25.  Amounts subsequently recovered in respect of deductions, etc.-

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Ordinance, where an allowance or deduction has been made under section 23 for any year in respect of any loss, bad debt, interest credited to suspense account, expenditure or trading liability incurred by the assessee, and subsequently,-

(a)   during any income year, the assessee has received, whether in cash or in any other manner whatsoever, any amount in respect of such loss or expenditure, the amount so received shall be deemed to be income from business or profession of that income year;

(aa) during any income year, the assessee has received, whether in cash or in any other manner whatsoever, any amount in respect of such bad debt,-

(i)    where the said amount is greater than the difference between the whole of such bad debt and the amount of bad debt allowed as deduction under section 23, the excess shall be deemed to be income from business or profession of that income year; and

(ii)    where the said amount is less than the difference between the whole of such bad debt and the amount of bad debt allowed as deduction under section 23, the deficiency shall be deemed to be a business expense of that year;

(ab)  during any income year, the assessee has received, whether in cash or in any other manner whatsoever, any amount in respect of a loan referred to in clause (xxi) of sub-section (1) of section 23, the amount so received shall be deemed to be the income from business or profession of that income year, provided that such amount does not exceed the interest receivable in respect of the aforementioned loan;

(b)   during any income year, the assessee has derived any benefit in respect of such trading liability, the value of such benefit shall be deemed to be income from business or profession of that income year;

(c)   such trading liability or a portion thereof is found not to have been paid within three years of the expiration of the income year in which it was allowed, such liability or portion thereof, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be income from business or profession of the year in which such finding is made or any other year (not being a year commencing after the expiration of five years from the end of the said three years) as the Deputy Commissioner may think fit;

(d)   where any amount accumulated in the participatory reserve of a company which has been allowed as a deduction under clause (xix) of sub-section (1) of section 23 is applied by the company towards any purpose other than payment of share of profit on the participatory redeemable capital or towards any purpose not allowable for deduction or exemption under this Ordinance, the amount so applied shall be added to the income of the company in the income year during which it is so applied,

and the business or profession in respect of which such allowance or deduction was made shall, for the purposes of section 22, be deemed to be carried on by the assessee in that year:

Provided that where a trading liability referred to in clause (c) is paid in a subsequent year, the amount so paid shall be deducted in computing the income in respect of that year.