Finance Act, 1979

Amendment of section 488 of Income Tax Act, 1967 (High Court proceedings).

12.Section 488 of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , is hereby amended by the substitution, in subsection (5), of the following paragraph for paragraph (a) :

“(a) a certificate signed by an inspector certifying the fact that, before the institution of the proceedings, a stated sum for income tax became due and payable by the defendant—

(i) under an assessment which had become final and conclusive, or

(ii) under the provisions relating to the specified amount of tax within the meaning of section 30 of the Finance Act, 1976 , and”.