the Companies (Profits) Sur-tax Act shall, so far as may be, apply accordingly.
(4) The transfer and vesting of the undertakings of the dissolved company in the Steel Authority of India under the provisions of this Act shall be deemed to be an amalgamation in relation to the dissolved company and the Steel Authority of India and the provisions of the Income-tax Act shall, so far as may be, apply accordingly as if references in the said Act to the amalgamating company and the amalgamated company were references to the dissolved company and the Steel Authority of India respectively.
(5) The accumulated loss and the unabsorbed depreciation, if any, of the dissolved company shall be deemed to be the loss or, as the case may be, allowance for depreciation of the Steel Authority of India for the previous year in which the amalgamation referred to in sub-section (4) has taken place and the provisions of the Income-tax Act-relating to set-off and carry forward of loss and allowance for depreciation shall apply accordingly.
(6) The provisions of sub-sections (1) to (5) shall have effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Income-tax Act-or the Companies (Profits) Sur-tax Act.
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