(1) Every person who has entered into an ¹ international transaction or specified domestic transaction.—(1) Every person who has entered into an ¹ international transaction or specified domestic transaction shall keep and maintain such information and document in respect thereof, as may be prescribed.
² Provided thatthe person, being a constituent entity of an international group, shall also keep and maintain such information and document in respect of an international group as may be prescribed.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section,—
(A) “constituent entity” shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (d) of sub-section (9) of section 286;
(B) “international group” shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (g) of sub-section (9) of section 286.
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions contained in sub-section (1), the Board may prescribe the period for which the information and document shall be kept and maintained under that sub-section.
(3) The Assessing Officer or the Commissioner (Appeals) may, in the course of any proceeding under this Act, require any person who has entered into an ¹ international transaction or specified domestic transaction to furnish any information or document in respect thereof, as may be prescribed under subsection (1), within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of a notice issued in this regard:
Provided that the Assessing Officer or the Commissioner (Appeals) may, on an application made by such person, extend the period of thirty days by a further period not exceeding thirty days.
² (4) Withoutprejudice to the provisions of sub-section (3), the person referred to in the proviso to sub-section (1) shall furnish the information and document referred to in the said proviso to the authority prescribed under sub-section (1) of section 286, in such manner, on or before the date, as may be prescribed.