Act Number: 66

Act Name: The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957

Year: 1957

Enactment Date: 1957-12-28

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Municipal Government of Delhi.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 152A: Punishment for wilful default in payment of property tax, furnishing wrong information in return of assessment, etc.
    1[152A. Punishment for wilful default in payment of property tax, furnishing wrong information in return of assessment, etc.—Whoever wilfully makes default in the payment of, or wilfully attempts in any manner whatsoever to evade, any tax, including amount of interest due and penalty levied under this Act, or furnishes any wrong information in the return of assessment, or wilfully fails to furnish in due time the return of property tax, or does not furnish information as asked for under any provision of this Act, he shall, without prejudice to any other penal provision under this Act to which he may be subject, be punishable, —
        (a) in the case where the amount of tax sought to be evaded exceeds ten lakh rupees, with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three months but which may extend up to seven years, and with fine of not less than fifty percent of the amount of tax evaded; and
        (b) in any other case, with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than one month but which may extend up to three years, and with fine of not less than fifty percent of the amount of tax evaded:
    Provided that the penalties so imposed shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any liability in respect of the payment of tax which the defaulter may have incurred.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Delhi Act 6 of 2003, s. 24, for section 152 (w.e.f. 1-8-2003).
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