Section 36 - Amendment of section 210 - Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 1970

36. Amendment of section 210. In section 210 of the Income-tax Act, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:- (3) If, after the making of an order by the Income-tax Officer under this section and at any time before the date which is fifteen days prior to the date on which the last instalment of advance tax is payable by the assessee under sub-section (1) of section 211, tax is paid by the assessee under section 140A or a regular assessment of the assessee (or of the registered firm of which he is a partner) is made in respect of a previous year later than that refer- red to in the order of the Income-tax Officer, the Income-tax Officer may make an amended order requiring the assessee to pay in one instalment on the specified date or in equal instalments on the specified dates, if more than one, falling after the date of the amended order, the advance tax computed on the basis of the total income on which tax has been paid under section 140A or in respect of which the regular assessment aforesaid has been made as reduced by the amount, if any, paid in accordance with the original order. .