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Penalty for non-payment of tax - If an assessee fails, without reasonable cause to make payment of any amount of tax within the time specified in the notice of demand, the assessing authority may, after giving him a reasonable opportunity of making his representation, impose upon him a penalty which shall not be less than twenty-five per cent but not exceeding fifty per cent of the amount of tax due. This penalty shall be in addition to the interest payable under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 11.