Clause 48 - Amendment of Section 271 - Finance Bill, 2008

48. In section 271 of the Income-tax Act, after sub-section ( 1A ), the following sub-section shall be inserted and shall be deemed to have been inserted with effect from the 1 st day of April, 1989, namely:— ''( 1B ) Where any amount is added or disallowed in computing the total income or loss of an assessee in any order of assessment or reassessment and the said order contains a direction for initiation of penalty proceedings under sub-section ( 1 ), such an order of assessment or reassessment shall be deemed to constitute satisfaction of the Assessing Officer for initiation of the penalty proceedings under sub-section ( 1 ).".