Prosecution for making false, misleading statements

Prosecution for making false, misleading statements

Section 195 of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 describes the prosecution for making false or misleading statements.

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) issued the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 updated up to June 30, 2021. The Ordinance incorporated amendments brought through Finance Act, 2021.

Following is the text of Section 195 of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001:

195. Prosecution for making false or misleading statements. — (1) A person who –

(a) makes a statement to an income tax authority that is false or misleading in a material particular; or

(b) omits from a statement made to an income tax authority any matter or thing without which the statement is misleading in a material particular,

shall commit an offence punishable on conviction –

(i) where the statement or omission was made knowingly or recklessly, with a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both; or

(ii) in any other case, with a fine.

(2) A person shall not commit an offence under sub-section (1) if the person did not know and could not reasonably be expected to have known that the statement to which the prosecution relates was false or misleading.

(3) “Entry against S.No 10 in column (2) of the Table in sub-section (1) of section 182” shall apply in determining whether a person has made a statement to an income tax authority.

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