Form of appeal and limitation
154. (1) Every appeal under section 153 shall be drawn up in such form and verified in such manner as may be prescribed and shall be accompanied by a fee of [two hundred taka].
[(1A) The Board may, by notification in the official Gazette,-
(a) specify [the cases in which the appeal] shall be filed electronically or in any other machine readable or computer readable media;
(b) specify the form and manner in which such appeal shall be filed.]
(2) Subject to sub-section (3), an appeal shall be presented within [forty five days],-
(a) if it relates to any assessment or penalty, from the date of service of the notice of demand relating to the assessment or penalty, as the case may be; and
(b) in any other case, from the date on which the intimation of the order to be appealed against is served.
(3) The Appellate Joint Commissioner [or the Commissioner (Appeals), as the case may be,] may admit an appeal after the expiration of the period of limitation specified in sub-section (2) if he is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from presenting the appeal within that period.