§502

Section 502 — Authentication of notices and other documents

Income-tax Act, 2025 (amended upto 2026)

In plain terms: This section says a notice or document issued by an income-tax authority must be signed and issued in paper form or communicated in electronic form, and must carry the identification details the section requires.

(1) Where this Act requires a notice or other document to be issued by any income-tax authority, such notice or other document shall be signed and issued in paper form or communicated in electronic form by that authority as per such procedure, as may be prescribed.

(2) Every notice or other document to be issued, served or given under this Act by any income-tax authority, shall be deemed to be authenticated, if the name and office of a designated income-tax authority is printed, stamped or otherwise written thereon.

(3) For the purposes of this section, the expression "designated income-tax authority" means any income-tax authority authorised by the Board to issue, serve or give such notice or other document after authentication in the manner as provided in sub-section (2).