Section 4A: Unexplained wealth
This section is inserted by Act No 18 of 2016, section 27.
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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 specified 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 confiscation of the sum
specified 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 specified in the report and
which is not subject to confiscation, 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 –
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Questions this section answers
- At what amount of unexplained wealth does the Director-General report me to the Integrity Reporting Services Agency?
- Do I pay income tax on wealth reported as unexplained if it isn't confiscated?