Clause 35 - Substitution of new section for section 151- Sanction for issue of notice. - Finance Bill, 2015

Substitution of new section for section 151 35. For section 151 of the Income-tax Act (Substitution of new section for section 151.), the following section shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of June, 2015, namely:- Sanction for issue of notice. 151. (1) No notice shall be issued under section 148 (Sanction for issue of notice.) by an Assessing Officer, after the expiry of a period of four years from the end of the relevant assessment year, unless the Principal Chief Commissioner or Chief Commissioner or Principal Commissioner or Commissioner is satisfied, on the reasons recorded by the Assessing Officer, that it is a fit case for the issue of such notice. (2) In a case other than a case falling under sub-section (1), no notice shall be issued under section 148 by an Assessing Officer, who is below the rank of Joint Commissioner, unless the Joint Commissioner is satisfied, on the reasons recorded by such Assessing Officer, that it is a fit case for the issue of such notice. (3) For the purposes of sub-section (1) and sub-section (2), the Principal Chief Commissioner or Chief Commissioner or the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner or the Joint Commissioner, as the case may be, being satisfied on the reasons recorded by the Assessing Officer about fitness of a case for the issue of notice under section 148, need not issue such notice himself. .