[1]THE
PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL INCOME TAX ACT 1997
(Act I of 1997)
[16
June 1997]
An Act to provide for the imposition
of a tax
Preamble.– Whereas the Constitution of the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan envisages the creation of an egalitarian society
based on the Islamic principles of social justice;
And whereas for achieving the object
it is expedient to provide for the imposition of a tax on agricultural income
in the Punjab ;
It is hereby enacted as follows:-
1. Short
title and commencement.–
(1) This Act may be called the Punjab Agricultural Income Tax Act 1997.
2. Definitions.– (1) In this Act, unless there is
anything repugnant in the subject or context–
(a) any rent or revenue derived from land which is
situated in the Punjab and is used for
agricultural purposes;
(b) any income derived from such land by–
(i) agriculture; or
(ii) the performance by a cultivator or receiver of
rent-in-kind [4][of] any
process ordinarily employed by a cultivator or receiver of rent-in-kind to
render the produce raised or received by him fit to be taken to market; or
(iii) the sale by a cultivator or receiver of
rent-in-kind of the produce raised or received by him, in respect of which no
process has been performed other than a process of the nature [5][described] in paragraph (ii);
(c) any income derived from any building owned
and occupied by the receiver of the rent or revenue of any such land, or
occupied by the cultivator or the receiver of rent-in-kind, of any land with
respect to which, or the produce of which, any operation mentioned in
paragraphs (ii) and (iii) of sub-clause (b) is carried on:
Provided
that the building is on, or in the immediate vicinity of the land, and is a
building which the receiver of the rent or revenue or the cultivator, or the
receiver of the rent-in-kind by reason of his connection with the land,
requires as a dwelling-house, or a store-house, or other out-building;]
[6][(aa) “assessee” means a person by whom any tax or any other sum of money
is payable under this Act and includes–
(i) every person in respect of whom any proceeding
under this Act has been taken for the assessment of his total cultivated land
or for the assessment of his agricultural income or the agricultural income of
any other person in respect of which he is assessable or of the amount of
refund due to him or to such other person;
(ii) every person who is required to file a
statement of his total cultivated land or return of total agricultural income
under section 4 read with section 3 of this Act; and
(iii) every person who is deemed to be an assessee,
or an assessee in default, under this Act;
(ab) “assessment” includes reassessment and
additional assessment and the cognate expressions shall be construed
accordingly;
(ac) “assessment year” means the period of twelve
months beginning on the first day of July next following the income year;]
[7][(ad)] “Collector” means Collector of a district
appointed under the Punjab Land Revenue Act 1967 (XVII of 1967) and includes [8][* * *] any
officer specially appointed by the Government to perform the functions and
exercise the powers of a Collector under this Act];
(b) “cultivated land” means any area of land which
was sown at least once during the tax year, including land under matured
orchard which bore fruit during the tax year, but excluding land under planted
forest or forest nursery;
(c) “[9][mature] orchard” means orchard of
the age of seven years or more in the case of mango orchard and of the age of
five years or more in the case of other orchards;
(d) “Government” means the Government of the Punjab ;
[10][(da) “income year” in relation to any assessment year (hereinafter in
this clause referred to as the ‘said assessment year’) means the financial year
next preceding the said assessment year;]
(f) “owner”
includes a member of a joint Hindu family whether owning land individually or
jointly with any other person and includes mortgagee in possession, or tenant
of Government land;
Explanation
I– Where
any land is owned by more than one person whether as member of a firm or
association or otherwise, every one of those persons individually, to the
extend of his share in the said land, shall be deemed to be an owner.
Explanation
II– Every
‘ward’ whose estate is managed by a Court of Wards shall be deemed to be the
owner of such estate.
[12][Explanation
III– A
member of a cooperative farming society shall be deemed to be the owner of such
portion of the land possessed by the society as is proportionate to his share
or interest as a member.]
(g) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules;
[13][(ga) “return” mean the return of total agricultural income in the
prescribed form setting forth such particulars and accompanied by such
statements, certificates, and other documents, and verified in such manner, as
may be prescribed;]
(h) “rules” means rules made under this Act;
(i) “tax” means tax livable under the provisions
of this Act and includes any penalty livable under this Act; [14][* * *]
(j) “tax year” means agricultural year as defined
in the Punjab Land Revenue Act 1967 (XVII of 1967) [15][; and]
[16][(k) “total
agricultural income” means the total amount of agricultural income, computed in
the manner laid down in this Act.]
(2) All words and expressions in this Act
used or defined in the Punjab Land Revenue Act 1967 (XVII of 1967) and not
hereinbefore defined shall be deemed to have meanings respectively attributed
to them by that Act.
[17][3. Charge of agricultural income-tax.– (1) Subject to the other provisions
of this Act, there shall be levied, assessed and collected each year a tax in
respect of agricultural income of a tax year of an owner at the rate specified
in the First Schedule to this Act.
Explanation.– For
the purposes of this sub-section, the cultivated land during a tax year shall
be deemed to be agricultural income.
[19][(3) Subject
to the other provisions of this Act, there shall be levied, assessed and
collected for each assessment year commencing on or after the first day of
July, 2001, agricultural income tax in respect of the total agricultural income
of the income year of every person [20][* * *] at the rate specified in the
Second Schedule:
Provided that where, by virtue of an
amendment in the Second Schedule, the rate of income tax, for the purpose of
assessment in respect of any assessment year, is altered, the rate of income
tax existing prior to the said alteration shall continue to apply in respect of
any assessment year to which the said existing rate is applicable.]]
[21][(4) Out of the two taxes assessed under
sub-sections (1) and (3), an assessee shall be liable to pay one tax the amount
of which shall be greater.]
[22][3-A. Effect of transfers made on or after the first
day of July 2003.–
Any person liable to pay tax under this Act, transferring his land or interest
therein on or after the first day of July 2003 in favour of his wife or any of
his heirs under the age of eighteen years, shall continue to be liable for
payment of the tax as if such transfer had not taken place:
Provided
that this liability of the person for payment of the tax in respect of the land
or interest therein transferred to any of his heirs under the age of eighteen
years, shall cease when the heir attains the age of eighteen years.
Explanation.– For the purpose of
determining whether or not a transferee is an heir within the meaning of this
section, succession to the property of the owner shall be deemed to have opened
at the time of the transfer.]
[23][3B. Tax on the
basis of income tax return.– Notwithstanding
the provisions of section 3, where any person has declared agricultural income
for any assessment year in the return filed under the Income Tax Ordinance,
2001 (XLIX of 2001), the person shall pay the tax on such income at the rate
specified in the Second Schedule.]
4. Assessment
and collection of tax.–
(1) The tax shall be assessed and collected by the Collector in such manner as
may be prescribed.
(2) In
case of assessment regarding an owner holding land in more than one patwar
circle, the owner shall file a statement regarding the location of his land in
the Punjab , in such manner as may be
prescribed.
(a) whose total agricultural income or the total
agricultural income of any other person in respect of which he is assessable
under this Act, for any income year (hereinafter referred to as the said income
year) exceeds the maximum amount which is not chargeable to tax under this Act;
or
(b) who himself or any other person on whose
behalf he is assessable under this Act, has, during the said income year,
cultivated land measuring–
(i) fifty acres or more of irrigated land; or
(ii) one hundred acres or more of unirrigated land;
or
(iii) irrigated and unirrigated land the aggregate
area of which is equal to or more than fifty acres of irrigated land, one acre
of irrigated land being reckoned as equivalent to two acres of unirrigated
land,
shall file a return of his total agricultural
income or the agricultural income of such other person, as the case may be, for
the said income year in such form and by such date as may be prescribed.]
[25][(4) No
assessment on the basis of return shall be made by the Collector after the
expiration of two years from the end of the assessment year in which the total
agricultural income was first assessable.]
[26][4-A. Computation of agricultural income.– In computing agricultural income of
an assessee, the following allowances and deductions shall be made, namely:-
(a) any expenditure on account of labour
for–
(i) tilling the land;
(ii) sowing the seed;
(iii) ploughing/planting;
(iv) tending/pruning;
(v) rendering the produce fit to be taken to
market;
(vi) any other agricultural operation;
(b) any expenditure incurred on purchase of–
(i) seed;
(ii) fertilizers and pesticides;
(c) any expenditure incurred on–
(i) hiring animals, tractors, agricultural
machinery and implements used for earning agricultural income;
(ii) repair and maintenance of water-courses;
(d) any expenditure incurred on–
(i) harvesting of agricultural produce;
(ii) marketing of the agricultural produce;
(e) any sum paid on account of–
(i) ushr;
(ii) local cess and other cesses;
(iii) water-rate (Abiana);
(iv) electricity bills in respect of tubewells and
lift pumps used for agriculture;
(v) fuel charges in respect of tubewells and lift
pumps uses for agriculture;
(vi) rent of land used for agriculture;
(vii) obtaining of agricultural loans;
(viii) mark-up on agricultural loans;
(f) in respect of depreciation of such buildings,
machinery and plant being the property of the assessee used for the purpose of
earning agricultural income, allowance at the rate of 15 percent of the written
down value; and
(g) any other expenditure not being in the nature
of capital expenditure or personal expenses of the assessee laid out or
expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of agriculture.
4-B. Allowances to
be treated as deduction from income.– Any allowance admissible under this Act shall be included
in the total agricultural income, but may be deducted from such income for the
purpose of computing the tax payable by an assessee under this Act.
4-C. Liability in the
case of a deceased person.–
(1) Where a person dies, his legal representatives shall be liable to pay tax
which the deceased would have been liable to pay if he had not died, in the
like manner and to the same extent as the deceased.
(2) For
the purpose of making an assessment of the agricultural income of the deceased
and recovery of tax–
(a) any proceeding taken against the deceased
before his death shall be deemed to have been taken against the legal
representatives and may be continued against the legal representatives from the
stage at which it stood on the date of the death of the deceased; and
(b) any proceeding which could have been taken
against the deceased if he had survived may be taken against the legal
representatives,
and all the provisions of this Act shall, so far as may
be, apply accordingly.
(3) The
legal representatives of the deceased shall, for the purposes of this Act be
deemed to be an assessee.
Explanation.– For the purposes of
this section, “legal representative” includes an executor, administrator and
any person administering the estate of a deceased person.
4-D Liability of
agents representing assessee.– (1) Every agent shall, in respect of the agricultural
income for which he is, or is declared to be, or is treated as, an agent, be
deemed to be an assessee for the purposes of this Act and shall be subject to
the same obligations and liabilities as if he were the assessee, and shall be
liable to assessment in his own name in respect of that income.
(2) Every agent who pays any tax under this
Act shall be entitled to recover the tax so paid from the person on whose
behalf it is paid, or to retain an equivalent amount out of any moneys due or
belonging to the said person which may be in his possession or come into his
possession at any time.
(3) Nothing in this Act shall prevent either
the direct assessment of the person on whose behalf or for whose benefit, any
such income is receivable, or the recovery from such person of the tax payable
in respect of such income.
Explanation.– For the purposes of
this section, “agent” includes–
(i) in respect of the income of a minor, lunatic
or idiot, the guardian or manager who is entitled to receive, or is in respect
of, such income, on behalf of such minor, lunatic or idiot;
(ii) in
respect of income, which the Court of Wards, the Administrator General, the
Official Trustee or any receiver or manager appointed by or under any order of
a Court receives or is entitled to receive on behalf of, or for the benefit, of
any person, such Court of Wards, Administrator General, Official Trustee,
receiver or manager; and
(iii) in respect of income which a trustee,
appointed under a trust declared by a duly executed instrument in writing
whether testamentary or otherwise including any Wakf Deed which is valid under
the Mussalman Wakf Validating Act 1913 (VI of 1913), receives or is entitled to
receive on behalf, or for the benefit, of any person, such trustee or
trustees.]
5. Refund.– Refund of tax where due shall be
made in such manner as may be prescribed.
6. Maintenance
of accounts.–
Accounts regarding demand and recovery of tax shall be maintained in such
manner as may be prescribed.
7. Application
of Act XVII of 1967.–
(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the provisions of sections 13
and 14 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act 1967 (XVII of 1967) shall apply to cases
under this Act.
(2) For
the purposes of appeal, review or revision, an order passed under this Act
shall be deemed to be an order of a Revenue Officer within the meanings of
Sections 161, 162, 163 and 164 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act 1967 (XVII of
1967) [27][:]
[28][Provided that proceedings of suo-moto
review or revision of an order in respect of any income year shall not be
initiated after the expiration of two years from the end of the assessment year
in which the total agricultural income of the said income year was first
assessable.]
[29][8. Penalty for
failure to furnish statements, etc.– (1) Where any person has, without
reasonable cause, failed to furnish, within the time allowed for the purpose,
the statement or, as the case may be, the return under section 4, the Collector
may impose upon such person a penalty of rupees twenty-five for each day of
default, subject to maximum of rupees one thousand.
(2) No penalty under sub-section (1) shall
be imposed on any person unless such person has been given a reasonable
opportunity of being heard.]
[30][9. Penalty for concealment of cultivated land,
etc.–
(1) Where in the course of any proceedings under this Act, the Collector or the
appellate or revisional authority is satisfied that any [31][assessee] has, either in the said
proceedings or in any earlier proceedings relating to an assessment in respect
of the same tax year, concealed his cultivated land or furnished inaccurate
particulars of such cultivated land, or concealed his agricultural income or
furnished inaccurate particulars of such income, he or, as the case may be, it
may impose upon such [32][assessee] a penalty equal to the
amount of tax which the said [33][assessee] sought to evade by
concealment of his cultivated land or furnishing inaccurate particulars of such
cultivated land, or by concealment of his agricultural income or furnishing
inaccurate particulars of such income as aforesaid.
(2) For
the purposes of sub-section (1), concealment of cultivated land or the
furnishing of inaccurate particulars of cultivated land, concealment of
agricultural income or furnishing of inaccurate particulars of such income
shall include suppression of information regarding any cultivated land liable
to tax or, as the case may be, suppression of any item of receipt of
agricultural income or failure to disclose agricultural income chargeable to
tax under this Act or claiming any deduction for, or showing any expenditure
not actually incurred.]
[34][(3) No penalty under this section shall be imposed
on any assessee unless such assessee has been given a reasonable opportunity of
being heard.]
[35][10. Penalty for default in payment of tax.– (1) Where any assessee is in
default in making payment of any tax, the Collector may impose on him a penalty
at the rate of five percent per annum of the amount of tax overdue for the
period of default:
Provided
that the total amount of penalty imposed under this section shall not exceed
fifty per cent of the amount of such tax.
(2) No penalty under sub-section (1) shall
be imposed on any assessee unless such assessee has been given a reasonable
opportunity of being heard.]
[36][10-A. Bar of jurisdiction.– No Civil Court
shall have jurisdiction in any manner relating to the assessment or collection
of the tax leviable under this Act and no order passed or proceedings taken by
any authority under this Act shall be called in question in any Civil Court .]
11. Rules.– The Government may frame rules to
carry out the purposes of this Act.
12. Repeal.– [37][* * *] The Punjab Agricultural
Income Tax Ordinance 1997 (XXII of 1997) is hereby repealed.
[See
Section 3(1)]
Rate of tax
per acre
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1.
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Slab of total cultivated land, computed as irrigated
land, by treating one acre of irrigated land as equal to two acres of
unirrigated land, excluding mature orchards.
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Nil.
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(ii) Exceeding 12½ acres but not exceeding 25
acres
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Rs.150/-
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(iii) Exceeding 25 acres
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Rs.250/-]
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2.
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Mature
orchards–
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(i) Irrigated
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Rs.
300/-per acre.
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(ii) Unirrigated
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Rs.
150/-per acre.]
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[41][The Second Schedule
rates of
Tax on Total Agricultural Income
The rate of tax on total
agricultural income shall be as under:-
(1) Where the total income does not exceed
Rs.1,00,000/-
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5% of total income.
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(2) Where the total income exceeds Rs.1,00,000/
but does not exceed Rs.2,00,000/-
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Rs.5,000/- plus 7½ % of the amount
exceeding Rs. 1,00,000/-.
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(3) Where the total income exceeds
Rs.2,00,000/- but does not exceed Rs.3,00,000/-
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Rs.12,500 plus 10% of the amount
exceeding Rs.2,00,000/-.
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(4) Where the total income exceeds
Rs.3,00,000/-
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Rs.22,500/- plus 15% of the amount
exceeding Rs.3,00,000/-.
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Provided that no tax shall be
payable on the first eighty thousand rupees of the aforementioned income.]
[1]This Act was passed by the Punjab Assembly on 13th June, 1997; assented
to by the Governor of the Punjab on 14th June, 1997; and, was published in the
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 16th June, 1997, Pages 841 to 844.
[2]Substituted
by the Punjab Agricultural Income Tax
(Amendment) Act, 1998 (V of 1998).
[3]Added by
the Punjab Agricultural Income Tax (Amendment) Ordinance 2000 (I of 2000).
Under Article 5A of the Provisional Constitution Order 1999 (I of 1999), as
amended, read with Article 270AA of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan, 1973, it shall not be subject to any limitation as to duration
prescribed in the Constitution.
[4]Substituted for the word “or”
by the Punjab Agricultural Income Tax (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 (VIII
of 2001). Under Article 5A of the Provisional Constitution Order 1999 (I of
1999), as amended, read with Article 270AA of the Constitution of the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan, 1973, it shall not be subject to any limitation as to
duration prescribed in the Constitution.
[5]Substituted for the word
“specified” by the Punjab Agricultural Income Tax (Second Amendment) Ordinance,
2001 (VIII of 2001). Under Article 5A of the Provisional Constitution Order
1999 (I of 1999), as amended, read with Article 270AA of the Constitution of
the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, it shall not be subject to any
limitation as to duration prescribed in the Constitution.
[7]Relettered ibid.
[8]The words and brackets “a
Deputy District Officer (Revenue) and” omitted by the Punjab Laws (Amendment)
Act 2011 (VI of 2011.
[9]Substituted for the word
“matured” by the Punjab Agricultural Income Tax (Amendment) Ordinance 2002
(XXXVIII of 2002). Under Article 5A of the Provisional Constitution Order 1999
(I of 1999), as amended, read with Article 270AA of the Constitution of the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, it shall not be subject to any limitation
as to duration prescribed in the Constitution.
[10]Added by the Punjab
Agricultural Income Tax (Second Amendment) Ordinance 2001 (VIII of 2001). Under
Article 5A of the Provisional Constitution Order 1999 (I of 1999), as amended,
read with Article 270AA of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan, 1973, it shall not be subject to any limitation as to duration
prescribed in the Constitution.
[11]Deleted by the Punjab
Agricultural Income Tax (Amendment) Ordinance 2000 (I of 2000). Under Article
5A of the Provisional Constitution Order 1999 (I of 1999), as amended, read
with Article 270AA of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,
1973, it shall not be subject to any limitation as to duration prescribed in
the Constitution.
[12]Substituted by the Punjab Agricultural Income Tax (Second Amendment)
Ordinance, 2001 (VIII of 2001). Under Article 5A of the Provisional Constitution Order 1999 (I of
1999), as amended, read with Article 270AA of the Constitution of the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan, 1973, it shall not be subject to any limitation as to
duration prescribed in the Constitution.
[13]Added by the Punjab Agricultural Income Tax (Second Amendment)
Ordinance, 2001 (VIII of 2001). Under Article 5A of the Provisional Constitution Order 1999 (I of
1999), as amended, read with Article 270AA of the Constitution of the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan, 1973, it shall not be subject to any limitation as to
duration prescribed in the Constitution.
[14]The word “and” deleted ibid.
[15]Substituted ibid., for
the full-stop.
[16]Added ibid.
[17]Substituted first by the Punjab Agricultural Income Tax (Amendment) Act,
1998 (V of 1998) and again by the Punjab Agricultural Income Tax (Amendment)
Ordinance 2000 (I of 2000). Under Article 5A of the
Provisional Constitution Order 1999 (I of 1999), as amended, read with Article
270AA of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, it shall
not be subject to any limitation as to duration prescribed in the Constitution.
[18]Omitted by the Punjab
Agricultural Income Tax (Amendment) Ordinance 2002 (XXXVIII of 2002). Under
Article 5A of the Provisional Constitution Order 1999 (I of 1999), as amended,
read with Article 270AA of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan, 1973, it shall not be subject to any limitation as to duration
prescribed in the Constitution.
[19]Substituted by the Punjab
Agricultural Income Tax (Amendment) Ordinance 2001 (VIII of 2001). Under Article 5A of the
Provisional Constitution Order 1999 (I of 1999), as amended, read with Article
270AA of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, it shall
not be subject to any limitation as to duration prescribed in the Constitution.
[20]The
words “who is required to file a return of his total agricultural income under
sub-section (2),” omitted by the Punjab Agricultural Income Tax (Amendment)
Ordinance 2002 (XXXVIII of 2002). Under Article 5A of the
Provisional Constitution Order 1999 (I of 1999), as amended, read with Article
270AA of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, it shall
not be subject to any limitation as to duration prescribed in the Constitution.
[21]Added by the Punjab Agricultural Income Tax (Second Amendment)
Ordinance, 2001 (VIII of 2001). Under Article 5A of the Provisional Constitution Order 1999 (I of
1999), as amended, read with Article 270AA of the Constitution of the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan, 1973, it shall not be subject to any limitation as to
duration prescribed in the Constitution.
[22]Added by the Punjab Agricultural Income Tax (Amendment) Act, 2003
(VIII of 2003).
[23]Inserted by the Punjab Finance Act 2013 (XVI of 2013).
[24]Added by the Punjab Agricultural
Income Tax (Amendment) Ordinance 2000 (I of 2000), and substituted by the
Punjab Agricultural Income Tax (Amendment) Ordinance 2002 (XXXVIII of 2002). Under
Article 5A of the Provisional Constitution Order 1999 (I of 1999), as amended,
read with Article 270AA of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan, 1973, it shall not be subject to any limitation as to duration
prescribed in the Constitution.
[25]Added by
the Punjab Agricultural Income Tax (Amendment) Ordinance 2000 (VIII of 2000).
Under Article 5A of the Provisional Constitution Order 1999 (I of 1999), as
amended, read with Article 270AA of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan, 1973, it shall not be subject to any limitation as to duration
prescribed in the Constitution.
[27]Substituted for the full-stop
by the Punjab Agricultural Income Tax (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 (VIII
of 2001). Under Article 5A of the Provisional Constitution Order 1999 (I of
1999), as amended, read with Article 270AA of the Constitution of the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan, 1973, it shall not be subject to any limitation as to
duration prescribed in the Constitution.
[28]Added ibid.
[29]Substituted ibid.
[30]Substituted
by the Punjab Agricultural Income Tax
(Amendment) Ordinance, 2000 (I of 2000). Under Article 5A of the Provisional Constitution
Order 1999 (I of 1999), as amended, read with Article 270AA of the Constitution
of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, it shall not be subject to any
limitation as to duration prescribed in the Constitution.
[31]Substituted for the word
“owner” by the Punjab Agricultural Income Tax (Second Amendment) Ordinance,
2001 (VIII of 2001). Under Article 5A of the Provisional Constitution Order
1999 (I of 1999), as amended, read with Article 270AA of the Constitution of the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, it shall not be subject to any limitation
as to duration prescribed in the Constitution.
[33]Substituted for the word
“owner” by the Punjab Agricultural Income Tax (Second Amendment) Ordinance,
2001 (VIII of 2001). Under Article 5A of the Provisional Constitution Order
1999 (I of 1999), as amended, read with Article 270AA of the Constitution of
the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, it shall not be subject to any
limitation as to duration prescribed in the Constitution.
[34]Added ibid.
[35]Substituted ibid.
[37]Deleted ibid.
[39]Substituted by the Punjab
Agricultural Income Tax (Amendment) Ordinance 2002 (XXXVIII of 2002). Under
Article 5A of the Provisional Constitution Order 1999 (I of 1999), as amended,
read with Article 270AA of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan, 1973, it shall not be subject to any limitation as to duration
prescribed in the Constitution.
[40]Substituted by the Punjab
Agricultural Income Tax (Amendment) Act 2003 (VIII of 2003).
[41]Substituted by the Punjab
Agricultural Income Tax (Amendment) Ordinance 2000 (I of 2000). Under Article
5A of the Provisional Constitution Order 1999 (I of 1999), as amended, read
with Article 270AA of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,
1973, it shall not be subject to any limitation as to duration prescribed in
the Constitution.
[42]Substituted by the Punjab Agricultural Income Tax (Second Amendment)
Ordinance, 2001 (VIII of 2001). Under Article 5A of the Provisional
Constitution Order 1999 (I of 1999), as amended, read with Article 270AA of the
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, it shall not be subject
to any limitation as to duration prescribed in the Constitution.
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