Section 230A - Restrictions on registration of transfers of immovable property in certain cases [Omitted] - Income-tax Act, 1961

Restrictions on registration of transfers of immovable property in certain cases. 230A. 1 [****] --------------- Notes ;- 1. Omitted by the Finance Act, 2001, w.e.f. 1-6-2001. Prior to its omission, section 230A, as inserted by the Direct Taxes (Amendment) Act, 1964, w.e.f. 6-10-1964, and later on amended by the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1971, w.e.f. 1-10-1971, Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987, w.e.f. 1-4-1988, Finance Act, 1988, w.e.f. 1-4-1988 and Finance Act, 1995, w.e.f. 1-7-1995, read as under : 230A. Restrictions on registration of transfers of immovable property in certain cases.- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, where any document required to be registered under the provisions of clause (a) to clause (e) of sub-section (1) of section 17 of the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908), purports to transfer, assign, limit, or extinguish the right, title or interest of any person to or in any property valued at more than five lakh rupees, no registering officer appointed under that Act shall register any such document, unless the Assessing Officer certifies that- (a) such person has either paid or made satisfactory provision for payment of all existing liabilities under this Act, the Excess Profits Tax Act, 1940 (15 of 1940), the Business Profits Tax Act, 1947 (21 of 1947), the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (11 of 1922), the Wealth-tax Act, 1957 (27 of 1957), the Expenditure-tax Act, 1957 (29 of 1957), the Gift-tax Act, 1958 (18 of 1958), the Super Profits Tax Act, 1963 (14 of 1963), and the Companies (Profits) Surtax Act, 1964 (7 of 1964), or (b) the registration of the document will not prejudicially affect the recovery of any existing liability under any of the aforesaid Acts. (2) The application for the certificate required under sub-section (1) shall be made by the person referred to in that sub-section and shall be in such form and shall contain such particulars as may be prescribed. (3) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall not apply in a case where the person referred to in that sub-section is any such institution, association or body, or belongs to any such class of institutions, associations or bodies, as the Board may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, notify in this behalf in the Official Gazette.