Section 158BD of Income Tax Act "Undisclosed income of any other person"
158BD. Where the Assessing Officer is satisfied that any undisclosed income belongs to any person, other than the person with respect to whom search was made under section 132 or whose books of account or other documents or any assets were requisitioned under section 132A, then, the books of account, other documents or assets seized or requisitioned shall be handed over to the Assessing Officer having jurisdiction over such other person and that Assessing Officer shall proceed under section 158BC against such other person and the provisions of this Chapter shall apply accordingly.
158BE. (1) The order under section 158BC shall be passed-
(a) within one year from the end of the month in which the
last of the authorisations for search under section 132 or
for requisition under section 132A, as the case may be, was
executed in cases where a search is initiated or books of
account or other documents or any assets are requisitioned
after the 30th day of June, 1995, but before the 1st day of
January, 1997;
(b) within two years from the end of the month in which the
last of the authorisations for search under section 132 or
for requisition under section 132A, as the case may be, was
executed in cases where a search is initiated or books of
account or other documents or any assets are requisitioned
on or after the 1st day of January, 1997.
(2) The period of limitation for completion of block
assessment in the case of the other person referred to in
section 158BD shall be-
(a) one year from the end of the month in which the notice
under this Chapter was served on such other person in
respect of search initiated or books of account or other
documents or any assets requisitioned after the 30th day of
June, 1995, but before the 1st day of January, 1997; and
(b) two years from the end of the month in which the notice
under this Chapter was served on such other person in
respect of search initiated or books of account or other
documents or any assets are requisitioned on or after the
1st day of January, 1997.
Explanation 1.-In computing the period of limitation for the
purposes of this section,-
(i) the period during which the assessment proceeding is
stayed by an order or injunction of any court; or
(ii) the period commencing from the day on which the
Assessing Officer directs the assessee to get his accounts
audited under sub-section (2A) of section 142 and ending on
the day on which the assessee is required to furnish a
report of such audit under that sub-section; or
(iii) the time taken in reopening the whole or any part of
the proceeding or giving an opportunity to the assessee to
be re-heard under the proviso to section 129; or
(iv) in a case where an application made before the
Settlement Commission under section 245C is rejected by it
or is not allowed to be proceeded with by it, the period
commencing on the date on which such application is made and
ending with the date on which the order under sub-section
(1) of section 245D is received by the Principal
Commissioner or Commissioner under sub-section (2) of that
section,
shall be excluded:
Provided that where immediately after the exclusion of the
aforesaid period, the period of limitation referred to in
sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) available to the
Assessing Officer for making an order under clause (c) of
section 158BC is less than sixty days, such remaining period
shall be extended to sixty days and the aforesaid period of
limitation shall be deemed to be extended accordingly.
Explanation 2.-For the removal of doubts, it is hereby
declared that the authorisation referred to in sub-section
(1) shall be deemed to have been executed,-
(a) in the case of search, on the conclusion of search as
recorded in the last panchnama drawn in relation to any
person in whose case the warrant of authorisation has been
issued;
(b) in the case of requisition under section 132A, on the
actual receipt of the books of account or other documents or
assets by the Authorised Officer.