Section 282 — Time limit for notices under sections 280 and 281

(1) No notice under section 280 shall be issued for the relevant tax year,—
( a) if four years and three months have elapsed from the end of the relevant
tax year, unless the case falls under clause (b);
( b) if four years and three months, but not more than six years and three
months, have elapsed from the end of the relevant tax year, unless the
Assessing Officer has in his possession books of account or other docu-
ments or evidence related to any asset or expenditure or transaction or
entry which shows that the income chargeable to tax, which has escaped
assessment, amounts to or is likely to amount to fifty lakh rupees or more.
(2) No notice to show cause under section 281 shall be issued for the relevant tax
year,—
( a) if four years have elapsed from the end of the relevant tax year, unless
the case falls under clause (b);
( b) if four years, but not more than six years, have elapsed from the end
of the relevant tax year, unless the income chargeable to tax which has
escaped assessment, as per the information with the Assessing Officer,
amounts to or is likely to amount to fifty lakh rupees or more.
(3) No notice under section 280 or 281 shall be issued within one year from the
end of any tax year.