¹[116. Subsidies for the Encouragement of Trade or Industry

(1) Notwithstanding anything in any Act of the Federal Legislature or of a Provincial Legislature, companies incorporated, whether before or after the passing of this Act, by or under the laws of the United Kingdom and carrying on business in India shall be eligible for any grant, bounty or subsidy payable out of the revenues of the Federation or of a Province for the encouragement of any trade or industry to the same extent as companies incorporated by or under the laws of British India are eligible there for:

Provided that this sub-section shall not apply in relation to any grant bounty or subsidy, for the encouragement of any trade or industry, if and so long as under the laws of British India and carrying on business in the United Kingdom are not equally eligible with companies incorporated by or under the laws of the United Kingdom for the benefit of any grant, bounty or subsidy payable out of public moneys in the United Kingdom for the encouragement of the same trade or industry.

(2) Notwithstanding anything in this chapter, an Act of the Federal Legislature or of a Provincial Legislature may, require, in the case of acompany which at the date of the passing of that Act was not engaged inBritish India in that branch of trade or industry which it is the purpose of the grant, bounty or subsidy to encourage, that the company shall notbe eligible for any grant, bounty or subsidy under the Act unless and until

(a) the company is incorporated by or under the laws of British Indiaor, if the Act so provides, is incorporated by or under the laws of BritishIndia or of a Federal State; and

(b) such proportion, not exceeding one half, of the members of itsgoverning body as the Act may prescribe, are British subjects domiciled inIndia or, if the Act so provides, are either British subjects domiciled inIndia or subjects of a Federated State; and

(c) the company gives such reasonable facilities as may be so prescribed for the training of British subjects domiciled in India or, if the Act so provides, of British subjects domiciled in India or .subjects of a Federated State.

(3) For the purposes of this section a company incorporated by or under the laws of the United Kingdom shall be deemed to be carrying on business in India if it owns ships which habitually trade to and from parts in India.

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1. Omitted, by the India (Provisional Constitution) Order, 1947.