Section 34 - Amendment of section 151 - Finance Act, 2008

Amendment of section 151 34. In section 151 of the Income-tax Act, after sub-section (2), the following Explanation shall be inserted and shall be deemed to have been inserted with effect from the1st day of October, 1998, namely:— ''Explanation.— For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the Joint Commissioner, the Commissioner or the Chief Commissioner, as the case may be, being satisfied on the reasons recorded by the Assessing Officer about fitness of a case for the issue of notice under section 148, need not issue such notice himself.".