Section 158B - Definitions - Income-tax Act, 1961

4 [ CHAPTER XIV-B SPECIAL PROCEDURE FOR ASSESSMENT OF SEARCH CASES Definitions. 158B. In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) block period means the period comprising previous years relevant to six assessment years preceding the previous year in which the search was initiated under section 132 or any requisition was made under section 132Aand also includes the period starting from the 1st day of April of the previous year in which search was initiated or requisition was made and ending on the date of the execution of the last of the authorisations for such search or such requisition; (b) undisclosed income includes any money, bullion, jewellery or other valuable article or thing or any expenditure or any income based on any entry in the books of account or other documents or transactions, where such money, bullion, jewellery, valuable article, thing, entry in the books of account or other document or transaction represents wholly or partly income or property which has not been or would not have been disclosed for the purposes of this Act, or any expense, exemption, deduction or allowance claimed under this Act which is found to be incorrect, in respect of the block period. Explanation . For the purposes of this Chapter, the last of the authorisations shall be deemed to have been executed, (a) in the case of search, on the conclusion of search as recorded in the last panchnama drawn in relation to any person in whose case the warrant of authorisation has been issued; (b) in the case of requisition under section 132A, on the actual receipt of the books of account or other documents or assets by the Authorised Officer. ] -------------------- Notes :- 1. Chapter XIV-B, consisting of sections 158B to 158BH, inserted by the Finance Act, 1995, w.e.f. 1-7-1995. Earlier Chapter XIV-B, dealing with Charge of additional income-tax in certain cases was inserted along with section 158B by the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987, w.e.f. 1-4-1989 and later on omitted by the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1989, w.e.f. 1-4-1989. 2. Substituted by the Finance Act, 2001, w.e.f. 1-6-2001. Prior to its substitution, clause (a), as amended by the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1996, w.r.e.f. 1-7-1995, read as under : '(a) block period means the previous years relevant to ten assessment years preceding the previous year in which the search was conducted under section 132 or any requisition was made under section 132A, and includes, in the previous year in which such search was conducted or requisition made, the period up to the date of the commencement of such search or, as the case may be, the date of such requisition;' 3. Inserted by the Finance Act, 2002, w.r.e.f. 1-7-1995. 4. Substituted vide Section 49 of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2024 dated 16-08-2024 w.e.f. 01-09-2024 before it was read as, 1 [ CHAPTER XIV-B SPECIAL PROCEDURE FOR ASSESSMENT OF SEARCH CASES Definitions. 158B. In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,- 2 [( a ) block period means the period comprising previous years relevant to six assessment years preceding the previous year in which the search was conducted under section 132 or any requisition was made under section 132A and also includes the period up to the date of the commencement of such search or date of such requisition in the previous year in which the said search was conducted or requisition was made : Provided that where the search is initiated or the requisition is made before the 1st day of June, 2001, the provisions of this clause shall have effect as if for the words six assessment years , the words ten assessment years had been substituted;] ( b ) undisclosed income includes any money, bullion, jewellery or other valuable article or thing or any income based on any entry in the books of account or other documents or transactions, where such money, bullion, jewellery, valuable article, thing, entry in the books of account or other document or transaction represents wholly or partly income or property which has not been or would not have been disclosed for the purposes of this Act 3 [, or any expense, deduction or allowance claimed under this Act which is found to be false].