Section 489 — Presumption as to assets, books of account, etc., in certain cases
(1) Where during the course of any search made under section 247, any money,
bullion, jewellery, virtual digit asset or other valuable article or thing (herein-
after referred to as the assets) or any books of account or other documents or any
information in electronic form as defined in section 261(g) or on a computer system
as defined in section 261(e) or any computer system containing the said information,
has or have been found in the possession or control of any person and such assets
or books of account or other documents or such information are tendered by the
prosecution in evidence against such person, or against such person and the person
referred to in section 484, for an offence under this Act, the provisions of section
247(7) shall, so far as may be, apply in relation to such assets or books of account
or other documents or such information.
(2) Where any assets or books of account or other documents any information
in electronic form or on a computer system or any computer system containing
the said information taken into custody from the possession or control of any
person, by the officer or authority referred to in section 248(1)( a) or (b) or (c) are
delivered to the requisitioning officer under sub-section (2) of that section and such
assets, books of account or other documents or such information are tendered by
the prosecution in evidence against such person, or against such person and the
person referred to in section 484, for an offence under this Act, the provisions of
section 247(7) shall, so far as may be, apply in relation to such assets or books of
account or other documents or such information.
Related sections
- Section 473 — Contravention of order made during search action.]
- Section 474 — Failure to afford facility for inspection of books of account during search.]
- Section 475 — Removal, concealment, transfer or delivery of property to prevent tax recovery
- Section 476 — Failure to pay tax to credit of Central Government under Chapter XIX-B
- Section 477 — Failure to pay tax collected at source
- Section 478 — Wilful attempt to evade tax, etc
- Section 479 — Failure to furnish returns of income
- Section 480 — Failure to furnish return of income setting forth undisclosed income
- Section 481 — Failure to comply with a direction of special audit or valuation
- Section 482 — False statement in verification, etc
- Section 483 — Falsification of books of account or document, etc
- Section 484 — Abetment of false return, etc
- Section 485 — Punishment for second and subsequent offences
- Section 486 — Punishment not to be imposed in certain cases
- Section 487 — Offences by companies
- Section 488 — Offences by Hindu undivided family
- Section 490 — Presumption as to culpable mental state
- Section 491 — Prosecution to be at instance of Principal Chief Commissioner or Chief Commissioner or Principal Commissioner or Commissioner
- Section 492 — Certain offences to be non-cognizable
- Section 493 — Proof of entries in records or documents
- Section 494 — Disclosure of particulars by public servants
- Section 495 — Special Courts
- Section 496 — Offences triable by Special Court
- Section 497 — Trial of offences as summons case
- Section 498 — Application of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 to proceedings before Special Court