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Inland Revenue Act (No. 10 of 2006) - Sect 112

Power of Commissioner-General to impose penalty for failure to furnish return

112.
(1) Where -
(a) any person fails to comply with a notice in writing given to him a Deputy Commissioner under subsection (7) of section 106 requiring him to furnish, within the time specified in such notice, a return of his income, and if he has a child, the income of such child;
(b) any person fails to furnish within the time specified in subsection (1) of section 106, a return which he is required to furnish under that section;
(c) any employer fails to comply with any requirement of the provisions of section 120; or
(d) any individual fails to furnish within the time specified in sub section (5) of section 106, a return which such individual is required to furnish under that section,
(2) The Commissioner-General may reduce or waive any penalty imposed on any person or on any employer under this section, if such person or such employer, as the case may be, proves to the satisfaction of the Commissioner-General that the failure to furnish such return or to comply with such requirement, as the case may be, was due to circumstances beyond his control and that he has furnished such return or has complied with such requirement, as the case may be.
(3) Where a penalty is imposed on any person or on any employer under subsection (1), such person or such employer shall not be liable to prosecution for any offence under paragraph (a) or paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section 202 or under paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 202 relating to that notice or requirement.


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