²¹[Certificate for tax deducted.

²²203. ²³[(1)] ²⁴Every person deducting tax in accordance with ²⁵[the foregoing provisions of this Chapter] ²⁶[shall, within such period as may be prescribed from the time of credit or payment of the sum, or, as the case may be, from the time of issue of a cheque or warrant for payment of any dividend to a shareholder], furnish to the person to whose account such credit is given or to whom such payment is made or the cheque or warrant is issued, a certificate to the effect that tax has been deducted, and specifying the amount so deducted, the rate at which the tax has been deducted and such other particulars as may be prescribed.]

²⁷[(2) Every person, being an employer, referred to in sub-section (1A) of section 192 shall, within such period, as may be prescribed, furnish to the person in respect of whose income such payment of tax has been made, a certificate to the effect that tax has been paid to the Central Government, and specify the amount so paid, the rate at which the tax has been paid and such other particulars as may be prescribed.]

²⁸[(3) Where the tax has been deducted or paid in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Chapter on or after the 1st day of April, ²⁹[2010], there shall be no requirement to furnish a certificate referred to in sub-section (1) or, as the case may be, sub-section (2).]