Wealth-Tax Act, 1957

Section - 22C - Application for settlement of cases

Application for settlement of cases.

22C.⁵⁶[(1) ⁵⁷An assessee may, at any stage of a case relating to him, make an application in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed, and containing a full and true disclosure of his wealth which has not been disclosed before the ⁵⁸[Assessing Officer], the manner in which such wealth has been derived, the additional amount of wealth-tax payable on such wealth and such other particulars as may be prescribed, to the Settlement Commission to have the case settled and any such application shall be disposed of in the manner hereinafter provided :

⁵⁹[Provided that no such application shall be made unless such wealth-tax and the interest thereon, which would have been paid under the provisions of this Act had the wealth declared in the application been declared in the return of wealth before the Assessing Officer on the date of application, has been paid on or before the date of making the application and the proof of such payment is attached with the application.]

(1A) For the purposes of sub-section (1) of this section ⁶⁰[***] the additional amount of wealth-tax payable in respect of the wealth disclosed in an application made under sub-section (1) of this section shall be the amount calculated in accordance with the provisions of sub-sections (1B) to (1D).

⁶¹[(1B) Where the wealth disclosed in the application relates to only one previous year,-

(i)

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