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Class or classes of person to whom provisions of section 139A shall not apply.

¹[114AAB. (1) The provisions of section 139A shall not apply to a non-resident, not being a company, or a foreign company, (hereinafter referred to as the non-resident) who has, during a previous year, made investment in a specified fund if the following conditions are fulfilled, namely:—

(i) the non-resident does not earn any income in India, other than the income from investment in the specified fund during the previous year;

(ii) any income-tax due on income of non-resident has been deducted at source and remitted to the Central Government by the specified fund at the rates specified in section 194LBB of the Act; and

(iii) the non-resident furnishes the following details and documents to the specified fund, namely:—

(a) name, e-mail id, contact number;

(b) address in the country or specified territory outside India of which he is a resident;

(d) Tax Identification Number in the country or specified territory of his residence and in case no such number is available, then a unique number on the basis of which the nonresident is identified by the Government of that country or the specified territory of which he claims to be a resident.

(2) The specified fund shall furnish a quarterly statement for the quarter of the financial year, in which the details and documents referred to in clause (iii) of sub-rule (1) are received by it, in Form No.49BA to the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the person authorised by him, electronically and upload the declaration referred to in sub-clause (c) of clause (iii) of sub-rule (1) within fifteen days from the end of the quarter of the financial year to which such statement relates in accordance with the procedures, formats and standards specified by the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the Director General of Income-tax (Systems) under sub-rule (3).

²[(2A) The provisions of section 139A shall not apply to a non-resident, being an eligible foreign investor, who has made transaction only in a capital asset referred to in clause (viiab) of section 47 which are listed on a recognised stock exchange located in any International Financial Services Centre and the consideration on transfer of such capital asset is paid or payable in foreign currency, if the following conditions are fulfilled, namely:—

(i) the eligible foreign investor does not earn any income in India, other than the income from transfer of a capital asset referred to in clause (viiab) of section 47;

(ii) the eligible foreign investor furnishes the following details and documents to the stock broker through which the transaction is made namely:—

(a) name, e-mail id, contact number;

(b) address in the country or specified territory outside India of which he is a resident;

(d) Tax Identification Number in the country or specified territory of his residence and in case no such number is available, then a unique number on the basis of which the non-resident is identified by the Government of that country or the specified territory of which he claims to be a resident.

(2B) The stock broker shall furnish a quarterly statement for the quarter of the financial year, in which the details and documents referred to in sub-rule (2A) are received by it, in Form No.49BA to the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the person authorised by him, electronically and upload the declaration referred to in sub-clause (c) of clause (ii) of sub-rule (2A) within fifteen days from the end of the quarter of the financial year to which such statement relates in accordance with the procedures, formats and standards specified by the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the Director General of Income-tax (Systems) under sub-rule (3).]

(3) The Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the Director General of Income-tax (Systems) shall specify the procedures, formats and standards for the purposes of furnishing and verification of Form 49BA and shall be responsible for the day-to-day administration in relation to the furnishing and verification of quarterly statement in ³[in accordance with the provisions of sub-rule (2) or sub-rule (2B)].

Explanation.- For the purposes of this rule-

⁴[(a) "specified fund" means any fund established or incorporated in India in the form of a trust or a company or a limited liability partnership or a body corporate which has been granted a certificate of registration as a Category I or Category II Alternative Investment Fund and is regulated under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012 made under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992) or regulated under the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Fund Management) Regulations, 2022 made under the International Financial Services Centres Authority Act, 2019 (50 of 2019) and which is located in any International Financial Services Centre or a specified fund referred to in sub-clause (i) of clause (c) of Explanation to clause (4D) of section 10;]

(b) "International Financial Services Centre" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (q) of section 2 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005).]

Notes:

1. Inserted by the IT (Nineteenth Amendment) Rules, 2020, w.e.f. 10-8-2020.

2. Inserted by the IT (Fourteenth Amendment) Rules, 2021, w.e.f. 4-5-2021.

3. Substituted for "in accordance with the provisions of sub rule (2)" by the IT (Fourteenth Amendment) Rules, 2021, w.e.f. 4-5-2021.

4. Substituted by the Income-tax (Twelvth Amendment) Rules, 2023 Notification No. 50/2023 dated 17.07.2023

In the Explanation, for clause (a)-

"(a) ''specified fund'' means any fund established or incorporated in India in the form of a trust or a company or a limited liability partnership or a body corporate which has been granted a certificate of registration as a Category I or Category II Alternative Investment Fund and is regulated under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012 made under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992) or International Financial Services Centres Authority Act, 2019 (50 of 2019) and which is located in any International Financial Services Centre or a specified fund referred to in sub-clause (i) of clause (c) of Explanation to clause (4D) of section 10;"

The following shall be susbtituted namely-

^"(a) "specified fund" means any fund established or incorporated in India in the form of a trust or a company or a limited liability partnership or a body corporate which has been granted a certificate of registration as a Category I or Category II Alternative Investment Fund and is regulated under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012 made under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992) or regulated under the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Fund Management) Regulations, 2022 made under the International Financial Services Centres Authority Act, 2019 (50 of 2019) and which is located in any International Financial Services Centre or a specified fund referred to in sub-clause (i) of clause (c) of Explanation to clause (4D) of section 10;"