414.(1) For the purposes of section 413, the Tax Recovery Officer shall be—
(a) the Tax Recovery Officer within whose jurisdiction the
assessee carries on his business or profession or has the principal place
of his business or profession;or
(b) the Tax Recovery Officer within whose jurisdiction the
assessee resides or any of his movable or immovable property is situated,
the jurisdiction for this purpose being the jurisdiction assigned to the Tax Recovery
Officer under the orders or directions issued by the Board, or by any income-tax
authority not below the rank of Commissioner who is authorised in this behalf by
the Board in pursuance of section 241.
(2)Where an assessee has property within the jurisdiction of more than one Tax
Recovery Officer and the Tax Recovery Officer by whom the certificate is drawn up—
(a) is not able to recover the entire amount by sale of the property,
movable or immovable, within his jurisdiction;or
(b)is of the opinion that, for the purpose of expediting or securing the
recovery of the whole or any part of the amount under this Part, it is necessary
so to do,
he may send—
(i)the certificate;or
(ii)a copy of the certificate certified in the manner asmay beprescribed
and specifying the amount to be recovered, where only a part of the amount is
to be recovered,
to a Tax Recovery Officer referred to in sub-section (1)(b) and, thereupon, such
officer shall also proceed to recover the amount under this Partasif the certificate
or copy thereof had been drawn up by him. |