Section - 21 - Assessment when assets are held by courts of wards, administrators-general, etc.
Assessment when assets are held by courts of wards, administrators-general, etc.21. (1) 89[Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1A), in the case of assets chargeable to tax under this Act], which are held by a court of wards or an administrator-general or an official trustee or any receiver or manager or any other person, by whatever name called, appointed under any order of a court to manage property on behalf of another, or any trustee appointed under a trust declared by a duly executed instrument in writing, whether testamentary or otherwise (including a trustee under a valid deed of wakf), the wealth-tax shall be levied upon and recoverable from the court of wards, administrator-general, official trustee, receiver, manager or trustee, as the case may be, in the like manner and to the same extent as it would be leviable upon and recoverable from the person on whose behalf 90[or for whose benefit] the assets are held, and the provisions of this Act shall apply accordingly.91[Explanation.-A trust which is not declared by a duly executed instrument in writing (including a valid deed of wakf) shall be deemed, for the purposes of this sub-section, to be a trust declared by a duly executed instrument in writing if a statement in writing, signed by the trustee or trustees, setting out the purpose or purposes of the trust, particulars as to the trustee or trustees, the beneficiary or beneficiaries and the trust property, is forwarded to the 92[Assessing Officer],-
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