Section 66 - Amendment of section 132. - Finance Act, 2023

Amendment of section 132. 66. In section 132 of the Income-tax Act, (a) for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely: (2) The authorised officer may requisition the services of, (i) any police officer or of any officer of the Central Government, or of both; or (ii) any person or entity as may be approved by the Principal Chief Commissioner or the Chief Commissioner or the Principal Director General or the Director General, in accordance with the procedure, as may be prescribed, in this regard, to assist him for all or any of the purposes specified in sub-section (1) or sub-section (1A) and it shall be the duty of every such officer or person or entity to comply with such requisition. ; (b) for sub-section (9D), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely: (9D) The authorised officer may, during the course of the search or seizure or within a period of sixty days from the date on which the last of the authorisations for search was executed, make a reference to, (i) a Valuation Officer referred to in section 142A; or (ii) any other person or entity or any valuer registered by or under any law for the time being in force, as may be approved by the Principal Chief Commissioner or the Chief Commissioner or the Principal Director General or the Director General, in accordance with the procedure, as may be prescribed, in this regard, who shall estimate the fair market value of the property in the manner as may be prescribed, and submit a report of the estimate to the authorised officer or the Assessing Officer, as the case may be, within a period of sixty days from the date of receipt of such reference. ; (c) for Explanation 1, the following Explanation shall be substituted and shall be deemed to have been substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2022, namely: Explanation 1. For the purposes of sub-sections (9A), (9B) and (9D), the last of authorisation for search 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; or (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. .