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Section 276B

Failure to pay tax to the credit of Central Government under Chapter XII-B or XVII-B

Section

Section Number

276B

Chapter

CHAPTER XXII - OFFENCES AND PROSECUTIONS

Act

Income-tax Act, 1961

Year

1998

Failure to pay tax to the credit of Central Government under Chapter XII-B or XVII-B

Failure to pay tax to the credit of Central Government under Chapter XII-B or XVII-B
29 [Failure to pay tax to the credit of Central Government under Chapter XII-D or XVII-B.
276B.  If a person fails to pay to the credit of the Central Government,—
            ( a)       the tax deducted at source by him as required by or under the provisions of Chapter XVII-B; or
            ( b)       the tax payable by him, as required by or under—
            ( i)        sub-section (2) of section 115-O; or
            ( ii)       the second proviso to section 194B,
he shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three months but which may extend to seven years and with fine.]
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