Income-tax Act, 1961

Section - 223 - Tax Recovery Officer by whom recovery is to be effected

Tax Recovery Officer by whom recovery is to be effected.

223. (1) The Tax Recovery Officer competent to take action under section 222 shall be-

(a)- the Tax Recovery Officer within whose jurisdiction the assessee carries on his business or profession or within whose jurisdiction the principal place of his business or profession is situate, or
(b)- the Tax Recovery Officer within whose jurisdiction the assessee resides or any movable or immovable property of the assessee is situate,
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 the Principal Chief Commissioner or Chief Commissioner or Principal Commissioner or Commissioner who is authorised in this behalf by the Board in pursuance of section 120.

(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-

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