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Ministry of Finance, Government of India

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Section 255

Power to inspect registers of companies

Section

Section Number

255

Chapter

CHAPTER XIV - Tax administration

Act

Income-tax Act, 2025

Year

2026

Power to inspect registers of companies

Power to inspect registers of companies.

255. The Assessing Officer, assessment unit, verification unit, the Joint Commissioner or the Joint Commissioner (Appeals) or the Commissioner (Appeals), or any person subordinate thereof and authorised in writing in this behalf by such officer or authority, may inspect, and if necessary, take copies, or cause copies to be taken, of any register of the members, debenture holders or mortgagees of any company or of any entry in such register.

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