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"Provided also that the aggregate of the amounts of deduction under the
first and second provisos shall not exceed two lakh rupees.".
6. In section 54 of the Income-tax Act, in sub-section (1), after clause (ii), the following Amendment
provisos shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2020, namely:— of section 54.

'Provided that where the amount of the capital gain does not exceed two crore
rupees, the assessee may, at his option, purchase or construct two residential houses
in India, and where such option has been exercised,—
(a) the provisions of this sub-section shall have effect as if for the words
"one residential house in India", the words "two residential houses in India"
had been substituted;
(b) any reference in this sub-section and sub-section (2) to "new asset"
shall be construed as a reference to the two residential houses in India:
Provided further that where during any assessment year, the assessee has
exercised the option referred to in the first proviso, he shall not be subsequently
entitled to exercise the option for the same or any other assessment year.'.
7. In section 80-IBA of the Income-tax Act, in sub-section (2), in clause (a), for the Amendment
figures "2019", the figures "2020" shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of of section
80-IBA.
April, 2020.
8. In section 87A of the Income-tax Act, with effect from the 1st day of April, 2020,— Amendment
of section
(a) for the words "three hundred fifty thousand", the words "five hundred 87A.
thousand" shall be substituted;
(b) for the words, "two thousand and five hundred", the words "twelve thousand
and five hundred" shall be substituted.
9. In section 194A of the Income-tax Act, in sub-section (3), in clause (i), for the words Amendment
"ten thousand" wherever they occur, the words "forty thousand" shall be substituted. of section
194A.
10. In section 194-I of the Income-tax Act, in the first proviso, for the words "one Amendment
hundred and eighty thousand rupees", the words "two hundred and forty thousand rupees" of section
194-I..
shall be substituted.
CHAPTER IV
MISCELLANEOUS
PART I
AMENDMENTS TO THE INDIAN STAMP ACT, 1899
11. The provisions of this Part shall come into force on such date as the Central Commencement
Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. of this Part.

2 of 1899. 12. In section 2 of the Indain Stamp Act, 1899 (hereafter in this Part referred to as the Amendment
principal Act),— of section 2.

(a) for clause (1), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:—
'(1) "allotment list" means a list containing details of allotment of the
securities intimated by the issuer to the depository under sub-section (2) of
22 of 1996. section 8 of the Depositories, Act, 1996;
(1A) "banker" includes a bank and any person acting as a banker;';
(b) in clause (5), the following long line shall be added at the end, namely:—
"but does not include a debenture;";
(c) after clause (7), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:—
'(7A) "clearance list" means a list of transactions of sale and purchase
relating to contracts traded on the stock exchanges submitted to a clearing
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corporation in accordance with the law for the time being in force in this
behalf;
(7B) "clearing corporation" means an entity established to undertake the
activity of clearing and settlement of transactions in securities or other instruments
and includes a clearing house of a recognised stock exchange;';
(d) after clause (10), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:—
'(10A) "debenture" includes—
(i) debenture stock, bonds or any other instrument of a company
evidencing a debt, whether constituting a charge on the assets of the
company or not;
(ii) bonds in the nature of debenture issued by any incorporated
company or body corporate;
(iii) certificate of deposit, commercial usance bill, commercial paper
and such other debt instrument of original or initial maturity upto one year
as the Reserve Bank of India may specify from time to time;
(iv) securitised debt instruments; and
(v) any other debt instuments specified by the Securities and
Exchange Board of India from time to time;
(10B) "depository" includes—
(a) a depository as defined in clause (e) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of
the Depositories Act, 1996; and 22 of 1996.

(b) any other entity declared by the Central Government, by notification in

the Official Gazette, to be a depository for the purposes of this Act;';
(e) in clause (12), the words and figures "and includes attribution of electronic
record within the meaning of section 11 of the Information Technology Act, 2000" shall 21 of 2000.
be inserted at the end.
(f) for clause (14), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—
'(14) "instrument" includes—
(a) every document, by which any right or liability is, or purports to
be, created, transferred, limited, extended, extinguished or recorded;
(b) a document, electronic or otherwise, created for a transaction in
a stock exchange or depository by which any right or liability is, or purports
to be, created, transferred, limited, extended, extinguished or recorded; and
(c) any other document mentioned in Schedule I,
but does not include such instruments as may be specified by the Government,
by notification in the Official Gazette;';
(g) after clause (15), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
'(15A) "issuer" means any person making an issue of securities;';
(h) for clause (16A), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:—
'(16A) "marketable security" means a security capable of being traded in
any stock exchange in India;
(16B) "market value", in relation to an instrument through which—
(a) any security is traded in a stock exchange, means the price at
which it is so traded;
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(b) any security which is transferred through a depository but not

traded in the stock exchange, means the price or the consideration
mentioned in such instrument;
(c) any security is dealt otherwise than in the stock exchange or
depository, means the price or consideration mentioned in such instrument;';
(i) after clause (23), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
'(23A) "securities" includes—
(i) securities as defined in clause (h) of section 2 of the Securities
42 of 1956. Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956;
(ii) a "derivative" as defined in clause (a) of section 45U of the
2 of 1934. Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934;
(iii) a certificate of deposit, commercial usance bill, commercial paper,
repo on corporate bonds and such other debt instrument of original or
initial maturity upto one year as the Reserve Bank of India may specify
from time to time; and
(iv) any other instrument declared by the Central Government, by
notification in the Official Gazette, to be securities for the purposes of this
Act;';
(j) after clause (26), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
'(27) "stock exchange" includes—
(i) a recognised stock exchange as defined in clause (f) of section 2
42 of 1956. of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956; and
(ii) such other platform for trading or reporting a deal in securities,
as may be specified by the Central Government, by notification in the
Official Gazette, for the purposes of this Act.'.
13. In section 4 of the principal Act, after sub-section (2), the following sub-section Amendment
shall be inserted, namely:— of section 4.

"(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2), in the

case of any issue, sale or transfer of securities, the instrument on which stamp-duty is
chargeable under section 9A shall be the principal instrument for the purpose of this
section and no stamp-duty shall be charged on any other instruments relating to any
such transaction.".
14. For section 8A of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, Substitution
namely:— of new
section for
section 8A.

'8A. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law for the Securities
time being in force,— dealt in
depository
(a) an issuer, by the issue of securities to one or more depositories, shall, not liable to
in respect of such issue, be chargeable with duty on the total amount of securities stamp-duty.
issued by it and such securities need not be stamped;
(b) the transfer of registered ownership of securities from a person to a
depository or from a depository to a beneficial owner shall not be liable to duty.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, the expression "beneficial
ownership" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (a) of
22 of 1996. sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Depositories Act, 1996.'.
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Insertion of 15. In Chapter II of the principal Act, after Part A relating to 'Of the liability of instruments
new Part AA. to duty', the following Part shall be inserted, namely:—
'AA.—Of the liability of instruments of transaction in stock exchanges and
depositories to duty
Instruments 9A. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act,—
chargeable
with duty for (a) when the sale of any securities, whether delivery based or
transactions otherwise, is made through a stock exchange, the stamp-duty on each
in stock such sale in the clearance list shall be collected on behalf of the State
exchanges
and
Government by the stock exchange or a clearing corporation authorised
depositories. by it, from its buyer on the market value of such securities at the time of
settlement of transactions in securities of such buyer, in such manner as
the Central Government may, by rules, provide;
(b) when any transfer of securities for a consideration, whether
delivery based or otherwise, is made by a depository otherwise than on
the basis of any transaction referred to in clause (a), the stamp-duty on
such transfer shall be collected on behalf of the State Government by the
depository from the transferor of such securities on the consideration
amount specified therein, in such manner as the Central Government may,
by rules, provide;
(c) when pursuant to issue of securities, any creation or change in
the records of a depository is made, the stamp-duty on the allotment list
shall be collected on behalf of the State Government by the depository
from the issuer of securities on the total market value of the securities as
contained in such list, in such manner as the Central Government may, by
rules, provide.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the instruments
referred to in sub-section (1) shall be chargeable with duty as provided therein
at the rate specified in Schedule I and such instruments need not be stamped.
(3) From the date of commencement of this Part, no stamp-duty shall be
charged or collected by the State Government on any note or memorandum or
any other document, electronic or otherwise, associated with the transactions
mentioned in sub-section (1).
(4) The stock exchange or a clearing corporation authorised by it or the
depository, as the case may be, shall, within three weeks of the end of each
month and in accordance with the rules made in this behalf by the Central
Government, in consultation with the State Government, transfer the stamp-duty
collected under this section to the State Government where the residence of the
buyer is located and in case the buyer is located outside India, to the State
Government having the registered office of the trading member or broker of such
buyer and in case where there is no such trading member of the buyer, to the
State Government having the registered office of the participant:
Provided that before such transfer, the stock exchange or the clearing
corporation authorised by it or the depository shall be entitled to deduct such
percentage of stamp-duty towards facilitation charges as may be specified in
such rules.
Explanation.—The term "participant" shall have the same meaning as
assigned to it in clause (g) of section 2 of the Depositories Act, 1996. 22 of 1996.

(5) Every stock exchange or the clearing corporation authorised by it and

depository shall submit to the Government details of the transactions referred to
in sub-section (1) in such manner as the Central Government may, by rules,
provide.
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9B. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act,— Instruments

chargeable
(a) when any issue of securities is made by an issuer otherwise than with duty for
through a stock exchange or depository, the stamp-duty on each such transactions
otherwise
issue shall be payable by the issuer, at the place where its registered office
than through
is located, on the total market value of the securities so issued at the rate stock
specified in Schedule I; exchanges
and
(b) when any sale or transfer or reissue of securities for consideration depositories.
is made otherwise than through a stock exchange or depository, the stamp-
duty on each such sale or transfer or reissue shall be payable by the seller
or transferor or issuer, as the case may be, on the consideration amount
specified in such instrument at the rate specified in Schedule I.'.
16. In section 21 of the principal Act,— Amendment
of section 21.
(a) for the words "the value of such stock or security according to the average
price or the value thereof on the day of the date of the instrument.", the words "the
market value of such stock or security:" shall be substituted;
(b) the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:—
"Provided that the market value for calculating the stamp-duty shall be, in
the case of—
(i) options in any securities, the premium paid by the buyer;
(ii) repo on corporate bonds, interest paid by the borrower; and
(iii) swap, only the first leg of the cash flow.".
17. In section 29 of the principal Act,— Amendment
of section 29.
(i) in clause (a),—
(a) the words, figures and brackets "No. 27 (Debenture)" shall be omitted;
(b) the words, figures, brackets and letter "No. 62 (a) (Transfer of shares in
an incorporated Company or other body corporate)" shall be omitted;
(c) the words, figures, brackets and letter "No. 62 (b) (Transfer of
debentures, being marketable securities, whether the debenture is liable to duty
or not, except debentures provided for by section 8)" shall be omitted;
(ii) in clause (e), after the word "exchange", the words "including swap" shall be
inserted;
(iii) in clause (f), the word "and" shall be omitted;
(iv) after clause (g), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:—
"(h) in the case of sale of security through stock exchange, by the buyer of
such security;
(i) in the case of sale of security otherwise than through a stock exchange,
by the seller of such security;
(j) in the case of transfer of security through a depository, by the transferor
of such security;
(k) in the case of transfer of security otherwise than through a stock
exchange or depositiory, by the transferor of such security;
(l) in the case of issue of security, whether through a stock exchange or a
depository or otherwise, by the issuer of such security; and
(m) in the case of any other instrument not specified herein, by the person
making, drawing or executing such instrument.".
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Insertion of 18. After section 62 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted,
new section
62A.
namely:—
Penalty for "62A. (1) Any person who,—
failure to
comply with (a) being required under sub-section (1) of section 9A to collect duty, fails
provisions of to collect the same; or
section 9A.
(b) being required under sub-section (4) of section 9A to transfer the duty
to the State Government within fifteen days of the expiry of the time specified
therein, fails to transfer within such time,
shall be punishable with fine which shall not be less than one lakh rupees, but
which may extend upto one per cent. of the collection or transfer so defaulted.
(2) Any person who,—
(a) being required under sub-section (5) of section 9A to submit details of
transactions to the Government, fails to submit the same; or
(b) submits a document or makes a declaration which is false or which
such person knows or believes to be false,
shall be punishable with fine of one lakh rupees for each day during which such
failure continues or one crore rupees, whichever is less.".
Insertion of 19. After section 73 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted,
new section namely:—
73A.

Power of "73A. (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,
Central make rules for carrying out the provisions of Part AA of Chapter II.
Government
to make rules. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (1), the
Central Government may make rules for all or any of the following matters, namely:—
(a) the manner of collection of stamp-duty on behalf of the State
Government by the stock exchange or the clearing corporation authorised by it,
from its buyer under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 9A;
(b) the manner of collection of stamp-duty on behalf of the State
Government by the depository from the transferor under clause (b) of
sub-section (1) of section 9A;
(c) the manner of collection of stamp-duty on behalf of the State
Government by the depository from the issuer under clause (c) of sub-section (1)
of section 9A;
(d) the manner of transfer of stamp-duty to the State Government under
sub-section (4) of section 9A;
(e) any other matter which has to be, or may be, provided by rules.".
Amendment 20. In section 76 of the principal Act, after sub-section (2), the following sub-section
of section 76. shall be inserted, namely:—
"(2A) Every rule made by the Central Government under this Act shall be laid, as
soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session,
for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or
more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following
the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any
modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule
shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case
may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice
to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.".
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21. In Schedule I of the principal Act,— Amendment

of Schedule I.
(i) in Article 19, in column (1),—
(a) after the words "CERTIFICATE OR OTHER DOCUMENT", the brackets,
words, figures and letter "(except the certificate or other document covered
under Articles 27 and 56A)" shall be inserted;
(b) the words, brackets and figures "See also LETTER OF ALLOTMENT
OF SHARES (No. 36)" shall be omitted;
(ii) for Article 27 and the entries relating thereto, the following Article and entries
shall be subsitituted, namely:—

(1) (2)
"27. DEBENTURE—[as defined by section 2 (10A)]
(see sections 9A and 9B)
(a) in case of issue of debenture; 0.005%
(b) in case of transfer and re-issue of debenture. 0.0001%";
(iii) in Article 28, for the entry in column (1), after the words "DELIVERY ORDER
IN RESPECT OF GOODS,", the brackets and words "(excluding delivery order in
respect of settlement of transactions in securities in stock exchange)" shall be inserted;
(iv) in Article 36, for the entry in column (1), the following entry shall be
substituted, namely:—
"36. LETTER OF ALLOTMENT in respect of any loan to be raised by any
company or proposed company.";
(v) after Article 56 and the entry relating thereto, the following Article and entries
shall be inserted, namely:—

(1) (2)
"56A. SECURITY OTHER THAN DEBENTURES
(see sections 9A and 9B)—
(a) issue of security other than debenture; 0.005%
(b) transfer of security other than debenture on delivery basis; 0.015%
(c) transfer of security other than debenture on non-delivery basis; 0.003%
(d) derivatives—
(i) futures (equity and commodity) 0.002%
(ii) options (equity and commodity) 0.003%
(iii) currency and interest rate derivatives 0.0001%
(iv) other derivatives 0.002%
(e) Government securities 0%
(f) repo on corporate bonds 0.00001%";

(vi) in Article 62, items (a) and (b) and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted.
PART II
AMENDMENT TO THE PREVENTION OF MONEY-LAUNDERING ACT, 2002
22. In section 8 of the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002, in sub-section (3), Amendment
with effect from such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official of section 8
of Act 15 of
Gazette, appoint,— 2003.
(i) in clause (a), for the words "ninety days", the words "three hundred and
sixty-five days" shall be substituted;