9Tax exemption or benefits to continue have effect

(1) Where any exemption from, or any assessment with respect to, any tax has been granted or made or any benefit by way of set off or carry forward, as the case may be, of any unabsorbed depreciation or investment allowance or other allowance or loss has been extended or is available to the Council or the Society, under the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), such exemption, assessment or benefit shall continue to have effect in relation to the Board in which the Council and the Society have vested by virtue of this Act.

(2) Where any payment made by the Council or the Society is exempted from deduction of tax at source under any provision of the Income-tax Act, 1961(43 of 1961) the exemption from tax will continue to be available as if the provisions of the said Act made applicable to the Council or the Society were operative in relation to the Board in which the Council and the Society have vested by virtue of this Act.

(3) The transfer and vesting of the Council or the Society in terms of section 6 shall not be construed as a transfer within the meaning of the Income-tax Act, 1961(43 of 1961) for the purposes of capital gains.