Income Tax Act, 1967.

Meaning of “industrial building or structure”.

255.—(1) In this Chapter, “industrial building or structure” means a building or structure in use—

(a) for the purposes of a trade carried on in a mill, factory or other similar premises, or

(b) for the purposes of a dock undertaking, or

(c) for the purposes of growing fruit, vegetables or other produce in the course of a trade of market gardening within the meaning of section 54, or

(d) for the purposes of the trade of hotel-keeping:

Provided that a building or structure in use as a holiday camp shall be deemed to be a building or structure in use for the purposes of the trade of hotel-keeping.

(2) In this section, “dock” includes any harbour, wharf, pier or jetty or other works in or at which vessels can ship or unship merchandise or passengers, not being a pier or jetty primarily used for recreation, and “dock undertaking” shall be construed accordingly.

(3) Subsection (1) shall apply in relation to a part of a trade as it applies in relation to a trade, but where part only of a trade complies with the conditions set out in that subsection, a building or structure shall not, by virtue of this subsection, be an industrial building or structure unless it is in use for the purposes of that part of that trade.

(4) (a) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) or (3), but subject to subsection (5), in this Chapter “industrial building or structure” does not include any building or structure in use as, or as part of, a dwelling-house, retail shop, showroom or office or for any purpose ancillary to the purposes of a dwelling-house, retail shop, showroom or office.

(b) In this subsection “retail shop” includes any premises of a similar character where retail trade or business (including repair work) is carried on.

(5) Where part of the whole of a building or structure is, and part thereof is not, an industrial building or structure, and the capital expenditure which has been incurred on the construction of the second-mentioned part is not more than one-tenth of the total capital expenditure which has been incurred on the construction of the whole building or structure, the whole building or structure and every part thereof shall be treated as an industrial building or structure.

(6) Any reference in this Chapter to a building or structure shall be construed as including a reference to a part of a building or structure except where the reference is comprised in a reference to the whole of a building or structure.