Section 90 - Amendment of section 228A - Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987

90. Amendment of section 228A. In section 228A of the Income-tax Act,- (a) in sub-section (1), in clause (a), for the words specified in a certificate received from an Income-tax Officer , the words and figures specified in a certificate drawn up by him under section 222 shall be substituted; (b) for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely :- (2) Where an assessee is in default or is deemed to be in default in making a payment of tax, the Tax Recovery Officer may, if the assessee has property in a country outside India (being a country with which the Central Government has entered into an agreement for the recovery of income-tax under this Act and the corresponding law in force in that country), forward to the Board a certificate drawn up by him under section 222 and the Board may take such action thereon as it may deem appropriate having regard to the terms of the agreement with such country. .