India - Income Tax Act 2010 - Saarc

1.805 CH. XVII - COLLECTION AND RECOVERY S. 22614[Validity of certificate and cancellation or amendment thereof.224. It shall not be open to the assessee to dispute the correctness of anycertificate drawn up by the Tax Recovery Officer on any ground whatsoever,but it shall be lawful for the Tax Recovery Officer to cancel the certificateif, for any reason, he thinks it necessary so to do, or to correct any clerical orarithmetical mistake therein.]15[Stay of proceedings in pursuance of certificate and amendment or cancellationthereof.225. (1) It shall be lawful for the Tax Recovery Officer to grant time for thepayment of any tax and when he does so, he shall stay the proceedings forthe recovery of such tax until the expiry of the time so granted.(2) Where the order giving rise to a demand of tax for which a certificate has beendrawn up is modified in appeal or other proceeding under this Act, and, as aconsequence thereof, the demand is reduced but the order is the subject-matterof further proceeding under this Act, the Tax Recovery Officer shall stay therecovery of such part of the amount specified in the certificate as pertains to thesaid reduction for the period for which the appeal or other proceeding remainspending.(3) Where a certificate has been drawn up and subsequently the amount of theoutstanding demand is reduced 16 as a result of an appeal or other proceedingunder this Act, the Tax Recovery Officer shall, when the order which was thesubject-matter of such appeal or other proceeding has become final andconclusive, amend the certificate, or cancel it, as the case may be.]Other modes of recovery.226. 17 [(1) Where no certificate has been drawn up under section 222, theAssessing Officer may recover the tax by any one or more of the modesprovided in this section.(1A) Where a certificate has been drawn up under section 222, the Tax RecoveryOfficer may, without prejudice to the modes of recovery specified in that section,recover the tax by any one or more of the modes provided in this section.](2) If any assessee is in receipt of any income chargeable under the head“Salaries”, the 18 [Assessing] Officer 19 [or Tax Recovery Officer] may require anyperson paying the same to deduct from any payment subsequent to the date ofsuch requisition any arrears of tax due from such assessee, and such person shall14. Substituted by the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987, w.e.f. 1-4-1989. Earlier, it wasamended by the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1989, w.r.e.f. 1-4-1988.15. Substituted by the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987, w.e.f. 1-4-1989. Earlier, it wasamended by the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1989, w.r.e.f. 1-4-1988.16. For the meaning of the term “reduced”, see Taxmann’s Direct Taxes Manual, Vol. 3.17. Substituted by the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987, w.e.f. 1-4-1989. Earlier, it wasamended by the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1989, w.r.e.f. 1-4-1988.18. Substituted for “Income-tax” by the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1989, w.r.e.f.1-4-1988.19. Inserted, ibid., w.e.f. 1-4-1989.