THE GAZETTE OF INDIA

EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)

New Delhi, the 19th April, 2006

The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 18th March, 2006 and is hereby published for general information:-

THE FINANCE ACT, 2006

No. 21 of 2006

[18th April, 2006.]

An Act to give effect to the financial proposals of the Central Government for the financial year 2006-2007.

Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

Short title and commencement.

1. (1) This Act may be called the Finance Act, 2006.

(2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, sections 2 to 57 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 2006.