195. Other sums.

[1][(1) Any person responsible for paying to a non-resident, not being a company, or to a foreign company, [2][any interest (not being interest referred to in Section 194LB or Section 194LC)] [3][or Section 194LD] [4][* * * *] or any other sum chargeable under the provisions of this Act (not being income chargeable under the head Salaries [5][* * * *]) shall, at the time of credit of such income to the account of the payee or at the time of payment thereof in cash or by the issue of a cheque or draft or by any other mode, whichever is earlier, deduct income-tax thereon at the rates in force :

[6][Provided that in the case of interest payable by the Government or a public sector bank within the meaning of clause (23D) of Section 10 or a public financial institution within the meaning of that clause, deduction of tax shall be made only at the time of payment thereof in cash or by the issue of a cheque or draft or by any other mode :]

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Explanation [9][1] : For the purposes of this section, where any interest or other sum as aforesaid is credited to any account, whether called Interest payable account or Suspense account or by any other name, in the books of account of the person liable to pay such income, such crediting shall be deemed to be credit of such income to the account of the payee and the provisions of this section shall apply accordingly.]

[10][Explanation 2.For the removal of doubts, it is hereby clarified that the obligation to comply with sub-section (1) and to make deduction thereunder applies and shall be deemed to have always applied and extends and shall be deemed to have always extended to all persons, resident or non-resident, whether or not the non-resident person has