Notification No. 91/2017 [F.No. 225/216/2017-ITA-II]

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·1 \ (TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZmE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB·SECTION

(ii) ) Government of India Ministry of Fi nance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes NOTIFICATION 2,o1lN New Delhi, the of Octobe r, 2017 In exercise of the powers conferred by clause

(iii) in the Explanation of clause

(e) of the proviso to sub-section

(5) of Section 43 of the Income· tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) read with sub-rule

(4) of Rule GOOD of the Income-tax Rules, 1962. the Central Government hereby notifies Indian commod i ty Exchange limited{PAN:AABCI9419D) as a 'recognised association' f or the purpose of said clause with effect from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette.

2. The Central Government shall withdraw the recognition granted to Indian Commodity Exchange Limited, if it

(i) ceases to have the approval of the Forward Markets Commission established under the Forward Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1952 (74 of 1952)(merged wi th Securities and Exchange Board Of India vide Gazette Notification NO. S.O.2630(E) dated 24 .09.2015) in respect of trading in derivatives and shall function in accordance with the guidelines or conditions laid down by it; or Iii) fails to ensure that the particulars of the client (including unique dient i dentity number and PAN) are duly recorded and stored in its databases; or

(iii) fails to maintain a complete audit trail of all transactions (in respect of derivative market) for a period of seven years on its system; or

(iv) fails to ensure that transactions (in respect of der ivative market) once registered in the system ar e not erased; or ( v) fails to ensure that the transactions (in respect of derivative market) once registered in the system are modified only in cases of genuine error (as mentioned in Circular of SEBI dated 19 .0 8.2016 in SEBl/HO/COMRD/OMP/CIR/P/2016/73) and maintain data regarding all transactions (in respect of derivative market) registered in the system which have been modified and submit a monthly statement in Form No. 3BC to the Director General of Income-tax (Intelligence and Criminal Investigation), New Delhi within fifteen days from the last day of each month to which such statement relates.

3. This notification sha ll remai n in force- a. until the approval granted by the Securities and Exchange Board of India is withdrawn or expires; or b. if any of the co ndit ions stipulated in para 2 above, are violated; or C. under exercise of powers vested in Central Government under sub-rule

(5) of rule 600D of the Income- tax Rules. 1962, this notification shall stand rescinded on 31.10.2018 with liberty to the applicant to file a fresh application for approval under clause

(e) of the proviso to sub-section

(5) of section 43 of the Act for the su bsequent period. whichever is earlier. The Explanatory Memorandum as appended in Annexure Notification No. GJ / /2017 (F. No . 22S/216/2017-ITA-II) ~ n ~O _,0' (Ankita Pandey) Under Secretary (ITA-II ), CBOT ,q.

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7. PPS to FM/Dir(FMO)jOSD to MoS{R)/PPS to RS/PPS to Chairman, CBDT and all Members, CBOT . The applicant, Indidn Commodity Ellchange limited , Mumba i. All Pr o CCsIT/06sIT for kind information. ITCe, CBOT (4 copies) 0/0 Pro DGIT (Systems), New Delhi, for placing on the webs i te : incometa)(india.gov ,l n . Addl. CIT, Data Base Cell for uploading on Departmental Webs i te . Gu ar d File. ~ \~ O· . \ . ' '1,0 (Anki ta Pandey) Under Secretary (ITA-II), (BOT

Annexure "Explanatory Memorandum in respect of Notificat ion S.O . .. .. .. .. .. ..... dated .. ........ .. .. .. An 'eligible transaction' in respect of trading in derivatives carri ed out on Indian Commodity Exchange Limited (PA N Number: AABC19479D) with effect from ................... shall not be deemed to be speculative transact ion . The exp r ession 'eligi b le trans a ct i on' is defined in clause (i i) of the Explanation of cl a use

(e) of the prov is o to sub - sect i on

(5) of sect io n 43 of the Income-tax Act, 1961.