Section 55 - Prosecution to be at instance of Principal Chief Commissioner or Principal Director General or Chief Commissioner or Director General or Principal Commissioner or Commissioner - Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015

1 [Prosecution to be at instance of Principal Chief Commissioner or Principal Director General or Chief Commissioner or Director General or Principal Commissioner or Commissioner.] 55. (1) A person shall not be proceeded against for an offence under section 49 to section 53 (both inclusive) except with the sanction of the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner or the Commissioner (Appeals), as the case may be. (2) The Principal Chief Commissioner or the Chief Commissioner 2 [ or the Principal Director General or the Director General ] may issue such instructions, or directions, to the tax authorities referred to in sub-section (1) as he may think fit for the institution of proceedings under this section. (3) The power of the Board to issue orders, instructions or directions under this Act shall include the power to issue orders, instructions or directions (including instructions or directions to obtain its previous approval) to other tax authorities for the proper initiation of proceedings of the offences (including an authorisation to file and pursue complaints by one or more Inspectors of tax) under this section. ************* NOTES:- 1. Substituted vide Section 219 of the Finance Act, 2018 dated 29-03-2018 w.e.f. 01-04-2018 before it was read as, Prosecution to be at instance of Principal Chief Commissioner or Chief Commissioner or Principal Commissioner or Commissioner. 2. Inserted vide Section 219 of the Finance Act, 2018 dated 29-03-2018 w.e.f. 01-04-2018