LawgistThe Hotel-Receipts Tax Act
17Opportunity of being heard
No order imposing penalty under section 15 or section 16 shall be made unless the assessee has been heard, or has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
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All sections
- 1 Short title and extent
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Application of the Act
- 4 Tax authorities
- 5 Charge of tax
- 6 Scope of chargeable receipts
- 7 Computation of chargeable receipts
- 8 Return of chargeable receipts
- 9 Self-assessment
- 10 Assessment
- 11 Best judgment assessment
- 12 Re-opening of assessment at the instance of the assessee
- 13 Receipts escaping assessment
- 14 Advance payment of hotel receipts tax
- 15 Penalty for failure to furnish returns, comply with notices, concealment of receipts, etc
- 16 Penality for false estimate of, or failure to pay, hotel-receipts tax payable in advance
- 17 Opportunity of being heard
- 18 Appeals to the Commissioner (Appeals)
- 19 Appeals to Appellate Tribunal
- 20 Rectification of mistakes
- 21 Hotel-receipts tax deductible in computing total income under Income-tax Act
- 22 Revision of order prejudicial to revenue
- 23 Revision of orders by Commissioner
- 24 Application of provisions of Income-tax Act
- 25 Income-tax papers to be available for the purposes of this Act
- 26 Wilful attempt to evade tax, etc
- 27 Failure to furnish returns of chargeable receipts
- 28 Failure to produce accounts and documents
- 29 False statement in verification, etc
- 30 Abetment of false return, etc
- 31 Punishment for second and subsequent offences
- 32 Certain offences to be non-cognizable
- 33 Institution of proceedings and composition of offences
- 34 Power to make rules
- 35 Power to exempt
- 36 Power to remove difficulties
- 37 [Repealed]
