1Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-clauses (i) to (iii) of clause (1B) of section 2 or section 72A where there has been an amalgamation of a banking company with any other banking institution under a scheme sanctioned and brought into force by the Central Government under sub-section (7) of section 45 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949), the accumulated loss and the unabsorbed depreciation of such banking company shall be deemed to be the loss or, as the case may be, allowance for depreciation of such banking institution for the previous year in which the scheme of amalgamation was brought into force and other provisions of this Act relating to set-off and carry forward of loss and allowance for depreciation shall apply accordingly.
Explanation.-For the purposes of this section,-
(i) "accumulated loss" means so much of the loss of the amalgamating banking
company under the head "Profits and gains of business or profession" (not being
a loss sustained in a speculation business) which such amalgamating banking
company, would have been entitled to carry forward and set-off under the
provisions of section 72 if the amalgamation had not taken place;
(ii) "banking company" shall have the same meaning assigned to it in clause (c) of section 5 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949);
(iii) "banking institution" shall have the same meaning assigned to it in sub-section (15) of section 45 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949);
(iv) "unabsorbed depreciation" means so much of the allowance for depreciation of the amalgamating banking company which remains to be allowed and which would have been allowed to such banking company if amalgamation had not taken place.
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1. Ins. by Act 18 of 2005, s. 19 (w.e.f. 1-4-2005).
Section 71 Set off of loss from one head against income from another
Section 71A Transitional provisions for set off of loss under the head Income from house property
Section 71B Carry forward and set off of loss from house property
Section 72 Carry forward and set off of business losses
Section 73 Losses in speculation business
Section 73A Carry forward and set off of losses by specified business