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1The Cantonments Act, 1924

( ACT NO. II OF 1924 )

Chapter V

TAXATION

Appeals

Appeals against assessment
84.(1) An appeal against the assessment or levy of, or against the refusal to refund, any tax under this Act shall lie to the District Magistrate or to such other officer as may be empowered by the Government in this behalf:
 
 
Provided that, where the person to whom the appeal would ordinarily lie is, or was when the tax was imposed, a member of the Board, the appeal shall lie to the Commissioner of the Division 2[* * *].
 
 
(2) If, on the hearing of an appeal under this section, any question as to the liability to, or the principle of assessment of, a tax arises on which the officer hearing the appeal entertains reasonable doubt, he may, either of his own motion or on the application of the appellant, draw up a statement of the facts of the case and the point on which doubt is entertained, and refer the statement with his own opinion on the point for the decision of the 3[High Court Division].
 
 
(3) On a reference being made under sub-section (2), the subsequent proceedings in the case shall be, as nearly as may be, in conformity with the rules relating to references to the 4[High Court Division] contained in Order XLVI of the First Schedule to the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.

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