Section 284
SERVICE OF NOTICE IN THE CASE OF DISCONTINUED BUSINESS.

Where an assessment is to be made under section 176, the Assessing Officer may serve on the person whose income is to be assessed, or, in the case of a firm or an association of persons, on any person who was a member of such firm or association at the time of its discontinuance or, in the case of a company, on the principal officer thereof, a notice containing all or any of the requirements which may be included in a notice under sub-section (2)  of section 139, and the provisions of this Act shall, so far as may be, apply accordingly as if the notice were issued under that section.