47. Special mode of recovery.

(a) any person from whom any amount of money is due, or may become due, to the person (in this section called "the taxpayer") liable to pay tax, interest or penalties under this Act on whom notice has been served under section 45(1), or
(b) any person who holds or may subsequently hold money for or on account of the taxpayer, to pay to the Commissioner, either forthwith upon the money becoming due or being held or within the time specified in the first mentioned notice (but not before the money becomes due or is held as aforesaid) so much of the money as is sufficient to pay the amount due by the taxpayer in respect of the arrears of tax, interest and penalty under this Act, or the whole of the money when it is equal to or less than that amount.
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(b) Where on an application being made by any contractor in this behalf , the Prescribed Authority is satisfied that any works contract under reference is separable and involves only labour and services and accordingly, justifies deduction of tax on a part of the sum payable in respect of any works contractor, as the case may be, justifies no deduction of tax at all, he shall, after giving the contractor a reasonable opportunity of being heard, grant him such certificate as may be appropriate.
(c) Any person entering into any contract with any contractor for transfer of property in goods (whether as goods or in some other form) involved in the execution of works contract shall furnish within fifteen days from the date of signing of the contract such information as may be prescribed to the Prescribed Authority under whose jurisdiction the contractor's place of business is situated. Failure to do so shall entail a penalty not exceeding five hundred rupees per day of default after affording such person a reasonable opportunity of being heard.