95 [Dealer to declare the name of manager of business and permanent account number]

(1) Every dealer being a Hindu undivided family or an association of persons or club or society or firm or company or any person or body who is engaged in business as the guardian or trustee or otherwise on behalf of another person, and who is liable to pay tax under this Act, shall, within the period prescribed, furnish a declaration in the manner prescribed, stating the name of the person or persons who shall be deemed to be the manager or managers of such persons business for the purposes of this Act.

(2) The declaration furnished under sub-section (1) of this section may be revised from time to time as required.

 [(3) Every dealer liable to pay tax under this Act who is liable to obtain a Permanent Account Number (PAN) under the Income Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), shall communicate to the Commissioner, in the prescribed time and manner, the said number if he has obtained the same and, in any other case, shall state whether he has applied for the same and provide the details of the application.

(4) Any person who fails to furnish a declaration or, as the case may be, a revised declaration as provided in sub-section (1) and sub-section (2) of this section or fails to communicate the permanent account number obtained under the Income Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) or as the case may be, fails to state, whether he has applied for the same and fails to provide the details of the application, as provided in sub-section (3) of this section, shall be liable to pay by way of penalty, a sum of ten thousand rupees.]