Section 106 - Amendment of section 251. - Finance Act, 2023

Amendment of section 251 106 . In section 251 of the Income-tax Act, (i) for the marginal heading, the following marginal heading Powers of the Joint Commissioner (Appeals) or the Commissioner (Appeals). shall be substituted; (ii) after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely: (1A) In disposing of an appeal, the Joint Commissioner (Appeals) shall have the following powers (a) in an appeal against an order of assessment, he may confirm, reduce, enhance or annul the assessment; (b) in an appeal against an order imposing a penalty, he may confirm or cancel such order or vary it so as either to enhance or to reduce the penalty; (c) in any other case, he may pass such orders in the appeal as he thinks fit. ; (iii) in sub-section (2), for the words and brackets Commissioner (Appeals) , the words and brackets Joint Commissioner (Appeals) or the Commissioner (Appeals), as the case may be, shall be substituted; (iv) in the Explanation, (a) for the words and brackets an appeal, the Commissioner (Appeals), , the words and brackets an appeal, the Joint Commissioner (Appeals) or the Commissioner (Appeals), shall be substituted; (b) for the words and brackets raised before the Commissioner (Appeals) , the words and brackets raised before the Joint Commissioner (Appeals) or the Commissioner (Appeals), as the case may be, shall be substituted.