Cantonments Act, I924
84.Appeals against assessment:-
(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 a Magistrate or to such other officer as may be empowered by the {Subs
by the A.O.1937, for " L G."} [Central Government] in this behalf:
Provided that, where {The words " there is a Board and " were
omitted by Act 24 of 1936, s.32.} 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, or, in a State where
there are no Commissioners, to the District Judge.
(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 pointon which doubt is entertained, and refer the
statement with his own opinion on the point for the decision of the High Court.
(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 High Court contained in Order XLVI of the First
Schedule to the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.