NOTIFICATION

SECTION 90 OF INCOME-TAX ACT

Section 90 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 - Double taxation agreement - Agreement for Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Foreign Countries or specified territories - Notified ‘specified territories’

NOTIFICATION NO. 22/2010 [F. NO. 142/5/2010-SO(TPL)]/SO 776(E), DATED 8-4-2010

In exercise of the powers conferred by Explanation 2 to section 90 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) the Central Government hereby notifies the following areas outside India as the ‘specified territory’ for the purposes of the said section, namely :—

(i)
Bermuda
a British Overseas Territory
(ii)
British Virgin Islands
a British Overseas Territory
(iii)
Cayman lslands
a British Overseas Territory
(iv)
Gibraltar
a British Overseas Territory
(v)
Guernsey
a British Crown Dependency
(vi)
Isle of Man
a British Crown Dependency
(vii)
Jersey
a British Crown Dependency
(viii)
Netherlands Antilles
an Autonomous Part of the Kingdom of Netherlands
(ix)
Macau
a Special Administrative Region of The People’s Republic of China

2. This notification shall come into force with immediate effect.

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