Amendment of section 135A.
66. In section 135A of the Income-tax Act, in sub-section (2), after the proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted and shall be deemed to have been inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2022, namely:––
“Provided further that the Central Government may amend any direction, issued under this sub-section on or before the 31st day of March, 2022, by notification in the Official Gazette.”.
Notes on Clauses:
Clause 66 of the Bill seeks to amend the section 135A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 relating to faceless collection of information.
It is proposed to insert a second proviso in the said sub-section (2) of the said section so as to provide that the Central Government may amend any direction issued under the said sub-section on or before 31st March, 2022, by notification in the Official Gazette.
This amendment will take effect retrospectively from 1st April, 2022.
