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"47. Nothing contained in section 45 shall apply to the following transfers :--

(i) and (ii) ** **

(iii) any transfer of a capital asset under a gift or will or an irrevocable trust:

Provided that this clause shall not apply to transfer under a gift or an irrevocable trust of a capital asset being shares, debentures or warrants allotted by a company directly or indirectly to its employees under any Employees' Stock Option Plan or Scheme of the company offered to such employees in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Central Government in this behalf."

Under sub-clause (iii) of section 47 of the Act, therefore, nothing would apply to any transfer of capital assets under a gift or will or irrevocable trust. It is not the case of the Assessing Officer that the present case is not one of transfer of asset under a gift. In terms of sub-clause (iii) of section 47 of the Act, thus such transfer would not be governed by section 45 of the Act. For apparent reasons, the proviso to sub-section (iii) of section 47 of the Act would not apply to the present case, since it applies to any transfer under gift or irrevocable trust under capital asset in the nature of shares, debentures or warrants allotted by a company to its employees under Employees' Stock Option Plan or Scheme. Admittedly, this is not such a case. This proviso is in the nature of exclusion to main provisions of sub-clause (iii) of section 47 of the Act. Under the circumstances, the case on hand would be governed by the main body of sub-clause (iii) of I.T.A. No.173/RPR/2019 section 47 of the Act and consequently, the provision of section 45 of the Act pertaining to capital gain would not apply.

"Provided also that where shares, debentures or warrants referred to in the proviso to clause (iii) of section 47 are transferred under a gift or an irrevocable trust, the market value on the date of such transfer shall be deemed to be the full value of consideration received or accruing as a result of transfer for the purposes of this section."

13. For the simple reason this proviso would not apply in the case on hand. Firstly section 48 of the Act itself provides for mode of computation of income chargeable as capital gain. Sub-clause (iii) of section 47 of the Act excludes application of section 45 of the Act in case of certain transfers. By no application of section 48 of the Act, such exclusion can be ignored. Section 48 of the Act only aims to provide for formula for computation of income chargeable as capital gain. Further, this proviso provides for computation of income which is referred to in proviso to sub-clause (iii) of section 47 of the Act, and thus, would cover cases which are to be excluded from the purview of sub-clause (iii) of section 47 of the Act. As noted, the case on hand does not fall within the proviso to sub- clause (iii) of section 47 of the Act, and therefore, mode of computation provided under section 48 of the Act would simply not apply.