Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
12. The
Duty on income not charged under Part II or III.
248 ACT No. IX of 1869.
12. The trustee, guardian, curator, or committee of any infant, married woman subject to the law of England, lunatic or idiot, and having the control of the property of such infant, married woman, lunatic or idiot, whether such infant, married woman, lunatic or idiot resides in British India or not, shall, if the infant, married woman, lunatic or idiot be chargeable under this Part, be chargeable with the said duty in like manner and to the same amount as would be charged to such infant if of full age, or to such married woman if she were sole, or to such lunatic or idiot if he were capable of acting for himself.
Any person not resident in British India, whether a subject of Her Majesty or not, being in receipt, through an agent, of any income or profits chargeable under this Part, shall be chargeable in the name of such agent, in the like manner and to the like amount as he would be charged if resident in British India, and in actual receipt of such income or profits.
Source: India Code