(1) No deduction in respect of any expenditure or allowance shall be allowed under any provision of this Act in computing the investment income of a non-resident Indian.
(2) Where in the case of an assessee, being a non-resident Indian,-
(a) the gross total income consists only of investment income or income by way of long-term capital gains or both, no deduction shall be allowed to the assessee 1 under Chapter VI-A and nothing contained in the provisions of the second proviso to section 48 shall apply to income chargeable under the head "Capital gains";
(b) the gross total income includes any income referred to in clause (a), the gross total income shall be reduced by the amount of such income and the deductions under Chapter VIA shall be allowed as if the gross total income as so reduced were the gross total income of the assessee.
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1. Subs. by Act 18 of 1992, s. 57, for "under sub-section (2) of section 48 or under Chapter VIA" (w.e.f. 1-4-1993).
Section 115BBDA Tax on certain dividends received from domestic companies
Section 115BBF Tax on income from patent
Section 115BBG Tax on income from transfer of carbon credits
Section 115D Special provision for computation of total income of non-residents
Section 115E Tax on investment income and long-term capital gains
Section 115F Capital gains on transfer of foreign exchange assets not to be charged in certain cases
Section 115G Return of income not to be filed in certain cases