Chapter II

Basis of charge

Charge of income-tax.

³⁹4. ⁴⁰(1) Where any Central Act enacts that income-tax⁴¹ shall be charged for any assessment year at any rate or rates, income-tax at that rate or those rates shall be charged for that year in accordance with, and ⁴²[subject to the provisions (including provisions for the levy of additional income-tax) of, this Act⁴³] in respect of the total income⁴³ of the previous year ⁴⁴[* * *] of every person :

Provided that where by virtue of any provision of this Act income-tax is to be charged in respect of the income of a period other than the previous year, income-tax shall be charged accordingly.

(2) In respect of income chargeable under sub-section (1), income-tax shall be deducted at the source or paid in advance, where it is so deductible or payable under any provision of this Act.