418.(1) Where an agreement is entered into by the Central Government with
the Government of any country outside India for recovery of income-tax under this
Act and the corresponding law in force in that country and the Government of that
country or any authority under that Government which is specified in this behalf in
such agreement sends to the Board a certificate for the recovery of any tax due under
such corresponding law from—
(a)a resident; or
(b)a person having any property in India,
the Board may forward such certificate to any Tax Recovery Officer having
jurisdiction over the resident, or within whose jurisdiction such property is situated
and thereupon such Tax Recovery Officer shall—
(i) proceed to recover the amount specified in the certificate in the
manner in which he would proceed to recover the amount specified in a
certificate drawn up by him under section 413; and
(ii) remit any sumsorecovered by him to the Boardafter deducting his
expenses in connection with the recovery proceedings.
(2) Where an assessee who is in default or is deemed to be in default in making
a payment of tax,—
(a) is a resident of a country being a country with which the Central
Government has entered into an agreement for the recovery of income-tax
under this Act and the corresponding law in force in that country; or
(b)has any property in the country referred to in clause (a),
then, Tax Recovery Officer may forward to the Board a certificate drawn up by him
under section 413 and the Board may take such action thereon as it may deem
appropriate having regard to the terms of the agreement with such country. |