The Constitution of India
Clause (21) omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s.29 and Schedule. (w.e.f.1.11.1956).
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Official source2. Substituted by the Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1971, s.4, for clause (22) (w.e.f.28.12.1971).
3.Ins. by the Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016, s. 14(ii) (w.e.f. 16.09.2016).
4. Substituted by the Constitution (One Hundered and Fifth Amendment) Act, 2021, s.4 (w.e.f.15.9.2021).
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1. Æ>gêÅ…Væü (HyæþÐ@þ çÜÐ@þÆæÿ×ý) ^èþrtÐ@þ¬, 1956 Äñý¬MæüP 29Ð@þ òÜ„æü¯Œþ Ð@þ$ÇĶý¬ òÙyæþ*ÅÌŒý §éÓÆ> M>ÏgŒý (21) 01.11.1956 ¯@þ$…yìþ Ð@þ§æþÍÐóþĶý$ºyìþ¯@þ¨.
2. Æ>gêÅ…Væü (CÆæÿOÐðþ BÆæÿÐ@þ çÜÐ@þÆæÿ×ý) ^èþrtÐ@þ¬, 1971 Äñý¬MæüP 4Ð@þ òÜ„æü¯Œþ §éÓÆ> M>ÏgŒý (22)Mæü$ º§æþ$Ë$V> 28.12.1971 çÜ$…yìþ E…^èþºyìþ¯@þ¨.
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4. Æ>gêÅ…Væü (¯@þ*r I§æþÐ@þ çÜÐ@þÆæÿ×ý) ^èþrtÐ@þ¬, 2021 Äñý¬MæüP 4Ð@þ òÜ„æü¯Œþ §éÓÆ> 15.09.2021 ¯@þ$…yìþ E…^èþºyìþ¯@þ¨.
240 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
(Part XIX. - Miscellaneous)
(27) “sub-clause” means a sub-clause of the clause in which the expression occurs;
(28) “taxation” includes the imposition of any tax or impost, whether general or local
or special, and “tax” shall be construed accordingly;
(29) “tax on income” includes a tax in the nature of an excess profits tax;
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[(29A) “tax on the sale or purchase of goods” includes—
(a) a tax on the transfer, otherwise than in pursuance of a contract, of property in
any goods for cash, deferred payment or other valuable consideration;
(b) a tax on the transfer of property in goods (whether as goods or in some other
form) involved in the execution of a works contract;
(c) a tax on the delivery of goods on hire-purchase or any system of payment by
instalments;
(d) a tax on the transfer of the right to use any goods for any purpose (whether or
not for a specified period) for cash, deferred payment or other valuable consideration;
(e) a tax on the supply of goods by any unincorporated association or body of
persons to a member thereof for cash, deferred payment or other valuable
consideration;
(f) a tax on the supply, by way of or as part of any service or in any other manner
whatsoever, of goods, being food or any other article for human consumption or any
drink (whether or not intoxicating), where such supply or service, is for cash, deferred
payment or other valuable consideration,
and such transfer, delivery or supply of any goods shall be deemed to be a sale of those
goods by the person making the transfer, delivery or supply and a purchase of those goods
by the person to whom such transfer, delivery or supply is made;]
1. Inserted by the Constitution (Forty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1982, s.4 (w.e.f.2.2.1983).
241 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
(Part XIX. - Miscellaneous)
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[(30) “Union territory” means any Union territory specified in the First Schedule and
includes any other territory comprised within the territory of India but not specified in that
Schedule.]
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