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Acts & Ordinances
ESTATE DUTY
Marginal Notes
1. This Act may be cited as the Estate Duty Act,No.13 of 1980.
2. Imposition of estate duty .
3. Amount of estate duty.
4. Property deemed to pass on death
5. Property held by trustee.
6. Exemption from estate duty in case of small annoities.
7. Exemption of properties bequeathed to the Government, &c.
8. Section - 8
9. Hindu undivided families.
10. Resident quests.
11. Exemption for one residential premises.
12. Legacies to bona fide employees.
13. Legacies to approved charities.
14. Exemption for household good not exceeding twenty-five thousand rupees in value.
15. Value of Property.
16. Valuation of proceed from Tax Reserve Certification.
17. Deduction for debts, funeral expenses and taxes.
18. Relief in respect of quick succession where property consists of land or a business.
19. Relief in respect of foreign estate duty.
20. Liability of executer.
21. Duty to be a charge on property passing on death of deceased.
22. Power to raise estate duty by sale, mortgage or terminable charge.
23. Apportionment of burden of estate duty paid. burden of estate duty Bald.
24. Declarations.
25. Further declaration in case of error.
26. Assessor may require particulars in certain cases.
27. Assessments.
28. Time for making assessments and additional assessments.
29. Appeals to the Commissioner-General.
30. Appeals to District Court.
31. Finality of assessments.
32. Penalty for incorrect declarations.
33. Manner of payment of estate duty.
34. Payment by transfer of immovable property to Government.
35. Payment by surrender of prescribed stock.
36. Interest on unpaid duty.
37. Allocation of payments.
38. Payment instalments.
39. Certificate of payment.
40. Certificate of release.
41. Facts stated in Commissioner-Generals certificate need not be proved.
42. Probate not to be Issued until estate duty is paid.
43. Restriction en payment of certain moneys passing on the death of a deceased.
44. Collection of money debts on account of estate duty.
45. notices to defaulter.
46. Recovery of estate seizure sale of movable property.
47. Recovery of estate duty by seizure and sale property
48. Proceedings for recovery before a Magistrate.
49. Recovery of estate duty out of debts, &c.
50. Recovery from, surviving partners.
51. Special procedure not to affect right of the State to recover duty in any other manner.
52. Power of Commissioner-General to obtain information and delegate functions.
53. Duty to include fines, &c
54. Signature and Service notice.
55. Principal officer to act on behalf of a company or body of persons.
56. Agents and trustees.
57. Person acting jointly.
58. Indemniflaction of representative.
59. transactions
60. Renunciation of office of executer.
61. Refund of Estate duty.
62. Section - 62
63. Penalty for failure to furnish information &c
64. Penalty for making incorrect statements, &c
65. Provisions relating to fraud.
66. Contravention of section 43 to be an offence under this Act,
67. Contravention of section 43 to be an offence under this Act.
68. Power of Commissioner-General to compound offences.
69. Estate duty to be payable notwithstanding proceedings for penalties.
70. Prosecution not to be entered except with sanction of Commissioner-General.
71. Admissibility of statements or documents,
72. Officers.
73. Official.
74. Regulation.
75. Forms.
76. Public officer to assist Commissioner -General.
77. Inspection of property.
78. Interpretation.
79. Application of the Estate Duty.
80. Modification of certain provisions of the Estate Duty Ordinance,