Section 471 of Income Tax Act, 2025 : Procedure.

(1) No order imposing a penalty under this Chapter shall be made unless the assessee has been heard, or has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard.(2) No order imposing a penalty under this Chapter shall be made without the prior approval of the Joint Commissioner—(a) where the penalty exceeds ten thousand rupees, by

Section 472 of Income Tax Act, 2025 : Bar of limitation for imposing penalties

(1) No order imposing a penalty under this Chapter shall be passed after the expiry of six months from the end of the quarter in which—(a) the proceedings, in the course of which action for the imposition of penalty has been initiated, are completed, if the relevant assessment or other order is not the subject-matter