Income Tax Act, 1961
Section 136. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE INCOME-TAX AUTHORITIES TO BE JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS.
Any proceeding under this Act before an income-tax authority shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections 193 and 228 and for the purposes of section 196 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860), and every income-tax authority shall be deemed to be a Civil Court for the purposes of section 195, but not for the purposes of Chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).
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