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Section 428

Fee for default in furnishing return of income

Without prejudice to the provisions of this Act, where, a person required to furnish a return of income under section 263 fails to do so within the time as prescribed in section 263(1) he shall pay, by way of a fee,––

(a) a sum of five thousand rupees, if the total income of such person exceeds five lakh rupees;

(b)
a sum not exceeding one thousand rupees in any other case.