Ministry of Finance 

13.09.2021

Direct Taxation

Income-Tax (29th Amendment) Rules, 2021

MANU/CBDT/0120/2021

In exercise of the powers conferred by second proviso to clause (i) sub-section (1) of section 142 read with section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement.--

(1) These rules may be called the Income-tax (29th Amendment) Rules, 2021.

(2) They shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Income-tax Rules, 1962, after rule 12E, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:-

"12F. Prescribed income- tax authority under second proviso to clause (i) of sub-section (1) of section 142.-

The prescribed income-tax authority under second proviso to clause (i) of sub-section (1) of section 142 shall be an income-tax authority not below the rank of Income-tax Officer who has been authorised by the Central Board of Direct Taxes to act as such authority for the purposes of that clause.".

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