Section 10C(1) in Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act, 1939
(1)The assessing authority may, at any time or from time-to-time, by notice in writing (a copy of which shall be forwarded to the proprietor at his last address known to the assessing authority) require any person from whom money is due or may become due to the proprietor or any person who holds or may subsequently hold money for or on account of the proprietor to pay to the assessing authority, either forthwith upon the money becoming due or being held at or within the time specified in the notice (not being before the money becomes due or is held) so much of the money as is sufficient to pay the amount due by the proprietor in respect of arrears of tax or the whole of the money when it is equal to or less than the arrears of such tax.