Section 4A: Unexplained wealth
This section is inserted by Finance Act 2016, section 27.
consolidated text (as at 2017, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
4A. Unexplained wealth
(1) Notwithstanding section 4, where the DirectorGeneral has reasonable ground to suspect that a person has
acquired unexplained wealth of 10 million rupees or more, he
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shall, in accordance with section 9 of the Good Governance
and Integrity Reporting Act 2015, make a written report to the
Agency specifying the full name and address of the person and
the sum of the unexplained wealth.
(2) Where a report is made under subsection (1), the
sum speci(cid:191)ed in the report shall, subject to this section, not be
liable to income tax.
(3) Where the Integrity Reporting Board does not direct
the Agency to institute action for the con(cid:191)scation of the sum
speci(cid:191)ed in subsection (1), wholly or partly, the Agency shall
inform the Director-General, who shall as soon as is reasonably
practicable, in respect of any sum speci(cid:191)ed in the report and
which is not subject to con(cid:191)scation, issue, notwithstanding
section 123A, an assessment in respect of that sum.
(4) In this section –
“ Agency” means the Integrity Reporting Services
Agency established under section 4 of the Good
Governance and Integrity Reporting Act 2015;
“ Integrity Reporting Board” means the Integrity
Reporting Board referred to in section 7 of the Good
Governance and Integrity Reporting Act 2015.
(c) by inserting, after section 16, the following new section –