Section 245T - Advance ruling to be void in certain circumstances - Income-tax Act, 1961

Advance ruling to be void in certain circumstances. 245T. (1) Where the Authority finds, on a representation made to it by the 1 [Principal Commissioner or] Commissioner or otherwise, that an advance ruling pronounced 2 [ **** ] under sub-section (6) of section 245R has been obtained by the applicant by fraud or misrepresentation of facts, it may, by order, declare such ruling to be void ab initio and thereupon all the provisions of this Act shall apply (after excluding the period beginning with the date of such advance ruling and ending with the date of order under this sub-section) to the applicant as if such advance ruling had never been made. (2) A copy of the order made under sub-section (1) shall be sent to the applicant and the 1 [Principal Commissioner or] Commissioner. 3 [ (3) With effect from such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, the provisions of this section shall have effect as if for the word Authority , the words Board for Advance Rulings had been substituted. ] ------------------- Notes:- 1 . Inserted vide THE FINANCE (No. 2) ACT, 2014 w.e.f. 1st day of June, 2013. 2. Omitted vide THE FINANCE ACT, 2021 dated 28-03-2021 w.e.f. 01-04-2021 before it was read as by it 3. Inserted vide THE FINANCE ACT, 2021 dated 28-03-2021 w.e.f. 01-04-2021