law: The Income-Tax Act, 1961
  294. Act to have effect pending legislative provision for charge of tax.-
  If on the 1st day of April in any assessment year provision has not yet been made by a Central Act for the charging of income-tax 1*** for that assessment year, this Act shall nevertheless have effect until such provision is so made as if the provision in force in the preceding assessment year or the provision proposed in the Bill then before Parliament, whichever is more favourable to the assessee, were actually in force.
  1. The words "or super-tax" omitted by Act 10 of 1965, s. 63 (w.e.f. 1-4-1965).
  2[294A. Power to make exemption, etc., in relation to certain Union territories.-
  If the Central Government considers it necessary or expedient so to do for avoiding any hardship or anomaly or removing any difficulty that may arise as a result of the application of this Act to the Union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Goa*, Daman and Diu, and Pondicherry, or in the case of the Union territory of Pondicherry, for implementing any provision of the Treaty of Cession concluded between France and India on the 28th day of May, 1956, that Government may, by general or special order, make an exemption, reduction in rate or other modification in respect of income-tax or super-tax in favour of any assessee or class of assessees or in regard to the whole or any part of the income of any assessee or class of assessees:
  Provided that the power conferred by this section shall not be exercisable after the 31st day of March, 1967, except for the purpose of rescinding an exemption, reduction or modification already made.]
  2. Ins. by the Taxation Laws (Extension to Union Territories) Regulation, 1963 (3 of 1963), s. 3 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 1-4-1963).