1If any person (hereafter in this section referred to as the first person) wilfully and with intent to enable any other person (hereafter in this section referred to as the second person) to evade any tax or interest or penalty chargeable and imposable under this Act, makes or causes to be made any entry or statement which is false and which the first person either knows to be false or does not believe to be true, in any books of account or other document relevant to or useful in any proceedings against the first person or the second person, under this Act, the first person shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three months but which may extend to 2 two years and with fine.
Explanation.-For the purposes of establishing the charge under this section,
it shall not be necessary to prove that the second person has actually evaded
any tax, penalty or interest chargeable or imposable under this Act.
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1. Ins. by Act 23 of 2004, s. 60 (w.e.f. 1-10-2004).
2. Subs. by Act 23 of 2012, s. 109, for "three years" (w.e.f. 1-7-2012).
Section 276A Failure to comply with the provisions of sub-sections (1) and (3) of section 178
Section 276AB Failure to comply with the provisions of sections 269UC, 269UE and 269UL
Section 276B Failure to pay tax to the credit of Central Government under Chapter XII-D or XVII-B
Section 276BB Failure to pay the tax collected at source
Section 276C Wilful attempt to evade tax, etc
Section 276CC Failure to furnish returns of income
Section 276CCC Failure to furnish return of income in search cases
Section 276D Failure to produce accounts and documents
Section 277 False statement in verification, etc
Section 277A Falsification of books of account or document, etc