Section 175AA: Exchange of banking and tax information related to high-risk

1[175AA. Exchange of banking and tax information related to high-risk persons. — (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, including but not limited to the Banking Companies Ordinance, 1962 (LVII of 1962), section 216 of this Ordinance and any regulations made under the State Bank of Pakistan Act,1956 (XXXIII of 1956), — (a) the Board may share information obtained from the tax declarations with scheduled banks in Pakistan, in respect of persons or classes of persons, for the purpose of cross-matching with the bank data through the data-based algorithms, as may be prescribed; and (b) the Scheduled banks shall provide to the Board the final results where the banking data is at variance with the algorithms provided under clause (a) of this sub-section. (2) All information received under this section shall be used only for tax and related purposes and kept confidential.]

Effective date: 2001-09-13

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