Section 2: Definitions
Definitions.
2. (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Act” means the Income-tax Act, 2025 (30 of 2025);
(b) “authorised bank” means any bank as may be appointed by the Reserve Bank of India as its agent under the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 45 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934);
(c) “Form” means a Form in Appendix III appended to these rules;
(d) “section” means a section of the Act.
(2) Words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Act shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act.
Source: official text of Income-tax Rules, 2026 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of Income-tax Rules, 2026.