31. NOTICE OF DEMAND. –
1[31. Notice of demand.—When any tax, interest, penalty, fine or any other sum is payable in consequence of any order passed under this Act, the 2[Assessing Officer] shall serve upon the assessee a notice of demand in the prescribed form specifying the sum so payable.]
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1. Subs. by Act 53 of 1962, sec. 24 (w.e.f. 1-4-1963).
2. Subs. by Act 4 of 1988, sec. 161, for “Gift Tax Officer” (w.e.f. 1-4-1988).