{"act":{"id":"finance-act-2020","short_title":"The Finance Act, 2020","long_title":"An Act to give effect to the financial proposals of the Central Government for the financial year 2020-2021.","act_number":null,"act_year":2020,"enact_date":null,"enforcement_date":null,"ministry":"Ministry of Finance","department":"Department of Revenue","jurisdiction":"CENTRAL","unit":"section","section_count":157,"in_force":true,"spent":false,"spent_note":null,"duplicate_of":null,"text_source":"published","scan_url":null,"url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/finance-act-2020/"},"unit":"section","section":{"number":"102","heading":"Amendment of Section 274","text":"Amendment of section 274. 102. In section 274 of the Income-tax Act, after sub-section (2), the following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely:— \"(2A) The Central Government may make a scheme, by notification in the Official Gazette, for the purposes of imposing penalty under this Chapter so as to impart greater efficiency, transparency and accountability by— (a) | eliminating the interface between the Assessing Officer and the assessee in the course of proceedings to the extent technologically feasible; (b) | optimising utilisation of the resources through economies of scale and functional specialisation; (c) | introducing a mechanism for imposing of penalty with dynamic jurisdiction in which penalty shall be imposed by one or more income-tax authorities. (2B) The Central Government may, for the purposes of giving effect to the scheme made under sub-section (2A), by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that any of the provisions of this Act relating to jurisdiction and procedure for imposing penalty shall not apply or shall apply with such exceptions, modifications and adaptations as may be specified in the notification: Provided that no direction shall be issued after the 31st day of March, 2022. (2C) Every notification issued under sub-section (2A) and sub-section (2B) shall, as soon as may be after the notification is issued, be laid before each House of Parliament.\".","html":"<p><b>Amendment of section 274.</b></p><p><b>102.</b> In section 274 of the Income-tax Act, after sub-section (2), the following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely:—</p><p>\"(2A) The Central Government may make a scheme, by notification in the Official Gazette, for the purposes of imposing penalty under this Chapter so as to impart greater efficiency, transparency and accountability by—</p><div class=\"tablewrap\"><table class=\"dtable\"><tr><td>(<i>a</i>)</td><td></td><td>eliminating the interface between the Assessing Officer and the assessee in the course of proceedings to the extent technologically feasible;</td></tr><tr><td>(<i>b</i>)</td><td></td><td>optimising utilisation of the resources through economies of scale and functional specialisation;</td></tr><tr><td>(<i>c</i>)</td><td></td><td>introducing a mechanism for imposing of penalty with dynamic jurisdiction in which penalty shall be imposed by one or more income-tax authorities.</td></tr></table></div><p><span class=\"num\">(2B)</span> The Central Government may, for the purposes of giving effect to the scheme made under sub-section (2A), by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that any of the provisions of this Act relating to jurisdiction and procedure for imposing penalty shall not apply or shall apply with such exceptions, modifications and adaptations as may be specified in the notification:</p><p><b>Provided</b> that no direction shall be issued after the 31st day of March, 2022.</p><p><span class=\"num\">(2C)</span> Every notification issued under sub-section (2A) and sub-section (2B) shall, as soon as may be after the notification is issued, be laid before each House of Parliament.\".</p>","words":217,"text_source":"published"},"classification":[],"instruments":[],"judgments":[],"corresponds_to":[],"url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/finance-act-2020/section/102/","note":null,"source_note":"Harvested from the Income Tax Department's own portal at incometaxindia.gov.in, which publishes the Finance Acts section by section. India Code carries none of them: its Central community holds the Acts that stand as general law, and a Finance Act is an amending and rate-fixing instrument.","judgments_note":"Judgment holdings are the ratio decidendi as extracted from the order by eCourts India, reproduced unaltered. Reported judgments only.","licence":"Published with commentary and other original matter under s.52(1)(q)(ii), Copyright Act 1957."}