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57.-(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other enactment or law, an authorised officer of the relevant tax authority shall at all reasonable times have free access to all land, buildings, places, books and documents, in the custody or under the control of a person, public officer, or institution, for the purpose of inspecting the books or documents including those stored or maintained in computers, servers, billing systems or on
digital, magnetic, optical or electronic media, and any property, process or matter which the officer considers necessary or relevant for the purpose of collecting any tax under any of the relevant enactments or law.
(2) Where the hard copies of any of the books or documents
mentioned in subsection (1) of this section are not immediately available because they are stored in a computer, servers, billing system or on digital, magnetic, optical or electronic media, the relevant tax authority shall take immediate possession of such removable media and the related removable equipment or computer used to access the stored documents on the media in
order to prevent the accidental or intentional destruction, removal or
alteration of records and documents, especially where such may be needed as potential evidence in investigation or criminal proceedings
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