Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement - Special Bearer Bonds (Immunities And Exemptions) Act, 1981

MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 27th March, 1981/Chaitra 6, 1903 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 27th March, 1981, and is hereby published for general information : - THE SPECIAL BEARER BONDS (IMMUNITIES AND EXEMPTIONS) ACT, 1981 No. 7 OF 1981 [27th March, 1981.] An Act to provide for certain immunities to holders of Special Bearer Bonds, 1991 and for certain exemptions from direct taxes in relation to such bonds and for matters connected therewith. WHEREAS for effective economic and social planning it is necessary to canalise for productive purposes 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 issue at par certain bearer bonds to be known as the Special Bearer Bonds, 1991, of the face value of ten thousand rupees and redemption value, after ten years, of twelve thousand rupees; AND WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for certain immunities and exemptions to render it possible for persons in possession of black money to invest the same in the said Bonds; BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows :- 1. Short title, extent and commencement. (1) This Act may be called the Special Bearer Bonds (Immunities and Exemptions) Act, 1981. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 12th day of January, 1981.