Amendment of section 144C.

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.... day of October, 2009; (b) after sub-section (8), the following Explanation shall be inserted and shall be deemed to have been inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2009, namely:-- "Explanation.--For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the power of the Dispute Resolution Panel to enhance the variation shall include and shall be deemed always to have included the power t....

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....end section 144C of the Income-tax Act relating to reference to dispute resolution panel. The existing provisions contained in sub-section (4) of the aforesaid section 144C provide that the Assessing Officer shall, notwithstanding anything contained in section 153 of the Income-tax Act, pass the assessment order under sub-section (3) within one month from the end of the month in which the accepta....

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....ll include and shall be deemed always to have included the power to consider any matter arising out of the assessment proceedings relating to the draft order, notwithstanding that such matter was raised or not by the eligible assessee. This amendment will take effect retrospectively from 1st April, 2009. The existing provisions of sub-section (13) of the aforesaid section 144C provide that upon ....