Amendment of section 132.

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....anation.--For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the reason to believe, as recorded by the income-tax authority under this sub-section, shall not be disclosed to any person or any authority or the Appellate Tribunal."; (ii) in sub-section (1A), the following Explanation shall be inserted and shall be deemed to have been inserted with effect from the 1st day of October, 1975....

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.... Director or Director, by order in writing, attach provisionally any property belonging to the assessee, and for the said purpose the provisions of the Second Schedule shall, mutatis mutandis, apply. (9C) Every provisional attachment made under sub-section (9B) shall cease to have effect after the expiry of a period of six months from the date of the order referred to in sub-section (9B).....

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....Clause 50 of the Bill seeks to amend section 132 of the Income-tax Act relating to search and seizure. Sub-section (1) of the said section provides that where an income-tax authority mentioned therein, based on the information in his possession, has reason to believe of circumstances specified therein, he may authorise an authority specified therein to carry out search and seizure. It is pro....

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....o suspect recorded by the income-tax authority specified therein under the provisions of the said sub-section shall not be disclosed to any person or any authority, or the Appellate Tribunal. This amendment will take effect retrospectively from 1st October, 1975. It is further proposed to insert sub-section (9B) in the said section, to provide that in a search case, where the authorised offi....