The Interest-tax Act, 1974

Section 23. Failure to comply with notices

In force · As amended up to 2026-08

23. Failure to comply with notices. [1][23. Failure to comply with notices.--If any person fails, without reasonable cause, to produce or cause to be produced, any accounts or documents required to be produced under section 8, he shall pay by way of penalty, a sum which shall not be less than one thousand rupees, but which may extend to twenty-five thousand rupees, for each such failure.] [Footnotes] 1. Subs. by Act 49 of 1991, s. 110, for sections 23 to 26 (w.e.f 1-10-1991).

Source: India Code

How this section changed

  1. substituted by Act 49 of 1991, s. 110

    In force from 1 Oct 1991

    Footnote: 1. Subs. by Act 49 of 1991, s. 110, for sections 23 to 26 (w.e.f 1-10-1991).