In force · As amended up to 2026-08
105. Recovery from a person about to leave New Delhi or Delhi.— (1) If the Chairperson has reason to believe that any person from whom any sum is due or is about to become due on account of any tax is about to move from New Delhi or Delhi, he may direct the immediate payment by such person of the sum so due or about to become due and cause a notice of demand for the same to be served on such person.
(2) If, on the service of such notice, such person does not forthwith pay the sum so due or about to become due, the amount shall be leviable by distress or attachment and sale in the manner hereinbefore provided, and the warrant of distress or attachment and sale may be issued and executed without any delay.
— 106. Power to institute suit for recovery. Instead of proceeding against a defaulter by distress and sale as hereinbefore provided, or after a defaulter has been so proceeded against unsuccessfully or with partial success, any sum due or the balance of any sum due, as the case may be, from such defaulter on account of a tax may be recovered from him by a suit in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Source: India Code