The Indian Income Tax Act 1871, 12 of 1871, (Rep., Act 16 of 1874)

Section 18. Trustees, guardians and Committees of incapacitated persons to be charged

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

18. Trustees, guardians and Committees of incapacitated persons to be charged. Non-residents charged in names of their agents. 18. 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. Non-residents charged in names of their agents. Any person not resident in British India, whether a subject of Her Majesty or not, being in receipt, through 1871.] Income Tax. 251 through an agent, of any income 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.

Source: India Code