Section 284 - Service of notice in the case of discontinued business - Income-tax Act, 1961

Service of notice in the case of discontinued business. 284. Where an assessment is to be made under section 176, the 1 [Assessing] Officer may serve on the person whose income is to be assessed, or, in the case of a firm or an association of persons, on any person who was a member of such firm or association at the time of its discontinuance or, in the case of a company, on the principal officer thereof, a notice containing all or any of the requirements which may be included in a notice under sub-section (2) of section 139, and the provisions of this Act shall, so far as may be, apply accordingly as if the notice were a notice issued under that section. ---------------------- Notes :- 1. Substituted for Income-tax by the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987, w.e.f. 1-4-1988.