Section 164A of Income Tax Act "Charge of tax in case of oral trust"
164A. Where a trustee receives or is entitled to receive
any income on behalf or for the benefit of any person under
an oral trust, then, notwithstanding anything contained in
any other provision of this Act, tax shall be charged on
such income at the maximum marginal rate.
Explanation.-For the purposes of this section,-
(i) [***]
(ii) "oral trust" shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Explanation 2 below sub-section (1) of section 160.
165. Where part only of the income of a trust is chargeable under this Act, that proportion only of the income receivable by a beneficiary from the trust which the part so chargeable bears to the whole income of the trust shall be deemed to have been derived from that part.
166. Nothing in the foregoing sections in this Chapter shall prevent either the direct assessment of the person on whose behalf or for whose benefit income therein referred to is receivable, or the recovery from such person of the tax payable in respect of such income.