Amendment of section 206C.

48. In section 206C of the Income-tax Act,—

(a) for sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:—

“(4) Any amount collected in accordance with the provisions of this section and paid to the credit of the Central Government shall be deemed to be a payment of tax on behalf of the person from whom the amount has been collected and credit shall be given to such person for the amount so collected in a particular assessment year in accordance with the rules as may be prescribed by the Board from time to time.”;

(b) in sub-section (5), in the first proviso, for the figures, letters and words ‘1st day of April, 2008’, the figures, letters and words ‘1st day of April, 2010’ shall be substituted.