Bare ActsThe West Bengal Finance Act, 1997

Section 7A

(1) Notwithstanding any proceeding being of recovery

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(1) Notwithstanding any proceeding being of recovery. initiated under section 7 for recovery of entertainment tax or luxury tax or interest as an arrear of land revenue, the prescribed authority may, at any time or from time to time by notice in the prescribed form, require any person from whom money is due or may become due to the proprietor referred to in section 4A or section 4B or any person who holds or may subsequently hold money for or on account of such proprietor, to deposit into a Government Treasury or the Reserve Bank of India under the appropriate head of account, either forthwith upon the money becoming due or being held or at or within the time specified in the notice (not being before the money becomes due or is held), so much of the money as is sufficient to pay the amount due by such proprietor in respect of the arrears of such tax or interest or the whole of the money when such money is equal to or less than the amount due. (2) A notice under this section may be issued to any person who holds or may subsequently hold any money for, or on account of, the proprietor jointly with any other person and, for the purposes of this section, the shares of the joint-holders in such account shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to be equal. Amendment of West Ben. Act XXI of

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