Section 104 — Unexplained asset

(1) Where in any tax year, any asset has been found to be owned by or belong-
ing to the assessee which is not recorded in the books of account, if any, main-
tained by such assessee for any source of income, or the Assessing Officer finds that
the amount expended in acquiring such asset exceeds the amount recorded in such
books of account and—
( a) the assessee offers no explanation about the nature and source of acqui-
sition of such asset, or such excess amount, as the case may be; or
( b) the explanation offered about the nature and source of acquisition of such
asset by the assessee, is not satisfactory in the opinion of the Assessing
Officer,
then, the value of such asset, or such excess amount, as the case may be, shall be
deemed to be the income of the assessee of the tax year in which such asset has
been found to be owned by, or belonging to, the assessee.
(2) For the purposes of this section, “asset” includes money, bullion, jewellery, virtual
digital asset or other valuable article.