Section 301 — Interpretation
For the purposes of this Part—
( a) “block period” means the aggregate of—
( i) the period comprising six tax years preceding the tax year in which
the search was initiated or any requisition was made; and
( ii) the period starting from the 1st April of the tax year in which search
was initiated or requisition was made and ending on the date of the
execution of the last of the authorisations for such search or such
requisition;
( b) “requisition” means requisition of books of account, other documents
or any assets under section 248;
( c) “search” means a search initiated under section 247;
( d) “the last of the authorisations” shall be deemed to have been executed,—
( i) in the case of search, on the conclusion of search as recorded in the
last panchnama drawn in relation to any person in whose case the
warrant of authorisation has been issued, irrespective of whether
or not any seizure is recorded in such panchnama;
( ii) in the case of requisition, on the actual receipt of the books of
account or other documents or assets by the Authorised Officer;
( e) “undisclosed income” includes any money, bullion, jewellery, virtual
digital asset or other valuable article or thing or any expenditure or any
income based on any entry in the books of account or other documents
or transactions, where such money, bullion, jewellery, virtual digital asset,
valuable article, thing, entry in the books of account or other document
or transaction represents wholly or partly income or property which has
not been or would not have been disclosed for the purposes of this Act,
or any expense, exemption, deduction or allowance claimed under this
Act which is found to be incorrect, in respect of the block period.
Related sections
- Section 268 — Inquiry before assessment
- Section 269 — Estimation of value of assets by Valuation Officer
- Section 270 — Assessment
- Section 271 — Best judgment assessment
- Section 272 — Power of Joint Commissioner to issue directions in certain cases
- Section 273 — Faceless Assessment
- Section 274 — Reference to Principal Commissioner or Commissioner in certain cases
- Section 275 — Reference to Dispute Resolution Panel
- Section 276 — Method of accounting
- Section 277 — Method of accounting in certain cases
- Section 278 — Taxability of certain income
- Section 279 — Income escaping assessment
- Section 280 — Issue of notice where income has escaped assessment
- Section 281 — Procedure before issuance of notice under section 280
- Section 282 — Time limit for notices under sections 280 and 281
- Section 283 — Provision for cases where assessment is in pursuance of an order on appeal, etc
- Section 284 — Sanction for issue of notice
- Section 285 — Other provisions
- Section 286 — Time limit for completion of assessment, reassessment and recomputation
- Section 287 — Rectification of mistake
- Section 288 — Other amendments
- Section 289 — Notice of demand
- Section 290 — Modification and revision of notice in certain cases
- Section 291 — Intimation of loss
- Section 292 — Assessment of total undisclosed income as a result of search
- Section 293 — Computation of total undisclosed income of block period
- Section 294 — Procedure for block assessment
- Section 295 — Undisclosed income of any other person
- Section 296 — Time-limit for completion of block assessment
- Section 297 — Certain interests and penalties not to be levied or imposed
- Section 298 — Levy of interest and penalty in certain cases. [S. 158BFA of the 1961 Act]
- Section 299 — Authority competent to make assessment of block period
- Section 300 — Application of other provisions of Act