Act Number: 27

Act Name: The Wealth-tax Act, 1957

Year: 1957

Enactment Date: 1957-09-12

Long Title: An Act to provide for the levy of wealth-tax.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Revenue

Section 11: Jurisdiction of Assessing Officers and power to transfer cases.
    (1) The provisions of sections 124 and 127 of the Income-tax Act shall, so far as may be, apply for the purposes of this Act as they apply for the purposes of the Income-tax Act, subject to the modifications specified in sub-section (2).
     (2) The modifications referred to in sub-section (1) shall be the following, namely:--
         (a) in section 124 of the Income-tax Act,--
             (i) in sub-section (3), references to the provisions of the Income-tax Act shall be construed as references to the corresponding provisions of the Wealth-tax Act;
             (ii) sub-section (5) shall be omitted;
         (b) in section 127 of the Income-tax Act, in the Explanation below sub-section 1[(4)], references to proceedings under the Income-tax Act shall be construed as including references to proceedings under the Wealth-tax Act.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 3 of 1989, s. 63, for "(5)" (w.r.e.f. 1-4-1988).
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