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EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 88 7 Imphal, Wednesday, June 14, 2017 (Jyaistha 24, 1939)

GOVERNMENT OF MANIPUR

SECRETARIAT: LAW& LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION

Imphal, June 14,2017 No. 2/29/2017—-Leg/L: The following Act ofthe Legislature, Manipur Which received assent of the Governor ofManipur on June 14,2017IS hereby publishedin the Official Gazette:

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THE MANIPUR GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017

(Manipur Act No. 3 of 2017)

AN

ACT

to make a provision for levy and collection of tax on intra-State supply of goods or services or both by the State of Manipur and the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Legislature of Manipur in the Sixty-eighth Year ofthe Republic oflndia as follows:-

CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

(1) ThisAct maybe called the Manipur Goods and Services Tax Short title m: and Act, 2017. mmm'm'm

(2) It extends to the whole of Manipur

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:

Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provisions to the commencement ofthis Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force ofthat provision.

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2. InthisAct,unlessthecontext otherwise require s,—

(1)

(2)

(3)

"actionable claim" shall have the same mea ning as

assigned to it in section 3 of the Transfer of Pfop eity

Act, 1 882;

"address (5f delivery" means the address ofthe recip ient

ofgoods or services or both indicated on the tax invoice

issued by a registered person for delivery of such goods

or services or both;

"address on recor " means the address of the re cipient

as available in the records ofthe supplier; Definitions.

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(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

<8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

, assigned to it in section 92A ofthe Income-tax Act, 1961; 43 of1961.

"adjudica'ting authority" means any authority, appointed or authorised competent to pass any order or decision under this Act, but does not include the Commissioner, Revisional Authority, the Authority for Advan'ce Ruling. the Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling, the Appellate Authority and the Appellate Tribunal;

"agent" means a person, including a factor, broker, commission agent, arhatia, del credere agent, an auctioneer or any other mercantile agent, by whatever name called, who carries on the business of supply or receipt of goods or services or both on behalf of another;

"aggregate turnover" means the aggregate value of all taxable supplies (excluding the value ofinward supplies on which tax15 payable by a person on reverse charge basis), exempt supplies, exports ofgoods or services or both andinter—State supplies of persons having the same Permanent Account Number, to be computed on all India basis but excludes central tax, State tax, - Union territory tax, integrated tax and cess;

"agriculturist" means an individual or a Hindu Undivided A Family who undertakes cultivation of land— '

(a) by own labour, or

(b) by the. labour of family, or

(c) by servants on wages payable in cash or kind or by hired labour under personal supervision or the personal supervision of any member of the family;

"Appellate Authority" means, an Authority appointed or authorised to hear appeals and referred "to in section 107;

"Appellate Tribunal" means the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal referred to in section109;

"appointed day" means the date on which the provisions of this Act shall come into force;

"assessment" means determination of tax liability under this Act and includes self-assessment, re—assessment, provisional assessment, summary assessment and best judgement assessment;

"associated enterprises" shall have the same meaning as \

54 of 1963

(13) "audit" means the examination of records, returns and other

(14)

(15)

(16)

(17)

documents maintained or furnished by the registered per son

under this Act or the miles made there under or under any

other law for the time being in force to verify the correct ness

of turnover declared, taxes paid, refund claimed and input t ax

credit availed, and to assess his compliance with the provis ions

of this Act or the rules made thereunder;

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"authorised bank". shall mean a bank or a branch of a bank

authorisedbythe Central Gammmodlectfllem Otany

other amount payable under this Act; ~

"audiorised representative" means the represent ative as

referredtounder section 116;

"Board" means the Central Board of Excise and Cu stOms

constituted under the Central Boards of Revenue A ct, 1963;

"business" includes-

(a) any trade, commerce, manufacture, profession, voc ation,

adventure, wager or any other similar activity, whet her or

not it is for a pecuniary benefit; -

(b) any activity or transaction in connection wi th or

incidental or ancillary to sub—clause (a);

(c) any activity or transaction. in the (nature ofsu b-clause (a),

whether or not there is volume,frequency, continuit y or

regularity of such transaction;

(d) supply or acquisition of goods including capital good s

and services in connection with commenceme nt or

closure ofbusiness;

(e) provision by a club, association, society or any suchbod y

(for a subscription or any "other consideration) of th e

facilities or benefits to its members;

(f) admission, for a consideration, of persons to an y

premises; _

(3) services supplied by a person as the holder of an office

which has been accepted by him in the course or furtherance ofhis trade, profession or vocation;

38 of 1949

(18)

'11) services provided by a race club by way oftotal is at Grier ' a licence to book maker in such club; and

(i) any activity or transaction undertaken by the Central Government, a State Government or any local authority in which they are engaged as public authorities;

"business vertical" means a distinguishable component of an enterprise that is engaged in' the supply ofan individual goods or services or a group of related goods or services which is subject to risks and returns that are difierent from those ofthe other business verticals. . ,

Explanation :— For the purposes of this clause, factors that should ' be considered in determining whether goods or services an rdatzed include—

('19)

(20)"

(21)

(22)

(23)

(a) the nature ofthe goods or serViCes; ,

(b) the nature of the production processes; .

(c) the type or class of customers for the goodsor services; ((1) the methods used to distribute the goods or supply of services; and

(e) the nature of regulatory environment (wherever applicable), including banking, insurance or public utilities;

"capital goods" means goods, the value of which is capitalised in the books of accounts of the person claiming the input tax credit and which are used or intended to be used in the course

"or furtherance ofbusiness; a1 taxable person" means aperson who occasionally ; undagtakes transactions involving supply of goods or services ' or both111 the course or furtherance of business, whether as pxmcipalyagenta:in any other capacity, in the taxable territory where hehas :19 fixed place ofbusiness; 2

"central tax' the central goods and services tax levied under section9ofthe Central Goods and Services Tax Act;

"cess" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to'States).Act;

"chartered accou'n t" means a chartered accountant as defined in clause Q of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949;

56 of 1980

(24) "Commissioner" means _ the Commissioner of State tax appointed under section 3;

(25) "Commissioner in the Board" means the Commissioneri referred to in section 168 of the Central Goods and Services "

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(26) "common portal" means the common goods and services tax electronic portal referred to in section 146;

(27) "common working days" shall mm such days in succession ' which are not declared as gazetted holidays by the Central Goyernment or the Government ofManipur;

(28) "company secretary" means a company secretary as defined in clause (c ) of sub-section '(1) of section 2 of the Company Secretaries Act, 1980; .

(29) "competent authority" means such authority as may be notified by the Government; . ' *

(30) "composite supply" means'a supply made by a taxable person

. to a recipient consisting of two or more taxable supplies of goods or services or both, or any combination thereof, which are naturally bundled and supplied in conjunction with each other in the ordinary course of business, one of which is a principal supply; '

Illustrationz- Where goods are packed and transported with insurance, the supply bf goods, packing materials, transport and insurance is a composite supply and supply of goods is a principal supply. ,

(3 1) ' "consideration" in relation to the supply ofgoods or'sgggvicesor ' both includes— . V , ,5; , :

(a) any payment made or to be madeywhetheituin'emoney or otherwise, in respect of,' htiespons'e atbs'g'QFfOl' the inducement of, the supply of goods or services or both, whether by the recipient or by $1.31!.me person but shall not include anysubsidygiven by; _; {?Central Government or a State Government; ' " '

23 of 1959

(b) the monetary value of any act or forbearance, in respect of, in'response to, or for the inducement of,_the supply of goods or services or both, whether by the recipient or by any other person but shall not include any subsidy given by the Central Government or a State Government: - Provided that a deposit given in respect ofthe supply of goods or services or both shall not be considered as payment made for such supply unless the supplier applies such deposit as consideration for the said supply;

(32)

(33)

(34)

(35)

(365

(37)

(38)

(39)

(40)

"continuous supply ofgoods" means a supply of goods which is provided, or agreed to be provided, continuously or on recurrent basis, under a contract, whether or not by means of a wire, cable, pipeline or other conduit, and for which the supplier invoices the recipient on a regular or periodic basis and includes supply of'such goods as the Government may, subject to such conditions, as it may, by notification, specify;

"continuous supply of services" means a supply of services which is provided, or agreed to be provided, continuously 'or on recurrent basis, tinder a contract, for a period exceeding three months with periodic payment obligations and includes supply of such services as the Government may, subject to such conditions, as it may, by notification, specify;

"conveyance" includes a vessel, an aircraft and a vehicle;

"cost accountant" means a cost accountant as defined in clause

(c) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959;

"Council" means the Goods and Services Tax Council established under article 279A ofthe Constitution; '

"credit note" means a document issued by a registered person under sub-section (1) ofsection 34;

"debit note" means a document issued by a registered person under subsection (3) ofsection 34;

"deemedeitports" means such sugplies of goods as may be notified under section 147; .

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'fdesignated authority" meanssuch authority as maybe notified by the Commissioner; 1 , . .

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(41)

(42)

(43)

(44)

(45)

(45)

(47)

"docuinent" includes written or printed record ofany sort and electronic record as defined in the Information Technology .Act, 2000-

"drawbaclf' in relation to any gOOds manufactured in India

"and exported, means the rebate of duty, tax or cess chargeable on any imported inputs or on any domestic inputs or input services used in the manufacture ofsuch goods:

"electronic cash ledger" means the electronic cash ledger referred to in subsection (1) ofsection 49;

"electronic cOmmerce" means the supply of goods or services or both, including digital products over digital or electronic network;

"electronic commerce operator" means any person who owns, operates or manages digital or electronic facility or platform for electronic commerce; .

"electronic credit ledger" means the electronic credit ledger referred to in sub-section (2) of section 49;

"exempt supply" means supplyofanygoods or services or both which attracts nil rate. oftax or which maybe exempt from tax ' under section 11, or under section 6 of the Integrated'Goods

(48)

(49)

(50)

and Services Tax Act; and includes non- taxable supply;

"existing law" means any law, notification, order, rule or regulation relating to le'Vyandcollectionofdutyortaxongoods or services or both passed or made before the cbmmencement of this Act by the Legislature or any authority or person having the power to make such law, notification, order, rule or regulation;

"family" means,—

(i) the spouse and children ofthe person, and

(ii) the parents, grand-parentsbrothers and sisters of the person if they are who11y or mainly dependent on the said person; . .

"fixed establishment" means a place (other than the registered place ofbusiness) which is characterised by a sufficient degree , of permanence and suitable structure in terms ofhuman and technical resources to supply seryices, or to receive and use services for its own needs;

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80 of 1976

(51)

(52)

(53)

(54)

(55)

(56)

(57)

(58)

(59)

(60)

(61)

"Fund" means the Consumer Welfare Fund established under section 57;

"goods" means every kind of movable property other than money and securities but includes actionable claim, gmwing crops, grass and things attached to or forming part of the land which are agreed to be severed before supply or under a contract ofsupply;

"Government" means the Government of Manipur;

"Goods and Services" Tax (Compensation to States) Act"

means the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act. 2017;

"goods and services tax practitioner" means any person who has been approved under section 48to act as such practitioner;

"India" means the territory of India as referred to in article 1 of the Constitution, its territorial waters, seabed and sub-soil underlying such waters, continental shelf, exclusive economic zone or any other maritime zone as referred to in the Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and other Maritime Zones Act, 1976, and the air space above its territory and territorial waters

'Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act" means the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017;

"integrated tax" means the integrated goods and services tax levied under the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act;

"input" means any goods other than capital goods used or intended to be used by a supplier in the course or furtherance ofbusiness;

"input service" means any service used or intended to be used by a supplier in the course or furtherance ofbusiness;

"Input Service Distributor" means an office of the supplier of goods or services or both which receives tax invoices issued under section 31 towards the receipt of input services and issuesa prescribed document for the purposes of distributing the credit of central tax, State tax, integrated tax or Union territory tax paid on the said services to a supplier of taxable goods or services or both having the same Permanent Account Number as that ofthe said office;

(62)

(63)

(64)

(65)

(66)

(67)

(63)

(69)

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"input tax" in relation to a registered person, means the central tax, State tax, integrated tax 01 Union territory tax charged on any supply ofgoods or services or both and includes—

(a) the integrated goods and services tax charged on import ofgoods;

(b) the tax payable under the provisionsofsubsections (3) and (4) of section 9;

(c) the tax payable under the provisions of sub-section (3) and (4) of section 5 ofthe Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act; -or

(d) the tax payable under the provisiens of sub-sections (3) and (4) of section 9 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act,

but does not include the tax paid under the composition levy;

"input tax credit' means the credit ofinput tax;

"intra-State supplyofgoods' shall havethe meaning as assigned to it1n section 8 ofthe IntegratedGoods and Services Tax Act;

"intra-State supply of services" shall have the meaning as assigned to it in section 8 ofthe Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act;

"invoice" or "tax invoice" means the tax invoice referred to in section 31;

"inward supply" in relation to a person, shall mean receipt of goods or services or both whether by purchase, acquisition or any other means, with or without consideration;

"job work" means any treatment or process undertaken by a person on goods belonging to another registered person and the expression "job worker" shall be construed accordingly;

"local authority" means—

(a) a "Panchayat' as defined in clause (d) ofarticle 243 ofthe Constitution;

(b) ' a"Municipality"asdefinedinclause(e)ofarticle243P of the Constitution;

(c) aMunicipalComnntteaaZillaParishad.aDistrictBoard. and any other authority legally entitled to, or entrusted by the Central Government or any State Goya'nment with the control or management of a municipal or local fund;

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(70)

mi

(72)

(d) . (e)

(f)

(g)

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a Cantonment Board as defined in section 3 of the Cantonments Act, 2006;

'a Regional Council or a District Council constituted under the SixthSchedule to the Constitution; a Development Board censtituted under article 371 of the Constitution; or

a Regional Council constituted under article 371A ofthe Constitution; -

"location ofthe recipient of's'ei'vices" means,- (a)

(b)

(C)

«D

where a supply is received at a place of business for which the registration has been obtained, the location of such place ofbusiness;

where a supply is received at a place other than the place . of business for which registration has been obtained (a fixed establishment elsewhere), the Incation ofsuch fixed establishment;

where a supplyis received atmorethan one establishment, whether the place of business or fixed establishment, the location of the" establishment most directly concerned with the receipt ofthe supply; and

in absence of such places, the location of the usual place . ofresidence ofthe recipient;

"location 'of the supplier ofservices" means,— (a)

(b) ,

(C)

(d) where a supply is made from a place of business for which the registration has been obtained, the location of such place ofbusiness;

where a supplyis made from a place other than the place of business for which registration has been obtained (a fixed establishment elsewhere), the location ofsuch fixed establishment; ' ' »

whereasupplyismadefrommorethan oneestablishment, whether the place ofbusiness or fixed establishment, the location of the establishment most directly concerned with the provisions ofthe supply; and

in absence of such places, the location ofthe usual ofresidence ofthe supplier; '

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"manufacture" means processing of raw material or inputs in any manner that results in emergence ofa new product having a distinct name, character and use and the term "manufacturer"

shall be construed accordingly; '

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(73)

(74)

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"market value" shall mm the full amount which a recipient of a supply is required to pay in order to obtain the goods or services or both of like kind and quality at or about the same time and at the same commercial level where the recipient and the supplier are not related;

"mixed supply" means two or more individual supplies of taxable goods or services, or any combination thereof, made in conjunction with each other by a taxable person for a single price where such supply does not constitute a composite supply.

Illustration:- A supply of a package consisting ofcanned foods, sweets, chocolates, cakes, dry fruits, aerated drinks and fruit juices when

items

(75)

(76)

(77)

(78)

(79)

(80) ' supplied for a single price is a mixed supply. Each of these can be supplied separately and is not dependent on any other. It shall not be a mixed supply if these items are supplied separately;

"money? means the Indian legal tender or any foreign currency, cheque, promissory note, bill of exchange, letter of credit. draft, pay order, traveller cheque, money order, postal or electronic remittance or any other instrument recognized by the Reserve Bank of India when used as a consideration to settle an obligation or exchange with Indian legal tender of another denomination but shall not include any currency that is held for its numismatic value;

"motor vehicle" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (28) of section-Z ofthe Motor Vehicles Act, 1988;

"nen-resident taxable person" means any person who occasionally undertakes transactions involving supply of goods or services or ,both, whether as principal or agent or in any other capacity, but who has no fixed place of business or residence in India;

"non-taxable supply" means a supply of goods or services or both which is not leviable to tax under this Act or under the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act or under the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act;

"non-taxable territory" means the territory which is outside the taxable territory;

"notification" means a notification published in the Oflicial Gazette and the expressions 'notify' and 'notified' shall be construed accordingly;

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(81)

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"other territory"iddudesterritoriesother :than those comprising in a State andthese referred to msub-clauses (a) ' 32mm ofcianse(1149

(82)

(83)

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"output tax? in relationtoa taxable person, meansthe tax chargeable undeithis A 3;9n taxable supplyofgoods or services or both madeby .or by his agent but exdudes tax payablebyhim on reverse charge basis; 7,

"outward supply" in relation to a taxable person, means supply ofgoods or services or both, whether by sale, transfer, barter, . exchange, iicenCe, rental lease or disposal 01- any other mode, made or agreedtbbe niade by such person in the course or furtherance ofbusiness;

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(a) an individual;

(b) a Hindu undivided family titer a company;

"(d)" afirm;~v

(e) a Limited Liability Partnership;

(f) an association of persons'31.- a body of indivxduals, whetherincorporatedornohpIndia61'outsideIndia;

(g) anymention establishedhymfingrany CentralAct, State Act or Provincial Act or a Government company as defined'1n clause (45) ofsection 2 ofthe CompaniesAct, 9 , 2013; i '

3 (h) anybody cnrporate incorporatedbyorunder the laws of a country outside India;

(i) a ca-ogeratlvesociety registered underany law relating to cooperative societies;

(j)gaiocal authority; .

(k) Central Government or a StatenGovemment;

(l) societyasdefined under the SocietiesRegistration Act, 1860; 2 t,g 9

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(n)everyartificial )undrcalpersen,mtfalhngwithin any of , the above; ' E

(8533splaceofbusmessghpcludes—

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(a) apIacefmm where.thetbusmessisordinarily carried on, a* andnneludes aWarehouse,«ago'down Orany other place ." , ewwhéneta Mbte personstoreshis goods, shpplies or receives goods or services or both; or E z

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(87)

(88)

(89)

(90)

. (91)

(92)"

(és)

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(b) a place where a taxable person maintains his books of

. aécount; or (c)vaplacewhereataxablepersonisengagedinbusiness thmughanagenhbywhatevernamewlled;

"place of supply' means the place of Supply as referted to'in ChapterVofflieIntegntedGoodsandServrcesTaxAct. 'prescribed' means prescribed by niles made undet this Act on the recomniendations ofthe Council; . 7 7 'pnnapal' means a person on whose behalf an agent carries on the business of supply or receipt of goods or services or both; A ' _

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"principal place of business" means the place ,of 1 business specified as the principal place ofbusiness in the certificate of registration; '

"principal supply?" means the supply ofgoods or services which . Constitutes the predominant element of a composite supply and to which any other supply forming part ofthat composite supply is ancillary; t . , .

"proper officer" in relation'to any function tobe performed under this Act, means the. Commissioner or the officer of the

" State tax who isv'assigne'fi: that function by the'Commissioner;

"'quarter" shall meana period Comprising three consecutive calendar months, ending on the last day of March, June, September and December ofa calendar year; .

"recipient" ofsupply ofgoods or services or both, mms— -(a) where a consideration is payable for the supply of goods or services or both, the person who is liable to pay that consideration;

(b) where no consideration is payable for the supplyofgoods, the person to whom the goods are delivered or made available, or to whom possession or use of the goods is

"given or mad€'avaflablé: and '

(c) where no consideration is payable for the supply of a _ service, the person to whonfthe service is rendemd. and anyreference to a person to whom a supply is made shall be construed as a reference to the recipient ofthe supply and shall include an agent acting as Sfldlsm behalfof the recipient in relation to the goodssor seams 01' both ' supplied; ' - - - _

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(94) "registered person" means aperson who is registered under section 25 but does not include a person havinga Unique Identity Number.

(95) "regulations" incans the regulations made by the Government 3 under this Act on the recommendations ofthe Council;

(96) "removal" in relationto'gdods, means— '

(a) despatch ofthe g00ds for deIiVe-Iy by the supplier thereof or by any other person acting on behalfof 'such supplier; or

, (b) co11ection ofthe goods by the recipientthereofor by any , otherperson acting on behalf ofsuch recipient;

(97) "return" means any return prescribed or otherwise required to be furnishedby'01- underthis Act orthe rulesmadethereunder;

(98) "reverse charge? means the liabilityto pay tax by the recipient ofSupply ofgoods or services or both instead ofthe supplier of such goods or services or both under sub-section (3) or sub- section (4) ofsection 9,01' under sub-section (3) or s_ub- section

(4) ofsection 5 ofthe Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act;

(99) "Revisional Authority" means an authority appointed or 7 authoriSed under this Actfor revision of decision or orders referred to in section 108;

(100) "Schedule" means a Schedu1e appendedsto this Act; (101)"securities" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (h) ofsection 2 ofthe Securities Contracts (Regulation) Am 1956;

(102) "services" means anything other than goods; money and ' securities but includes activities relating to the use ofmoney or its conversion by cash or by any other mode, from one 1 form, currency or denomination, to another form, currencyor denomination for which a separate consideration is charged;

(103) "State" means the State ofManiput;

(104) "State tax" means the tax levied under this Act;

(105) "supplier" in relation to any goods or services or both, shall mean the person supplying the said goods or Services or both and shall include an agent acting as such on behalf of such' supplier in relation to the goods or services or both supplied;

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(106)"taif period"means the periodfor Whichthe return isfifiuired ' ' tobé'finrmshed. 5

(107) "taxable person" means a person who'is registered orliable to

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(108) "taxable supply" means a snpply of goods or services orboth whichisleviable totaxundet-thisAct; Mg» .1

(109) "taxable temtory"means the territory to whichthe provisions ofthis Actapply: 7 cm

(110) "telecommunication service"means service ofanydescription (includingéfe'étroiiicmail. voice mail, dataservices; audidtext services, video text serfrio'es, radio pagingand cellulir mobile telephone services) which is made available to users by means of any transmissionor neceptionof sign. signals; writing, . ,- images and sounds crimefligenccofany natum'. bywire, radio, visual or other electro-magnetic means;

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(112)"we: inStateor»"himinUnionterritoty ineans the aggregate value of 2111 taxable supplies (excluding the value ofinwptd supplsesonwhidltaxmpayablebyapersonon reverse Charge basis)andexempt suppliesmade withinaState or Union territory bya taxable person,exports of goods or services or both and inter-Stete supplies ofgoods or services or both rnade from the State or L5'nion territoryby the said taxable person but exeléaes centraLtax, State tax, Union territory tam":

integtated taxand cess;

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(I 13) "nsuat place:of- residence? ineans—

(a) in case of an individual, theplacewhere he ordinar:1y resrdes,3

"(13)::in: other cases;theplasgyherethepersonisncorporated orothemse legallyconstitnted;

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(114) "Union territory" means _

(a) The Andaman and Nicobar Islands;

(b) Lakshadweep;

(c) Dadra and Nagsr Haveli;

(d) Daman and Diu;

(e) Chandigarh; and (0 Other territory; Explanation? For the purposes of this Act, each Of the territories specified in sub-clauses (a) to (f) shall be considered to be a separate Union territory. ' - ~ ~ ' «

(115) "Union territory tax' means the Union territory goods and servicestaxleviedundertheUnionTerritoryGoodsand9 ServicesTaxAct; ' . _

(116) "Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act" means the Union Territory Goods and SerVices Tax Act, 2017; 9 (117) "valid return" means a return furnished under sub-section (1) ofsection 39 on which self—assessed tax has been paid in full;

(118) "voucher" means an instrument where there is an obligation to accept it as conSideration or part consideration, for a supply of goods or services and where the goods or services to be supplied or the identities oftheir potential suppliers are either indicated on the instrument itselfor in related documentation, including the terms and conditions ofuse ofsuch instrument;

(119) "works contract? means a contract for building. constniction. fabrication, completion, erection, installation, fitting out, improvement, modification, repair, maintenance, renovatiOn, alteration or commissioning of any 1111movab1e property wherein ttansfer of property in g00ds is involved in the execution ofsuch contract; ' 9

(120) words and expressions used and not defined in this Act but defined in the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, me Central Goods and Services Tax Act, the Union Territory Goods and Services Ta9x Act and the Godds and Services Tax (Compensation to States)'Act shall have the same meanings as gssigned to them in those Acts. _ .

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CHAPTER II .

ADMINISTRA'l'ION The Government shall, by notification, specify the following classes ofofliceis for the purposes ofthis Act, namely:— (a)

(b)

(C)

(d) (e) (f)

(8)

Commissioner ofState tax. Special Commissioners of State tax, Additional Commissibners of State tax, 1 Joint Commissioners ofState tax, Deputy Commissioners of State tax. Assistant Commissioners of State tax, and any othet class of officers as it may deem fit:

Provided that. the officers appointed under the Manipur Value Added Tax Act, 2004 shall be deemed to be the officers appointed under the provisions ofthis Act.

(1)

(2)

(l)

(2)

"Ihe Governmentmay, in addition to the oflicers as may be notified under section 3, appoint such persons as it may think fit to be the officers under this Act. ' The Commissioner shall' have jurisdiction over the whole of the. State, the Special Commissioner 11nd an Additional Commissioner in respect ofall or any ofthe functions assigned to them. shall have jurisdiction over the whole ofthe State or where the State Government so directs, over any local area thereof, and all other officers shall, subject to such cbnditions as may be specified, have jurisdiction over thewhole ofthe State or oversuch local areas as the Commissioner may, by order, specify. Subject to such conditions and limitations as the Commissioner may impose, an 01110:: of State tax may exercise the powers and discharge the duties oonhred or imposed on' him under this Act

"An officer of State tax may exercise the panels ad disdiarge the duties conferred or imposed under this Act on any other officer of State tax who ism to him.

Oflicers _under this Act.

Appointment ofofficers.

Panasofoficers.

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(3)

(4)

(1)

(2)

'(3)

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The Commissioner may, subject to such conditions and limitations as may be specified in this behalfby him, delegate his powers to any other officer subordinate to Notwithstanding anything contained in this section. an Appel1ate Authority. shall not exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed 011 any other oflicer of State tax.

Without prejudice to the provisions of this Act. the officers appointed under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act are authorised to be'the proper oflicers for the purposes of this Act, subject to such conditions as the Government shall, on the recommendations of the Council, by notification, specify.

Subject to the conditions specified in the notification issued under sub-section (1),—

(a) whereanypmperoficerismesanorderunderthis ActheshallaisoissueanorderundertheCentral Goods'andServicesTaxAchasauthoxised'byflie said Act under intimation to the jurisdictional officerofcentraltax;

(b) where a proper officer underthe Central Goods and Seryices Tax Act has initiated any proceedings on a subject matter, no proceedings shall be initiated by the proper oflicer under this Act on the same subject matter.

Any proceedings for rectification, appeal and revision, wherever applicable, of any order passed by an officer appointed under this Act, shall not lie before an oflicet appointed under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act.

Authorisationof

oflieersofcentnlmxas 9

properofiicerincertain

circumstances.

7. (1)

(2)

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CHAPTER III

LEVYAND COLLECTIONOFTAX

For the purposes of this Act. the expression N'supply' includes—

(a)' all'forms of supply of goods or services or both such as sale, transfer, barter, exchange, license, rental,1ease or disposal made or agreed to be made for a consideration ,by a person in the coutse or furtherance ofbusiness;

(b) import of services for a consideration whether or not in the course or furtherance ofbusiness;

(c) the activities specified in Schedule I, made or agreed to be made without a consideration; and

(d) the activities to be treated as supply ofgoods or supply ofservices as referred to in Schedule II Notwithstanding anything contained in'sub-mtion (1),-

(a) activities orbansaeti'ons specified in Schedule III; or -

(b) such activities or transactions undertaken by the ' CentralGovemment. a State Government or any local authority'1n Which they are engaged as public authorities, as maybe notified by the Government on the recommendations ofthe Council, shall be treated neither as a supply sfgoodsnor a simply ofservices.

(3)

Subjecttotheprovisionsofsub-sections(1)and(2), the Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, specify, by notification. the transactions that are to be treated as—-

(a) a supply ofgoods and not as a supply ofsemces; or

(b) a supply ofservices and not as a supply ofgoods.

8. The tax liability on a composite or a mixed supply shall be determined in the following manner, namely: — (a)

'(b)

a composite supply comprising two or more supplies. one ofwhich is a principal supply, shallbetnatedasa supply ofsuch principal supply; and

a mixed supply comprising two or 111012 sonic shah be treated as a supply of that particular supply which attracts the highest rate oftax.

Scope ofsupply.

Taxiiabilityoncomposite

andmixedmliee

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9. (1) - Subjectto the provisions of subsection (2), there shall Wand Collection- belevieida tax called the Manipurfioodsnd Saving

Tax on all intra'State' supplies of goatk 0pm or

both, except on the supply'ofalcoholic liquorhtham

consumption, on the vagnedetermined under sectim 15.

and at such rates, not exceeding twenty per cent, asmy

be notified by the Government, on the recomm \ , '

.Of the Council and collected in such manner asim'aybe

prescribed and shall be paid by the ténbl'e person.

(2) TheStatetaxon thesupplyofpetroleumcrude,highspeed diesel, motor spirit (commonlyknown asMr.natural gas and aviation turbine fuel. shall be levied with effect from such date as maybe nofified'bytheGovemment on the recommendationsoftheCouncil. '

(3) The Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, by notificatibn, speeify categories of Supply of goodsorserVieesorboth,thetuonwhichshaflbepaid on reverse charge basis'by the recipient ofsuch-goods or servicesorbothahdafltheprdvisionsofthisAdshafl apply to such recipient as if he: is the person liable for paying'the tax in relation toithe supply of such goods or services or both.

(4) TheStatetaxinrespectofthesupplyoftaxablegoodsorv services or bothbyampplier,whoisnotregistered.to a registeredpersonshallbepaidbysuchpmondhrevase chargebasis'astherecipientandalltheprovisionsofthis Act-shallapplytosuchtecipientlsifheistheperson liableforpayingdneuxinrelafionmthemmyofmdx goodsorserviceeorboth. '

(5) 'Ihe Governmeut-may, on the recommendgtionsbf the Council, by notification. specify categories of services the tax on intra-State supplies ofwhich shall be paid by , the electronic commerce operator ifsuch service: an 'suppfiedthmughitandalltheprovisionsofthism shall appl'fto such electronic commerce operator as ifhe is the supplier liable for paying the tax in'r'elation to the supply,ofsmsh services: '

Provided that where an electronic commerce operator does not have a physical presence in the. taxable territory, any person representing'sueh electronic commerce operator for my purpose in the taxable territofy shall be liable to pay tax: .

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Prtwided further that when:an electronic commerce operator does nothaveaphysicaipmsenceindxeunfleterr'noryand he does not have a representative in the said territory; such electronic commerce operator shall appoint a person in the taxable territory for the purpose ofpaying tax and such pusofishallbeliable to pay tax.

(1) Notwithstandinganything to the conuaryeomained'm this Act but subject to the provisionsofab-sections (3) and (4) ofsection9 axegisteredpasomwhooeagregate tumoverinthe preceding finandalyelrdidnotexoeed .'3a.fifixxalmrupeemayopttopaxmneuomwmbk 'byhhn,anamountcalculatedatsuchntzeasmaybe prescribed.,but not exceeding.—

(a)

:3th

(e)

onepercentofthetumoverinStateincaseofa manufacturer,

'fioandahalfpercent-ofthetnrminStatein

caseofpersonsengagedinmakingmppliesreferred toinclause(b)ofparagraph6of$chednlelf, and halfpercent. ofthemmoverihStateincaseof othersuppliers,

subject to such conditions and restrictions as maybe prescribed:

Provided that the Government may. by'notification, increase the saidilififit'of fifiy lakh rupees to such higher amount, not exéeedingone crofe tapes, as maybe recommendedbythe Council.

(2) The registered personshall beeligible to opt under sub- section (1), if—

(a)

(C)

(d) ' '11:) he'is notengagedin the supply of services other than supplies referred to in clause (b) ofparagraph 6 ofSchedule II;

heisnot engagetlinmakinganysupply ofgoods Whicharenotleviable totaxunderthisAct; heis notengaged"m makinganyinter—State outward L supplies ofgoods;

heis not engaged in making any supply of goods through an electronic commerce operator who is required to collect tax at source under section 52; and

heis notamanufacturerofsudtpodsasmaybe notified on the recommendations oftheCoundh , Composition levy.

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. Provided that wheremorethan one registered person ate having the same Permanent Account Number (issued under the Inme-tax Act 1961), the registered person shall not be eligibleto opt fit the scheme under sub-section (1)unless all such registeredpmopt to pay tax under that suh-section. , t. w

. (3)

(4)

(5) '

11.

The option availed ofby a registtmd person under sub-section '(l)d1afllapsewitheffectfpomthedayonwhichhisw tumoverduringafinancialyearexceedsthelimitspeeified under sub-seetion(l).

A taxable person to whom the provisions of sub-section_ (1) apply shall not collect any tax from the recipient on supplies made byhim nor shall he be entitled to any creditofinput tax. Ifthe proper officer has reasous to believe that a taxable person has paid tax under sub-section(1) despite not being eligible, 'suchpersonshall, inadditiontoanytaxthatmaybepayable by him under any other provisions ofthis Act, be liable to a penalty and the' provisions of section 73 or section 74 shall, mutatis mutandis, apply for determination oftax and penalty.

(1) Where the Government is satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, it may, on the recommendations of the Council, by notification, exempt generally either absolutely or subject to such conditions as maybe specified therein, goods or services or both of any specified description from the whole or anypartofthetaxleviablethereonwitheffectfi'omsuch date as may be specified in such notification. '

(2) WheretheGomnmtissafiMthatitkmy' hithepubhcmtuwwmdqhmyonthe recommendations of the Council, by special order in 'eechCasqunderciremcesofanexeeptionalnamre tobestatedinmchorder,exemptfrompaymentoftax anygoodsorservicesorbothonwhichtaxisleviable.

(3) 'lhe Government may, if it considers necessary or expedientsotodofor the purpose ofclarifying the scope . or applicability of any ndtification issued under sub— section (1) or order issued under sub-section (2). insult an explanation in such notification or order. as the use ~ may be. by notification at any time within one year of issue of the notification'under su'b-section (l) or order under sub-section (2), and every such explanation shall haveefi'ectasifithadalwaysbeenthepartofthefirst such notification or order, as the case may be. Powertograntexunption

fi'omtu.

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(4) Any notification issued by the Central Government, on ' .. themcdmmmdatbnsoftheCoundLundersub-section ' ' (1) ofsectionllorordflismedunderaab-section (2)01"

thesaidsection'oftheCennalGoodsandServicesTaX/ Act shallbe deemedtobeanotifimtionornsthe case may be, an order issued under this Act. Explanation:—For the purposes of thissection. where an exemption in respect ofanygoods or services orbothfmmfliewholeorpart of the tax leviable thereon has been granted absolutely, the registered person supplying such goods or services or both shall not collect the tax, in excess ofthe effective rate, on such supply ofgoods or services or both. '

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CHAPTER IV

TIMEANDVALUE OFSUPPLY

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supplyasiieterminedintetms oftheptovisionsofthis section.

12, (l) Thehabflitytopaytaxongoodsshallanseattheumeof

(2) 'lhetimeofsupplyofgoodsslmllbetheeadierofthe foflowiii'gdateanamelyv

(a) thedateOfissueofinvoieebythesuppIierorthelast 'dateonwhidiheisrequired, undersection3i,to issuethe invoicewithrespectto the supply, or , (b) thedateonwhiehthe applianceivesthepayment ~ withrespecttothesupply:

Providedthatwherethe suppheroftaxablegoodsreoeivesan amountuptoonethousandrupeesmexcessoftheamomindm in thetaxinvoiee, the time ofsupplyto theextentofsuchests amount shall, at the option ofthe said supplier, bethedate ofissueof inVoiceinrespeetofsuch excess" amount. ,

Explanation 1.— For the purposes of clauses (a) aiid(b). 'snpply"

shallbedeemedtohavebeenmadetotheextentitiscoveredbythe invoice or,asthecasemaybe, the payment.

Explanation 2.~ For the purposes of clause (b), "the date on which the supplier receives the payment" shall be the date on which the paymentisenteredinhisbooksofaccount orthedateonwhichthe paymentiscreditedtohisbankaccounhwhicheveriseaflier.

(3) Incaseofmpphesmrespectofwmchtaxupaidorhable tobepaidonrevetsechatgebwathettmeofmpply shaflbetheearhestofthefojlomngdatesmmdr—

(a) the date ofthe receiptofgoods. or

(b) thedateofpaymentasisentezedinthebooksof account of the recipient or the date on which the paymehtis debitedinhis bank aceount, whichever ' is earlier; or .

,(c) thedateimmediatelyfoliowingthirtydaysfi'om the date of issue ofinvoice or any other document. by whatever name called, in lieu thereofby the when

Providedthatth it'is notpossibleto determine the time of supphrunderdausetahdause (b)orclause(c), thetirneofsupply shallbethedateofentrymthebooksofacconntofthereupientof supply

'I'imeofsuppiyofgoods.

(4)

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Incaseofsiipplyofvnndlusbyaqplhthefimeof supplyshallbe— . ,

(a) the dateofisundechaifthesupplyis identifiable at thatpain;a 1 _(b) "the date ormamm another

(5)

(6)

l3. (1)

(2)

cases. Whereitisnotpofiblemdmtbtineofupply under the. provisions of subfsedilll(2M(3) or sub—section (4), thetimeoquiyjal—

(a) inacasewhereapefiodicdmhsbbefild .bethedateonwhichsuchmisbheMtr

(b) inanyothercasebethedauondlidifllemis paid. '

'Dietimeofsupplyto.theextentitreh;smaaddiin mthevalueofmpplybywayofmbfieor

penalty for delayed payment of anyconsiderdim shall bethedateonwhichthesupplierreeeivesadudmn invalue;

Theliabilitytopaytaxon servicesslnllaxiaeatthetime ofsupplygasdeterminedintermsofthepewiionsof this section.

The time ofsiipply ofservices Shallbetheeadbtd'flle following dates, namely:-

(a) the date ofi's'siieOf'invoicebythesupplieLKthe invoioeisissuedwithintheperiodprescribednndet sub-seCti'on (2)"of section 31.,or the date of reoe'gt ofpayment; whichever is earlier; or

(b) thedateofprofisionofserviceiftheinvoiceisnot issued within the period prescribed under sub- section(2)ofsection 31 orthedateofreceiptof payment, wineheverisearhermr

(c) the date on whichtherecipientshowsthereceiptof servicesinhfsbooksofaccburmmaasewherethe provisions ofclause (a) orclause (b)donotappiy:

Provided that where the supplier oftaxable service receives an amount upto one thousand rupees in excess ofthe amount indicated inthetaxinvoiee,dietimeofsupplytotheextentofsufliemas amountshalhatflieoptionofthesaidsupplimbefliedateofiasue of invoice relating to such excess amount.

Explanation :- For the purposes ofclauses (a) and (b)- § w

'thesupplyshallbed'eemedtohivebeenmidemflle extentitiscovfiedbflheinvoiceormsflteaéemybe, thepayment; ' ' '

Trmeofsuyplyof

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(ii) "the date , of receipt of payment" shah :he the date on whichthe payment is entered in thebooks ofaccount of the supplier or the date on which thepayment is credited to his bank account, whichever is earlier. .

(3) In case ofsupplies in respect ofwhich tax is paid othable to be paid on reverse charge basis, the time ofsupply shall be the earlier ofthe following dates, namely:— a, A

(a) the date ofpayment as entered in the books ofaccount of the recipient or the date on which thepayment is debited in his bank account, whichever is earlier; or

(b) the date immediately following sixty days from the date , of issue of invoice or any other document. by whatever name called,in lien thereofby the supplier:

mmmmmaafimmmmsm

of supply under clause-(a) ordause (b), the time ofsupplyshall be the dateofentryinthebooksofawauntoftheredpimofnpply:

Provided further .'that' in case of supply by assodated enterprises, where the supplier of service is located outside India, the time ofsupply shall be the date ofentry in the books ofaccount ofthe recipient ofsupplyor the dateofpayment, whichever is earlier.

(4) In case ofsupply ofVouchers, by a supplier, the tiine ofsupply shall bg— I . . -

(a) the date ofissue ofvoucher, ifthe supply is identifiable at that point; or

(b) thedateoftedemption ofvoucher, in allothercases;

(5) Whereitisnotpossibletodeterminethetimeofsupplyof services in themannerspeeifiedin sub-section (2), subsection

(3) or sub-section (4). the timeofsupply shall— (a)' inacasewhereaperiodicalreturnhastobefiMbethe , date onwhich suchtemmistobe-filedior

(b) inanyothermsebethedateonwhichthetaxispaid.

(6) The time of supply to the extent it relates to an addition in the value of supply by way of interest, late fee or penalty for delayed payment of any consideration shall be the date on which thesupplies receives such addition in'value.' l4. Notwithstanding anything contained in section 12 orsection 13, the timeofsupplygw'here thereisachangein therateoftax in respect ofgoods or services or both, shall be determined in the following manner. namelyz- -

(a) incasethegoodsorservicesorbothhavebeensupplied beforethechangeinrate oftan— . '

Changeinnteoftu

inmspectofsupplyof

goodsorseryicea.

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(i) wheretheinvoice for the samehasbeenissued and «thepaymentisalso receivedatterthe changein rate often the time of supply shall b'e'the date of receipt of payment or the date 'of issue of invoice, whicheveriseadierwr

(ii) where the invoice has been issued prior to the dnngeinrateoftaxbutpaymentisreceivedafter thednngeinrateoftanthetimeofsupplyshallbe thedieofissue ofinvoice; or

(iii) vduethepaymenthasbeenreceivedbeforethe mmrateoftagbuttheinvoiceforthesame isismedafierthechangeinrateoftanthetimeof suwlyshallbethedateofreceiptofpayment;

(b) inasethegobdsorservicesorbothhavebeensupplied d'uthediangeinrateoftan— ,

(i) wherethepaymentisreoeivedafterthediangein rateoftaxbuttheinvoicehasbeenissuedpriorto thednngeinrateoftaxthetimedsupplystnllbe

"thedded'teoe'qtofpaymeImG ' 5.x. (wwwinvoieehsbeenismedmdpaymentis - receivedbeixethedmgefinmtedmfietime ofsupplyshallbethedateofreceiptofpaymetfior _ m.t-dateofissueofinvoicewhidieveriseuhe'nor

(iii) where the invoicehasbeenissnedafterthechange inrateoftaxbutthepaymentisxeoeivedbeforeflie changemrateoftaxthetimeofsupplyshall'beflie date ofissue of invoice: '

Provided that the date ofreceipt ofpayment shall be the date of credit in the bank account if such crediti'in the bank'éaccount is - after four working days from the date éfchange in the rate oftax. Explanation:- For the purposes fit"this section; "the due ofreceipt of payment'shafl be the date on which the payment is entered in the books of accounts ofthe supplier or the date on which the payment is credited to tits bank accounts whichever is earlier.

15. (1) The value ofa supply ofgoods or services or both shall Vdueofmbk WPPIY. be the transaction value, which is the price actually paid _ or payable for the said supply of goods or services or :_ both-where the supplier and the recipient ofthe supply are not related and'the price isthe sole consideration for the supply. . 5 '

(2) The value of supply shall include-

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(a) any taxes, duties,- cesses, fees and chaps levied underanylawforthetime'beinginforceotherthan this AettheCen'tral GoodsandServieesTuAet and the Goods and Services Tax (Compemation to States) Act. ifcharged separatelybythesupplier; y (b) any amount that the supplier is liable to payin 4 ' 5 relauantosxfisnppiybutwlhehhasbeenmeuned by the reelplentgofthe supply and not includedin the price actuallypaid or payable foi' the goods or - *: services or both; 2e

' (c) ' incidental w ", including comriiission and packing, charged by' the supplies to the recipient .ofasupplyanyammmtcharged forahythingdone by the supplierin respect ofthe supply ofgoods or services or both atthe time of, orbeforedelivery of goods or supply ofservices;

.(d) interest or laefee or penalty for delayed payment ofany consideration for any supply; and

(e) subsidies directly hnked to the price excluding subsidies providedbythe Central Government and State Governments. , '

Explanation:-F0r the purpOSes ofthis sub--section. theamount of subsidy shall be inclhdedin the value 'of supplyofthesupplies who receives the subsidy.

(3)

(4)

(5)

The value ofthe supply shall not include any discount which is given— _ .

(a) before or at the time of the supply if such discount has been dulyrecorded in the invoice issued 'm respect of such supply; and -

(b) after the wpptyhaahoen efl'ected, if-

(i) such discount is established in terms of an agreemententeredintoatorbeforethetimeofsuch and

(ii) input tax credit as is attributable to the discount on the basis of document issued by the supplier has been reversed bythe recipient ofthe supply. Wherethevalueofthesupplyofgoodsorservicesotboth cannot be determined under sub-section (1), the sameshdl be determined in such manner as maybe prescribed. Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) or sub—section (4). the value of such supplies as may be notified by the Government on the recommendations of the Council shallbedeterminedinsuchmannerasmaybepresa'ibed.

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Explanatton- For theW d"All;-

'persanShaubedmdtoh ie'

I I f-

(a)

(b)

(a

i-.

F:

vii. such'persons are ofic'en o: «bani- .mha's _ businesses;

such persons are eniisloyer andflip:

any persondirecflyorinlflredlynubcuds twenty five per centormotedthflwfing L, stockor shares ofboth ofthem; one ofthem directiyorhi'directlyen—ltiedhn; both ofthem are direetlyormm». third person;

together they directly orindirecflyculdatflllpm Ol' :- :7

viii. they are members'ofthe same firmly; A the term "person? also includes legal persons. - persons who'are associatedinthebusinesofo-e-nths in that one is the sole'agentor sole am «- ode concessionaire, howsoever described, of the hflur.H be deemedtoberelated.

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WV

INPUTTAXCREDIT

l6. (1) Everymguteredpersonshakwbjecttosuch'm andresmctxonsasmaybepmcribedmdmthem specifiedmsectton49.beentitledtomkecreditofinput taxchargedonanysupplyofgoodsorservicesorbothm himwhichareusedormtendedtobeusedinfliecourse orftmheranceofhisbusinessandthesaidamountshall '.becreditedtotheelectmniccfeditledgerofsuchperson. '(2) Notwithstanding anything containedinthis section, no personshanbeenufledtothecreditofany '

mputminrespectofanympplyofgoodsormcesor

bothtohimunless,— ,

(a) heisinpossessionofataxinvoiceordebitnote issued by 'a'wpplicr registered under this Act. ormchdthertaxpayingdocumentsasmeybe

(b) hehssreceivedthegoodsorservicesomboth. Explanationr—-Forthepurpos'eof'this'daune,it~sinfl-bedeemedthat flieregisteredpersonhasmemdflsegoodswherefliegoodsare deliveredbythesnpphettoarecipientoranyotherpersononthe dimcfionofsudireglstemdpemomwheflieracfingasanagcntor' othemisqbefoxeordufingmovementofgoodseitherbywayof transfer ofdocuments oftitle to goods or otherwise;

(c) subject to the provisiom-of section 41, the tax dmgedinrespectofwchwpplyhasbeenachnfly psidtotheGovernmenLfiberinMOt-thsough mammmmmm -

ofthesddlupplyssnd _ _

. '(d) hebasfiimishedthetetumfiudersectidiiflt' vaidedthstwhuemegoodsagsinstaninvoicearereceived mlouorinsullmmmflnregimdpersonsimnheenfifledtomke credituponreceiptofdlelastlotorihmument:

vaidedfiirflierthstwherearecipientfailstopaymthe supplierofgmdsorservices-m'both, otherthanthempplieson whichtaxispaysbleonreversechargebashtheamounttowards tbevalue ofsupplyalongwitbtaxpayablether'eonwithinaperiod ofonehundredanddghiydeysfi'omfltedateofissueofinvoiceby thesupplier, anamounteqtnltotheinputmcreditsvsfledbythe mpmntshanbeaddedmhhmnpnmflsflimdongwnhmtemt thmominsuchmannerasmsybeprescribed: .

mildwndifiom

hHI-riwm

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Provided also that the recipient shall beallied toad ofthe credit of input tax on payment made-bylimit"wards the value of supply of . goods or services oi bah h! wih tn payable thereon.

(3)

(4):;

. seeds onservices orbothafterduedaeofinihqcf (l)

5 shall not be allowed.

Where theregisteredpgsanlnschndhmm thetaxcompenent 9fthe cost qfcqfldpoballpan and machinery underthepmviflmdfiem Act. 1961. the inputtaxaéaitqpfiudpm Areglistered person shallnotbeent'gledwq'tu credit in respect ofany invoice or debitnochqflyd' the return éuhder Section g9 for the moiihd'Sqdrx following the" trait of fifiancial tear to. -Ihid- ad! inv'dice' 6r ii'fi'roice relatingto sfichdebit netprimor furnishing of the relevant annual return. vrlidsaer '3 earlier. ' ' ' » '

Where the} goods or serine's or both are used by the registered person partly for the purpose ofanym:

and'paxflyz-fot other purposes, the amount d'credi dual _ be restrictedvto so much ofthe. input tax as ism 'to the Pm"? ofhis business.

(2) Where the gdods 0r services or both are used In the registered person partly for efl'ecting usable stub including zero-rated supplies under this Act or mder the Integrat'e'd'Goods and Services Tax Act and path for effecting, amph-supplies under the suit! Am the ' amount ofiexeditelfili be restricted to so much cfthe

(3)

(4)

,- inputtax as is attributable to-the said taxable studies ; including zero-rateq supplies.

The value of@th supply under subsection (2), shall be such as may be prescribed, and Shall induk snafu:

on whi'éhé'flieirecipient is liable to pay tn onm charge basis, transacflonsinsecufifiessaleofhndad. ' subject'to clause (is) ofparagraph 5 ofScheditle II, saled building; ' '

A'hanking company or a financial institutionWig afionrhagkmsfinanciai company.§nsae=d inmine services byWay ofaecepting deposits. extendingloam or advances shalI have the option to githeg eqmply with the provisighs 6f sub-section (2), o'r'hvai'l of, every ninth, f an amotmt equal to Wine? cent. '0me eligible inputtax credit on inputék ital goods'andinfihtséivicesindnt month and the " ' f " "'gha'H-'lap'se: 1:13

4,

Apportionment of credit and blocked credits.

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- ' 'f i375"? a; ' , Provided that the optiononceenergised shall notbewithdrawnduring the remaining partrofthe financial year:

.'j Provided furtherthat thegggggtion of fifty percent shall notapply to the tax paid on supplieg. mgde by one registered person tpiapother regiStereélppersoh havpg the same Permanent Account"Number. ' ' m ' '

(5) NotWithstanding anything contained in sub—section (1) of section 16 and sub~section (1) of section 18, input tax-

" credit shall nOt be available in'respect of the following, namely:-

(a) motor vehicles'ignth'tither conveyances except when they are used—

(i) for making the followmg' taxable supplies,l .__

(A) furthe'rsupply of sud: vehicles or comyancagm'

(B) fianspomfion7 013mm""or ' (C) mgmt ,mimng 0" driving, , flyingnavxgatmg .,§uch vehicles or conveyances; '

(ii) for hanqurtation ofgoads;

(b) , the following supply ofgbods or services or both:-

_ (i) food and x: beverages, ,outdoor catering, beauty treatment, health services, cosmetic and plasticrsiu'gerx except where. an inWard supply of goods of services or both bf a particular, ,étegory is used, by '4? resisteredperson formakmgan outWard taxable supply of the same category of goods of services for

both or asan element ofa taxable composite

or mixed Supply; - -

_ (ii) member'ship pf a club, health and fitness

V centre; ..»

(C)- .plantandmaehmery) exceptwhereitisaninput (d)

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(iii) rent-a-cab,1ife inmrance and health - msuranceexceptwhm-

(A) tli'e'Gd'yemme'nt nmifls the services whichareobligatoryfilranemployerto * pféfidetoftsemployeuunderanylaw

"fdrfliehmebemgmfixuqor 1

"E(B) 'suchmwardsupplyofgoodsorm orbothofapartiwlarcategqryisused by a registered person for mking an ' :'outward taxable supply. ofthe same

"Vcategoryofggodsorservicescrbothor aspartofataxableeoinpositeormixed .snupplxsandfi

(iv) teaveltrbenefite extended to employees on vacatien such as leave or home travel concessions .

works contract services when studied for 'constructionofanimmovable property (other than t,»

service for fiitthersupply ofworks contract service; goods,at sefwoes or both received by a taxable person for construction ofan immovable property (otherthan plant ormachinery) on hisownaccount including when such goods or services or both are ?;nsedinthecourse of furtherance ofbusiness Explanation:~For the purposes(ifclauses(c) and (d), the expression construction" includes reconstruction, renovation, or alteratiohs or repairs, to theextent ofcapitalization, to the said immovable property; ' ,, .,,

Lie)

(0

(s) (h) (i) geods or" giants, both on"which tax has been paid under sectionlO;

goods or services 61'bbth receivedbyanon—resident taxable person except on goods importedby him; goods or services or both used for personal consumption; '

gobds lost, stolen, destroyed, writtenotterdisposed ofby way of gift or free samples; and any tax paid in terms ofsections 74. 129 and 130.

(6) The Government may prescribe the manner in whidi the credit referred toin sub-sections (1) and (2)maybe attributed.

34

35

Explanationk For thePWatthis Chapterand ChapterVI, the expression "plantand machinery meansappamtus, equipment, and machinery fixed to earth byfoundation or structural support that are used for making outward supply ofgoods or services or both and includes such foundationand struemr'alsupports but excludes- ' ,

(i) land,buifdmgoranyothercivilstructures,

(ii) telecommunication towers; and , .

(iii) pipelines laid outside thefactorypremises. e

(1)subjecttosuch conditionsandrestrictions as may" be 'pIeseribede -

V' V siziix'r

(a) a person:who hasapplied forregistiation under thisActwithinth'n'tydaysfrom'thedateonwhich he becomes liable to registratiOn and has been grantedsuchregistrationshallbeemitledtotake creditofinpmtaxinrespectofinpmhddinstock _ mdmpmscmnmrimmfinflwdam ':

' ' hmmwhflihebeoomeshable

tnpaytaxundeethepmvmonsofthism »

ib) a 9618011 Whotakes xegistratidn undensub-uetion ' x , -:(3) ofseetionzsshallbeEenfifledtotakecreditof' ., puttaxinrgsxtpctofmputsheldinstockand' .1-inputsoontamed-iasemi-finishedorfinishedgoods t. gheldinstockgnthe dayimmediatelyprecedmgthe M: 3 date of-grant ofregistration, :,

(c) where any registered person ceases to pay tax - " undersection 10, he shall be entitled to takepmdit :ofmputtaxmrespectofmputsbeldmstock.

inputs contained in semi-finished or finished goods held'in stock and on mpital goods on the 9 dayunmediatelyprecedmgfliedatefromwhichhe '1 becomesliable topaytaxtinder section 9:

Provi (ed that the credit on capital oods shall be reduced by such percen e pointsas Inay be prescribed,"s;

(d) wherefianExemptsupplyofgpods n; seryicesor

. both by a gegstered peglpnhewmes a taxable

. ,. nippjy,suchperson shall 'entitled to takecredit

,,,,,

' ' inputs contained'insemi-fimshedorfinished goods 'held'in stock relatable to such exempt supply and onespitaigendsexdusiveiyusedforsuchexemm ,supply onthe day immediately precedingthe date ' . . Ad , from whichsuchsnpglybedomestaxablez, Availabilityofcreditin

spedalcixtumsm

36

,, Provided that the ctetIit-bnWsunbe rednwd by , such percentage points as maybeptficflbed- , .(2)_

'(3)

(4)

A registered peison 'shallnotbe entitledto at:w tax credit under sub-section (1)in respect ofayguiyofgoods orservicesorbothtohimaftertheexplryrmeyarfmmthe date ofissue oftax invoice relatingto" " supply. Where there is a change in the constitution of a registered person on accouht of sale. merger, demerger, umlgmfltion, lease or transfer ofthe business with thespecific pnw'siom fix transfer ofliabilities, the said registered person shallbeallowed to transfer themput tax credit which mains unutilised in ' his electroniccredit ledger to such sold. merged, mud, amalgamated,- leased or transferred businessm sud: unmet as may be prescribed.- .

Ii

'Where any registered personwhohas availedofinputtaxcredit optsto pay tax under sectiOn10 of, Where the goods orservices I 'orboth supplied by him becomeexempt absolutely, he slnll pay an amount, by way of debit iiithe electr'oiiic credit ledger or electmnic cash ledger, equivalent to the credit ofinput tax in respect ofinputs heldin stockand inputs containedin semi- finished or finished goods held in stock and on capital goods. reduced by such per cent points as may be prescribed, on .- the day immediately preceding the date if exercising of such option or, as the case may be,-the date ofsuch exemption:

Prefided that'afte'r'payment ofsuch amount; the balance of inputtaxcredit, if any, lyingmhis eleetmnic credit ledger shall lapse.

(5) The amount of credit undersub--se¢tion (1) and the amount

(6)

payable under sub-sectioh{4) shall be calculated in such manner as may be prescribed. '

In case of supply ofcapitalgoods orpIant and machmery, on which input tax credit hasbeen taken, the registered person shall pay an amount equal to the input tax credit taken on ' the said capital goodsorplant andmadnnery reduced by such percentage pomtsas maybefirescnbedor the tax on the : transaction valiieofsuch capitalgoods orplantandmachinery determined undersectiqnls whicheverIS higher. Pmded that whererefractoryxbmks,moulds and dies,)igs and fixturéi are supplied as scrap, the taxableperson may pay tax on the transaetion value ofsuéh goOdsdeterim'iiedunder sectionlS.

l9. ('1) ; <22

_ credit oninputs sent to a job-worker for job-wonk. ? '37

'Ihe principal shallf subject 7 to V suehjcondmohs find restrictions as may be prescribé'ii, behiféwedinfilt tax ' )

NewsStandmganythngfita'ifiédmdafigéfilfl" section (2) ofsection 16,thepmicgralshall beieiittified tn take credit of inputtax on' inputs iijif the inputs are'3 directly sent to a job Worker for onfLWéifk withbut'being

(3)

_ first brought to his place ofbusiness. Where the ifiputssent' for job Work are not received back by the Brincipa'l after completion of'job-wozk or 1 otherwise or are notsuppliegi from the place of business of"the job worker in accofdaiice with clause (a) or clause (b)of sqb-section (i) of section 14.3 within me year of being sent but, it shall be deemed that'such innit; had been supplied by'the principal to the job-worker on the 5-daywhen the saifl'inputswm sent out: ' 2 Provided that where the inputs are sefit'direcflyito a'job 'wOrker, theperio'a ofone year shall beimmmd frbitiithe dhte of A receipt ofinputs byt'the job wbrkét». ' - J ' ' (4)_

5'33: ' '

The principal shall, subject to such eohditions and 'iestrictions as may be prescribed, be alloyiEd input tax 'if Credit on capital goods sent to a jobWorker forjob work.

(5)

.{fiétéiihmdmganyflmm'"gmmin clause (b) ofsub- section (2) .of seqh'on 16, the principalshall be entitled to take credit of input tax on capital goods even if the Lcapital goods are directlyfiént to a job werker for "job-

. ; Work withoutbeingfirstbfbughftdhisplaée ofbusiness. (6);"

Provided that where the capital goods are sent directly tga job worker, the period of' thxee years shall be counted from the 32m of ' Where the capital goods sent for' job work are not received bad: by the principal within a period ofthree years of being sent out!» it shall ,beideemedtthat such .ymcapital goods had beemsupplied by the principal to the _ job worker on the day when the said capital goods were sent out: j . _ '

receipt ofcapital goods by the job worker;

(71"; .Nothlng tcpn'tained- in.sub-section;l(3)g9£§§::h;:se¢:tion (6) shall apply to hxpuldsgandiciies,rjigs aiidfixtures, or tools sent out to a job wbrkei' for job whirls~

Taking input tax credit in

respect ofinputs sent for

job work.

37

38

EsplanationejFor the purpose of this section, "principal" means the flyerson referfed to in section 143. '

20. (l) The InputSavioeDistfilmmrshall distribute thecredit Mnnncrofdistribinion ofsentenxammamaedmandhmgmed ofcreditbylnpfltSerVice

'mxamdpxqmmbymyofimeof MW

documat the amount ofiqlut in credit

beingdisuiudh-chmasmybelxacfibed.

(2) mmmmmmgm

. mmflnmmuflr— {1) the cedit an be distinct] to the reapienfs of '- -' qeditwa(ham«mining such details » - asmlybe

I(bI) theamumdtheaeditdmhmddiaglnmqmed ; theamonfitofqeditavaihblefordistnbuiion;

(c) the creditoftaxpoidoniqmtserviceuttributable to arecipientofaeditshallbedistributedonlyto thatrecipient; a

(d) thecredit oftaxpmdonmputservmatm'butahk tomorethanoneredpientofaeditslallbe distributed amongst such recipients to whom the input service is attributable and such distribution

. shallbepro rata on thebasisofthetumovetinaState ' or turnover in a Union territOry of such geapient, during the relevant period, to the aggregate of the turnover ofall such recipients to whom such input service is amibtitab'le'and which are operational in -~ the current year, during the said relevant period; I

(e) 'thIIe'I'credit of tax paid on input services attributable \ to' all recipients of 'credit shall be distributed amongst such recipients and such distribution 'Shall be pro rata on the basis of the turnover in a State or turnover in a Union territory of such recipient"

dming the relevant period, to the aggrbgate of the turnover ofall recipients and which are operatic'mal in the cuttent year, during the said releyant period. Explanation:-For the purposes ofthis section,— (a_i ' the "relevaat period"shall beI-I

(i) if the recipients ofcredit have turnover in their States 01' Union territories in the financial year preceiiihg theyear during which credit"is to be distributefithesm&financ1alyearor ' " '

~21.

39

(ii) if some or all reupiehts of the credit do'not have any nunovei-f'ili theirSmtes or Unibn tem'tories in ; v the financial year preceding the year during which the credit is to be distributed. thelastguarter for _,I (I Whichdetaflsofsitehtgenoveeofalltheredpients ' ' are available, prefiii'usto the month during which ,éreditstobe'dissms

(b) the expression "ieeipient oig eredit' means the supplier ofgoods or services or_both havingthe same Permanent ' Account Numbeeasthatofthe Input Service Distributor;

3

(c) - the terin 'tumowr' *ih'a'ehttion t6 any'registered person engaged in the supply of taxable goods as well as goods ' not taxable under this Act, means value of turnover, reduced by-rthe' amount'bf any duty orltax levied underent'ryuofljstlofthe'SeventhSdieduletothe ConsfinmonandalrySIandfloffistnofdaedd

Schedule.

mmmfim" toms;- m4m-mzo: u ,. fl , awmefor me

recipients ofaedit.'" ' themes:' creditQSWj ' " shall be recovered from such recipients along with. interest, and 'the provisions ofsection 73 or section 74, as the case maybe; shall mutatis mutandis apply for determination of amount to be feqoveted; I

lhnerofzeeovuyof

aeditd'ltflnmdin

39

'22. (1)

40

~ CHARTER: Y1 Inssmttsnon IIsS

Every supphermalngga'taxablesuppiy d pods or services oi'both mtheStateshallbehabletobenylued under this Act ifhis aggregate turnover in a Em! year exceeds twentylakh rupees:

Provided that where such person snakes taxable supplies of goodsor servicesorboth from anyofthe specialcategotysmhe shall be liable to beregistered 1£hs§3aggregateturnpvet inn lingual yearexegedstenlalthmpees. <2

Eyerympphetmaking ktaxable supply ofgoodsor services or bothfmfltheState,shallbehabh to be :egistered under this Act ifhis aggregateturnover in a finaneialyeuexceeds ten lakh rupees. '

(I2)

(4)

Every person who, on the day immediately preceding a the appointed daysregistered or holds a license under anezdstinglaw, shaHbeliabletoberegisteredundea'this Actwith effect from the appointedday.

'Whereabusmesscamedonbyataxablepason

mg'SteRdunderthisActisuansferreiwheflieton account of succession or otherwise, to another person as a going concern, the transferee or the successor. as the case may be, shall be liable to be registered with effect from the date ofsuch transfer or succession. Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sectiom

(1) and_(3),.in a case of transfer pursuant to sanction of a scheme or an arrangement for amalgamationflor, as ' the case may be. de—merger of two 0: morecompanies pursuant to an order of a High Court. Tribunal or otherwise, the transferee shall be liable to be registered. with effect from the. date on which the Registrar of Companies issues a certificate of incdrporation giving ' effect to such order ofthe High Court.

Explanation:—For the purposes of this section,— (i)

(ii)

the expression aggregate turnbver shall include all 7 supplies made by the taxable person, whether on his own account or made on behalfofall his principals; the supply of goods, after completion of job-work, by a registered job worker shall be treated as the supply of ' goods by the principal referred to in section 143, and the value .of such goods shall not be included in the aggregate turnover of the'registered job worker. Persons liable for

registration.

OnlyinSGSTIzwfor

specialcategoryStates

wiinnthepmviso

40

41,

(iii) are

expression

Whetégory

States"

shall meanthe '

1'»;

Sumsasspeafiedinfinhvddusewofdauseflhfamde :ff

*'279Aoftfieconstimr§n

'7 (l)

Thefiifirmngpersqnsshallnothehahfetoregistran

Perm-milleh namely:-

1:43;

(a)

anyperson '

inthebusinessof alpplyinggmdsprservicesorboththatarenot. liablétotaxorsvhollyexerpptfromtaxunderthis Act or

under the

Integrated Goods

and

Services TaxAct; . '

1:39;": (h)anagriculturist t6thextentofsupplyof'f' '' ornofcdtivatron ofland.

(2) The

Government may,

on

the recommendations of the Whymdfiammspeafydieategoryofpemm whomaybeexemptedfrunobmmmgreglstrationunder thisAct.

311K3251'

31':

'

MW

in

sub—section (1) of. Compulsoryregistration

"CHOP 32-4119 Mowhgmonesotpmlndemhng

inceminensu.. taxablesupphesshallberequrredtoberegrsteredunderthis V Acn-

.

(i)

persommlunganyinterStatemahlesupply- (it)

casualtuabiepersonw %i (iii)

personswhoaterequiredtopaytaxunfierreversecharge, '

(iv) personwhoare

requn'edto

pay tax

under

subsection

(5)

~ ofscctionfi:

a ,

x

(v)

non'mident

taxable persons; '».' (vi)

personswhoarerequrredtodeducttaxundersecuonSI whetherornotseparatelyregisteredunderthrsAct; ,

,:.

(vii) personswhosupplygoodsorservrcesorhothonhehalfof

,

othertaxahlepersonswhetherasanagentorotherwrse, (viii)

input

servicem Whether or

not

separatelyWunderthisAct:

- (he)

penohswhosupplygoodsorservrcesorhath

other than

supplies

specified

under

sub-sectic'm

(S)

of section

9,

through such

electronic commerce

operator who

is; reqhiredtocollecttaxatsource

under section 52 '

Wk) everyelectronrccommerce operator,

,

(xi) every person

supplying

online information and data hase accessor

servicesfmmaplnceoutsidelndtatoa personm

otliuthmaregrsteredpusomand _,» (nflsuchotherpepqnorclmofpersonsasmeybenonfied :. by the1,} ,thermommendationsofthe

Council

" "

' 43 ofl961

4.2

25.

(3133 3.333Ever; Pfif§9§ MIDAS

liable

to be

regsteredghdel; section ,3; 33.2.20;;

section

243.5%",

finreglstrahen

within thirty days fr6mthe 3on3which

he;bee'pmes

liable

,

to

registration. in ad

mannaand3 subJect to

such conditioh'aas

may$1er '

II 0

3f; :1! Previ6%d thatacas'ual

I

or 'a non-resident taxableéfierson shall apply for re '

the

connnencementofbdsfiess

I

33 : f. mawéemnwhomakesawp

lggrplnthetantenal tamregstgationm

tatewhaethemrest point ofthe

appropriate baseline ls Iocat

in

the

State. ..in:~

in.m t2' 4

a ~ arms

(2) A

{lessensedan?

' '"

grantedasfigk"°i'" 3 3

(3)

Providedthat aperson

havingmultiple business vatialls indieState

maybegranteéas use for eachbflsinesswrtieal maefitflsfiEheo

%may ii?

be prescfibgd. ifs-"£2.53 432.;

3

(3)

Aperson,thouglinotliabletoberegisteredundasection 22 of semen:24

may gethimsdf tegmered voluntarily, and

allprovisions

ofthisAet.35me a registered

person,

shall

apply to

such _,

L—rK-'flfl"

(4)" '-:'Apersonwho

hasohtamedoris

reqmredtoobtam more than one

registration,

whether

inbile

State orUnion '

Territory ormore thanone,

Shalom

Union memory

shall,

,3

in

respect efeaeh

suehreglstrgtien, betreatedas

distinct persons

for

thepurposes"it!"Aet. ('5)'

Where aperson Whohas'oeta'fnea6fis

retjulrefl to obtain

I

, registration

in a State

or Union territory ill

reaped

ofan j establishment, haSaniesfilflirmntin

another

State or '

'

Union

territory,

then such establishmentsshall be treated

..

asestablishments of

distinet persons fondle purposes of

this

Act. ,,.

5-317 E35:

(6)

Every personshall

haveaPermanent

Apeeunt

Number issued under theIncome—tax

Act,

1961 in order3 to be

a?"eligible

for

grantoih'eglstrafi thatap so'n

qulfd eduitt'afi'underseetlon Slmay have.I in Iieu to?"a

PermanentAccountL fiufia, aTax Deductréhand

(Selleetion fieeomt'i'lifinhel'"

"

' ~

I

Act'in

ordei'

febe eligible

for gt'aIilt of

Iégigfiafld

I

I 'j 9,; «viL10») Procedure for _

Registration. 3

6 (I1947

5'43

#3

my; irfils

(7) thwithstandin anything 3

{3113sz -section (6), anon-resient ,

grain maybe,

granted' registration under

Sigh-section(1)911 itheybasis of such other ociimentsaas may be preset:bed.

7.

(8LMgr;apersonwhen

liable togbegegistexed

under

thist;

3 ,3 Actsfails to

obtain registratign. theproper oficer may, swathput

prejudicg to, anyactionwhich maybe taken3

if underflusActorunderanyoflierhwforthenmcbemg in

£orce, proceedigregister

such personin snehmmer"- H a; run,

qt» rawmqtid'n} (9)

Notwrthstanding

anything containedin

sub-section

(1),— (a) any

spéaahzed

agency of the United

Nations Organinition or

"any

minim

Pimi'iéial InstitutionandOrganiutionnntifiednnderthe Unitedflmonsmandm)kt. 2194?

ConaMorEmbassyoffirdgneounuies; and .3f;3§3:3|:

311314-523 "(b)'¥- any

other

person or class ofpersons,

as

may be notified

by

the

Commrssxoner, ' ' shall

be gxgnted a UniqueIdentityNumber' in

such manner and for such

purposes, includingrefund oi

taxes onthe

notified

supplies of goods or:sexvicespr both

received by them, :as

maybe

prescribed, (10) The

registration

orthe

Unique

mews;

ber Shall be»; grantedorrejectedafter due

vitrificationinsuchmanner andwithin suchpgmdas

maybeprescribed. , (11) A

certificateof

registration

shallbeissued'in suchform and

with

effect

from

such

date,

as

may be- prescribed. (12) A

registrationof an

Uniqueiidentity

Number shall ' be

déemEd to

have

béert'

granted

aftet

theexpiry

of tlié period

prescribed under

sub- section

(10),

if no defiaency hasbeen

communicated"in

the applicant within

that

period. (1) The grant ofregistratioti or the Unique Identity

Nurtrber .

fider

the

Central

éoods and

Séxvices Tax

Au shall " a

Roiregistration

or the

Unique. IdentityNumbgrenngreipfliisAct

subjgct to;_the condition {hat the

application

for

registration

or the

Unique Idefldty Whit? hasnot

been'i'thted

underthisAct Within"the tinié'i spherfied

iii'siiiiisection (it?) of section 25. Deemed

Registration

43

(2)

Notwithstandinganything

contained'un

sub-section

(10)

ofsection Zfi'anx rejectuon ofapplication

for

registration' ortheUnuqufldentityNumberundertheCentralGoods andSsvicesTaxActshallbedeenuedfobearqecuonof application for

re'iustfatzan

unilerthisAct.

(I)

'Iheosnfieiteofregustration ussuetlbamhlhnhle person ora

non—resident taxablepershnihalbevahd -forapsuodspeefieduntheapplicauoui firregisinfion arninetydays

from

theeflbctivedate'ofrefiluatuon. wherandsachpersmmmzble supphesor',AWcsfifia-atetuf Provi"

.2

dad

that the proper officer may, oh saficient "use. being shownbythesaid

taxable

penonextendthe

saidpetiodot'ninety days

hya further periodnot

exceedung

nmetydays.

(2) A

casualtaxable

person ora

non-resident taxiie

,

person shall, at the time

ofsubmission

of applmuon

fist registration under sub-section (1) ofsodium 25. nuke an

advance

deposit

oftax111 an

amount

equivalent)

the estimated tax

liability

of

such person

for

the

psiod

be' which the

registration us

sought:

.,

Provided drat where

any extension

as

tinie'lis soamt

with:

s-ubsectio'n

(l), shch taxable

pefsén

shall

Wabash-nu amoant'oft'axequivalenttothe estimatedtaxliabilityofstudipssmforthepenodforwhuchthemeasionlssoaght. ,

:

(3)- Theamount

deposited under

sub-section

(2) dialbe creditedto the

electroniccashledgsofsadipssnnand shall be

utilisedunthemanner provided andssection '

28.

(1)

Every registered person and

a

person

to whom a -

Unique

IdentityNumber

hasbeenassumedshlllinfiuun the proper officer of any

changesin thebum -furnishedatthe timeofregustratuonorsuheeqasl thereto,uhsuch form, manner and

within

such

psiul as

may

be

prescribed.

..

(2) The

proper

officer

may,

on

the

basis

of

inform f

furnished

under sub-section

(Ifa:as

unstained by '5"

him,

approve

or

reject amendmentsin the

""3 j

particulars

in

such

maths

and

Withun such period a'

"i"

maybeprescnbed. '

7

Provided thatappmufal of thepropernfiies "mt be required in

respect of

amendmentofsuchparticularsaa mybe prescribed:

Special provisions

relating to

casual

taxable person and

non-resident taxable person. registration.

29.

'45 .3", Prowded

further

that

the

proper ofiicer shall

not

reject the apphtation foramendment inthe

registration particulars

without giving thepersonanopporthnity

of being heard. . i

(3)

Any rejection or

app

"I, Central

Goods and SerVices Tax Act shall be deemed to . fih'n

filof amendments

under the be a

rejection or

approval

under

this

Act.

(1) Theproperofficermay, either on

hisownmotionoron

. 7"?"

(2)The

properoHicer niay cancel

the registration ofa

person v an

application filed by

the

registered

person

or

by

his legal

heirs, incaseof

deathofsuchperson, cancel the7 registration, in suchmanner and,

withinsuch

period as maybeprescribed,

having

regard to

the

circumstances thre,4

'

.

(a)

fiebunnesshabemdmnnmeduansferredfully *for

any

ream

indndiiig

death

of the

proprietor. ,malgamatedmfioflnhgalumtxdanagedor otherwfieWof-or -~---

(b)

thereis

any change

in fieConstitutmn ofthe business; or

'

'

.

(C),

the taxable person, other

thantheperson registered' "

under

sub-section

(3)

of section25,

is no

longer, liableto beregistered

under

section 22or

section

24

,

.

from such

date, including

any retmspective date, ashe

may deem

fit, where,-

(a) the

registered

personhas

contravened such

.

provisions of

the Act

or

the rulesmade

thereunder as

may be prescribed, or

(b) 'a

person

paying tax

under section10 has not '

furnished

returns

foir

threefeonsecutive tax

periods; '

01'

(c) any person, other thana

person specifiedin

clause ' (b),

hasnotWedreturns

for acontinuous period

ofsix

months; or 7.'*(sl)._ any personwho

hasiakengyoluntary registration under

nib—section

($3);

of; section

25 has . not commenced

business

withinsix

months fromthe date of

registration;

or mate) i,registrationhasbéenobtained by_

fneansof

fraud,

"5'

Wiflful'misstatement or suppression of

facts. Prbv'ided that the

proper- 'ofiicer shallnot cancel the registration without

giving

the person

an

opportunity

of being

heard. Cancellation of

(3)"

46

The cancellation of

registration

under this

section shall notafl'eettheliabilityofthetaxablepersontopaytaxand ;

other

dues

undenthis

Act

or to

e

any hpligation{K} under this Act or.

the

roles

thereunder forany

(4)

A

(5)

period

prior to the dateofcancellation whether ornot such taxand

other dues aredetermined beforeorafter '

.1

the

date

of cancellation *

The cahcellation ofregistration

under

theCentral

Goods '

and

Services TaxAct

shall bedeemedtobe a

cancellation '

"oi'registration

under

thisAct."35.7 Everyaegistered

person whoseW iscancelled

A

shall

payian

amount,

byway-otidebitinthe

electronic credit

ledger orelectronic

cash

ledger. equivalent tothe creditofmputtaxinrespectofinpntsheldmstockand inputs

containedin

semi-finished orfinished

goods held

V

in

stockorcapitalgoodsorplantandmachmeryon

the dayimmediatelyprecedingthedateofsuchmncellation. _,

or

the output

tax

payable

on

such goods,

whichever'is

A

higher,

calculated'insuch

manner asmaybe

prescribed:

Providedthatin case ofcapitalgoods'orplant

andmachinery, the

taxable

person

shall

pay anamount

equalto the

input tax

credit taken on the said

Capital

goods or

plant

and

machinery, reduced 'bysuchpercentagepointsas maybeprescribedorthetaxonthe transaction

value

of

such

capital goode or

plant

and

machineryunder section 15, whichever is

higher.

(6)

30.

(l)

(2)

"

(3),.

The amount

payable

under

sub-section (5)

shall be_ mlculated'in such manner asiifaybe'

prescribed. Subject to suchconditionsasmay be

prescribed, any registered

person, whose

registration'ism'n'celled

by the -

proper officer onhis own

motion; may apply tosuch officer for

revocation of

cancellation of the

registration

.

in the

prescribed

manner Wlthln

thirty days

from the

.

date

of serviceof

the

cancellation order. A

The proper

officermay, insuchmanner and within such '

period as

may be

prescribed, by

order,

either revoke -

cancellationof

the

registration

or

reject

the

application:

., ,l

15

i'Ihe

revocation ofieancellation of

registration

under the '-

"' ' Central Goods and ServicesTax Actshall bedeemed to *2

{be

arevocation of cancellation

of

registration

under

this '

Revocation of

.

cancellation

of ! egisn m0" 1.

47 .

r,vn TAx'moIcncnmrr AND

DEBIT

NOTES

1%

3i. (1) I;

Aregisteredpersonfmlyingtaxablegoodsshamwore

,

- or

at

the time

ofi-

.

(a) ,.

removat'of' goods

for supply

to

the

redplent,where the

supply

involves

movement Offg'bods;

or"

(b)

deliverylof'goods ormaking

available

thereofto

the _ _r¢6iPient-

in

any

9th."

case. '

4

issue a

tax invoice

shouting

the

description, quantity»

and

value of goodsythe taxcharged

thereonandsuch

other

particulars

as

may

be prescribed:

'

,

_ Providedith'at the

Government

may, on

the recommendations '

of

the

Council,

by notification,

specify

the

categories

of

goods

or supplies in

respectofwhidia

taxinvoicéslnllbeissiedmvithin

such time

and in

such

manner»

may be prescribed.

.

(2)

Ai'regiStered person supplying taxable

services

Shall, _-

beforepr

aftertheprovisibnofservicebutwithinaperiod prescribedissue a tax

invoice;

showing

the

description, ' value; tar

.

' thereon

and such

other

particulars'as

.

may be

prescribed:

' '

,

_Pt0vided that

theG'overnmentmay,

631m recommendations of

the

"Connoil,' by

'nbtification

and

subject to

the

conditions mentioned

therein, spe'cifythe' :categories

of

services in

respect

of i

(a), '

"

any

other

document

issued

in

relation to the

supply shallbedeemedtobeatagin'voice;0r (b)

taxinvoicemaynotberequircdtobeissued.

(3)

'

Notwithstandingmm; containedinisub-sections (1) '

and

(2)—:

(a)

,-

a

registeredpemn

mafiWithin

9n: month

front the date of issuance

of

certificate of

registration

j .andinsuchmanneras maybeprescfibedissuea revised

invoice against the

invoice

already

issued during the

period

beginning withthe

effective

date Ofwonfinihe date

ofissuance ofcertificate sofregistrafiontohini; »

(b) a

registeredperson maynot

issue

a

tax invoice

ifthe vaifieofthe

goods

arsemces

orbodi supplied is less '*

{bib

Mohundred'hipees '

: subject

to

such. Conditions' and

in'suehmanner'as'inay

be

prescribed; 'Taxinvoioe.

48

(c) a

registered p'e

supglying '

can?,.goods or

.

servites orbothhogrypaymgmunder

(provisions '

of section 10 shallissue, instead

ofatax

invoice, a bill of

supply

containing

such

partiuilars and'in

such mykpresciibed. '

Providedthatthe

registeredpersmmaynotnsueabillof supplyifthevalueofthegoodsor

servicesorbothsuppliedisless than two hundred rupees

subject to

such

conditions and'in such manner as

may'beprescribed; '

(d) a

registeredperson Shall, on

receipt ofadvance paymwentwith

respecttoanysupplyofgoodsor ~,semicesorboth,

issuearecerptvoucherorany other

document,

containing

such

particulars as my be

prescribed,

evidencing ancerpt of

such

.

payment; »

-

;

ts); (f) '

issue a

payment

voucher at

the

time of

making

,

payment

to the

supplier

who is not

registered

under ., where,on receipt of

advancewith respect

to

any supply of

goods or

services orboth the

registered '

person

issuesa

receipt

voucher,

but

subsequently no

supply'is

made

and no tax

invoice

is

issuedin pursuance

thereof thesaid

registered

person may iS'sue to

the

person

who

had made

the payment, a _

refundyoucher against suchpayment; a

registered person who is liable

to

pay

tax under sub-section

(4)

ofsection9shall'issue aninvoice in respect ofgoods or

servicesorbothreceivedby him

4

on

the

date of receipt

of goods

or

servrccsorboth, '

ea, registered person

whois

liable topaytax

under. sub—section (3) orsub-Section (4)

ofsection 9shall

7

"the'Act. ""»

(4) Incase ofcontinuous

supply of

goods,

where

successive '

statements of accounts

or successive

payments

are involved,

the'invoice shall beissued betcieoratthe

time '

each such statement is

issued

or,

as

the

case maybe, each 5such

payment is

received.

(5)

Subject

to

the

provrsions ofclause

(5d)

ofsub-section (3),

.

in case

of continuous

supply of

services,— (a)

wherethe

due dateof

paymentisascertainable from the

contract,

the

myoiceshall

be issued onor before

the

due

date

ofpayment; where thedue

dateofpayinehtis-not

ascertainable

,

from

thecongact. theinvoice shall be

issued before , .;

or at the timewhen thesupplier

of service receives the

payment; '

49

'

(c) Where thepayment is

linked tothe

completion of 7(6)"

ranevenntheuivorceshallbeissued

onérbefore the date of compleuopcf that event. Inacasewherethesupplyofservrcesceasesundera icontractbeforethecompletisinoffiiesupplytheinvome '

"shallheissuedattheuniewhenthesupplyceasesand <7)

sudivaiceshallbeissuedtotheextentofthesupply effected

before such cessation. Notwithstanding anything

containedin

subsection(1); wherethegoodsbeingsentormloenonapprovalforsale w orretumareremoved

before the

supplytakesplace,

the invoiceshallbeissuedbet'oreoratthetimeofsuwly orsixmonthsfromthedateofremovahwhicheverisearlier. -E:tplanataon—Forthepurposesofthissection,theexpressron'tax invoice"

shallinchideanyrevbedinvoiceissuedhythesupplierin respectofasupplymadeearlier.

32.,

33.

34.

(1)

(2)

'

Aperspnwhoisnotaregisteredpersonshallnotoollect mrespectofanysupplyofgoodsorservrcesorbothany amountbywayoftaxunderthisAct.

Noregistered personshallcollecttaxexceptin accordancewiththeprovrsionsofthisActortherules' made thereunder. /

Notwithstanding anything

containedinthisAct or

any other lawforthefimebdnginfomwhereanysupplyismadefor aconsiderationmverypersonwhoisliabletopayuxforsudi supply

shall

prominently

indicate'inall

documents relatingto assessment,

taxinvoice

and

otherlike

documents, theamount oftaxwhichshallformpartofthepriceatwhich such

supply ismade.

(1)

Whereataxinvoicehasuenissuedforsiipplyofany goodsorservicesorbothandthetaxablevalue

ortax chargedinthattaxinvoiceisfoundtoexceedthetaxable , value ortax

payable in

respect

of

such

supply,

or

where the

goods

suppliedareretumedbythe recipient.

or 'wheregoodsorservicesorbothsuppliedatefoundtobe deficient, the

registered person,whohas

supplied such goods orservicesor

both, may

issue tothe

recipient acreditnotecontainingsudipmticularsasniaybe prescribed

unauthorisedoollection

oftax

Amountoftaxtnbe

g. indicatedintaxinvotoe Creditanddehnnotes.

5Q

A2) ,A

hnyregistgred

person who

issues a

eredit note inrelation f A

1,673

supply ofseeds or

services"

botfi

shall

declare the details'flof such

'credit'not'e

inth'e

return forthemonth during

which such'gi'efit'hote'ha's beEnissued butnot lMter than

September

fellowins the endat the

financial W mwhwhsuch'wwlv mmadeor

the

date

off-ling of the

relevant

annual return. Whichever is

earlier,

andif new;

liabili ashall

bquiTiSted in

sueh:

manner as may bepmsefiM' \

,

Provided thatnoreduction in output tax

liability

of the - supplier-shall be

permitwd.

ifthe incidenceoftax and

interest on suchsupplihasbeenpass'edontoanyotherperson.

(9)

,Where a taxinvoicihasbeenissued for

supply of

any -

:39de

or

Whom

and

thetaxable

value or tax charged

inthattaxinvoiceisfoundtobelessthanthe taxable

value ortax

payable in

respect ofsuch

supply, the

registered

person, who

has

supplied

such

goods or ser'vic'es'br

both,

shall

issue tothe

recipient adebit note containingsuch partiqnlars asrmybe'pr'eserihed.

(4)

Any

registered

person whoissues adebitnote inrelation &

to

9;

supply ofgoods or services or

both

shall

declare the details of such

debit'iiotein the

returnForthemonth '

during

which

"such

'délifi'inoteflh'as beenissued andthe tax

liabilityshafl hemmed

in'such

manner as

may be prescribed. . . .2 3'3? 2-

-

'_

A

:

' Explanationz—Eor the

'purposesof

this?

Acmthe

Expression

"debit

"

note" shall

include a

supplementary invoice. ..

5,1:

35.

«(1)

Every

registered

person shall

keep

and

maintain,

at -

mmmorsaamsshmsomdmme certificate of

regiitrauomaweand carrier

account of- ,.I-

(g) ,»

production or. manufacture

ofgqods (th

ihwa'tdor. t

: I")

both,

W"

(é? 'Mofgoods-

, ,

.

(d)

input tit:23m"331%

A

V

V

(eff

'outputtaxpayable Minna," V

(f) suchother particulars as

may

be

prescribed

"

'3 a

f

is; '

t vaidedfliatwheremorethmonephaofbusmasrs .specifiedin

thencertificate

ofrefisti'atioir,'themuseum to eachpiaceofhusinessshallbekeptatsuchphcetbfbuainefi- suppl" 6f

goo'tisor servicesor

5:,

Provided further that the

registered person

may keep

and - maintain

such

accountsand

other particulars :3ng form' m

such

manner as

may beprescribed. .

miss. $33.""1' '3"??59

(2)

Every

owneror

operator:of

warehouse or go60wn

oil? 7 anyotiserplaceusedforstoragedfgoodsandevery

"

WW1;

irrespeeflwe

ofwhethe'r hesis a

registered ' «person or not.shall

maintainregardsafthe consigneeand

other

relevantzdet'aiis

of such goods ass maybepreséribed.

:~-r:~

,

(3)

The

Commissioner may

notify

a

class of

taxable persons to

maintain

additional accounts or

documents for such purpose as

may be

specified

therein.

(4)

Wherethe

Commissioner

considers that any class of taxable persons

is not

in

a

position

to

keep

and maintain accounts

in

accordance with the

provisions

of this section, he

may,forreasons

to be

recordeddn writing. permit suchclass

oftaxablepersons to

maintain accounts in

such manner

as

may

be

prescribed. Accounts and other

$2

(5)

Every registeredlifietioh whoa m

during a accountsauditedbyacharteredamaaoost accountantandshnllsubmitacopyoflhemdbdmd '

24(2)°fsc$fi9n44andmotfiméognminmdam

,

audmspnewmaybepmaibed-

.

(6)

Subject mike

profisions

ofdausé

(h)

Jab-Section (5) x.

ofsccfienl7wherethemsissgedpersonmmm forthem

.

«was 0:150thme section

(l),theproperoficerslmlldeterniinefileamoum oftaxpayable onthegoodsorservieesoeboflndntm not accounted

for, asifsuch

goods or

samotboth hadbeensupphedbyfiéh'pmv amalgam '

of-

Wn

73:. Otzmfipnflasrthwsemaybe-Mm mutandts,'

afif'for

determmati'ofi

ofsoéh'mx. ',

3 ~,

.

.

g»!

g

:

36. Bveryfifiistcredpésonrequiredtokeepandmaintainboob ofaccountorothcx

moordaundermb-section (1)0fseetion35 _

shaflmtfinthununflltheexpiryofmtymwfim moi-duedateoffilingofanmalremmfordneyurm' '

to such

accounts and records: , 'Wimfistécdpemnmhoinwybafifipda revisionoranydthetprooeedinfibefmemrAppdfleMu RevisionalAmhofitymAppdlateTribunalorcoumwhednfiledby himorbyfipeCommisdonenorisunda-Wfixnm undetClnpterXBLflnfl

retainthe

mideafll

other reCordspertaining'o the

subjectmnm ofsu'chtppenlu revision

or

Wotmvmhrtwbd

ofone

purifier

fiml dispodofswh

upped

mievision' or

pmceedingtonmufignion. orformepefiodspedfiedabmwhichcmishten v. Petiodofmentionof

accounts.

53

CHAPTER-IX

,

RETURNS

37.

(1)

Every

registeredperson, other than an

Input

Service Distributor,a

non-resident taxable person and a

person paying tax

under the

provisions ofsection 10,section 51

.

or

section

52,

shall furnish,

eleCtronically,

in

such form and manner asmay be prescribed,

the

details of outward

,

Supplies ofgoods or

services orboth

effected, during a

tax

period.

on

or

before the tenth

day

of the

month succeeding the said tax

period and such

details shallbe communicatedto

the

recipient ofthe

said

supplies

within' such time

andin

such manneras may

be

prescribed:

Provided that the

registered person shall not

be

allowed

to I furnish the

details

of

outwardsupplies

during

the

period

from

the '

eleventh

day

to

the

fifteenth day of the

month

succeeding

the tax period:

Provided furtherthat

the Commissioner

may,forseasons to be

recorded

in

writing, by

notification,

extend

the time

limit

for furnishing suchdetails, forsuch

classof

taxable persons as

maybe specified

therein:/ Provided alsothat

anyextension

of time limit

notified by

the Commissioner ofcentral tax shall be

deemed to

be

notified

by

the Commissioner. ,._

(2)

Every registered personwho

has

been

communicated the

details

under sub-section

(3)

of section 38

or

the details pertaining

to

inward

supplies

of

Input

Service Distributor under

sub-section

(4)

of section

38 shall either

accept

or

reject

the details so

communicated, on or

before the seventeenth

day,

but-nat'before the fifteenth

day,

of the month

succeeding

the tax

period and the

details

furnished

by

him

under

sub-section

(1)shall stand amended accordingly

__

(3)

Any registered person,who hasfurnished the

details under

sub-section

(1)

flat any

taxperiod

and which have , remained unmatched under '

section

42

or"

seetion

43,

v

shall, upon

discovery

of

any-

erroror

omission

therein, rectify sucherroror

omissioninsuchmanneras

maybe prescribed, and

shall paythetaxandinterest, ifany, in '

a case

there is a

short

paymentof

tax on

account of

such '

error or

omission,

in

the return to

be furnished forsucli tax

period:

Furnishing

details of outward supplies.

54

Provided that norectification

of

error oromission in

respect of thedetails furnished

under sub-settion

(1)

shall beallowed after

furnishingofthereturn under

section39 for the month

of September following theendofthefinancialyear to which such details

pertain. or

furnishing

of therelevant annual

return. whichever

isearlier. Explanation:—For the

purposes of

this rChapter, the

expression

"details ofoutward

supplies"

shall include

details

of

invoices, debit

notes, credit

notes

and revised mvoxcesusuedin relation tooutward supplies made

during any tax

period. . '

3 8.

(1) Every registered persongother

than an

Input

Service Distributor or a

non-resident

taxable person or a

person paying tax

underthe

provisions ofsection10. section

51 or

section 52,

shall

verify,

validate.

modifyordelete, ifrequir'edthede'tailnelatingto

outwardsuppliesand

.

credit

or debit

notes communieated

under

sub-section

(1) of

section 37 to

prepare thedetails ofhis inward

supplies and

credit ordebit

notes and may include therein, thedetails ofinward

supplies andcredit or '

«debitnotesreceivedbyhiminrespectofmchsupplies '

»

that have notbeen

declaredbythesupplierundersub- '

section

(1)

ofsection

37.

'

' I

(2) EveryngisteredpersomotherthananlnpmService

,

' Distributororanon-residenttaublepersonoraperson paying taxunder the

provisions ofsection 1:0,:section. 51 orsection 52, shall furnish.

eleetromllfithedetails ofinwardsuppliesoftaxablegoodsorservicesorboth, including

inward

supplies of

goods

or-services or both

onwhich

thetaxispayableou reversechu'gebasisunder

,

this

Act and

inward

supplies

of goods

oriservices

or both taxable

under the

Integrated

Goods and

Services

TaxAct or

on which

integrated goods

and

services

tax is

payable under

section 3ofthe

Customs

Tarifl Act, 1975, and credit ordebit

notes received in

respect

of such

supplies during atax

period

afterthetenth

day but on or

before the fifteenth

day

of the month

succeeding the tax

period in such

form and

manner as

may be

prescribed:

_

Provided thatthe

Commissionermay,for

reasons to be recorded in

writing. by.

notification, extend the time limit

for furnishing such

details forsuchclassoftaxable persons as may be

specified

therein;

.

' Provided

furtherthatany extension of time

limit

notified by the Commissioner;of central tax'shall

be deemed

'to

be notified

by the Commissioner. '

,

.F .l. ll-lof inward

supplies.

55

(3)

The

details of

supplies

modified,

deleted or

included

by the recipient and

furniShed

Under

sub-section

(2)shall '

be

communicated to

the

supplier

concerned

in

such mannerandwithinsuchtimeasmaybeprescribed.

(4) The

detailsof

supplies

modified,

deletedorincluded

by the

recipient

in

the return

furnished

under sub-section (2)orsub-section

(4) ofsection39shallbecommunicated to the

supplier

concernedin such manner and

within such time as

may

be

prescribed.

(5)

Any

registered

person,who has

furnished the

details under

sub-section

(2)

for

any tax

period

and which have remained

unmatched

under

section 42 orsection 43, »

shalt, upon

discovery

of any

error

or omission

therein, rrectifysuch

erroror

omissionin the tax

period

during which sucherro'ror omissionisnoticedin such manner 'asmaybeprescribed,

andshall'paythetaxandinterest,

"ifany,

in case there is

a short payment

of tax on

account of such error or

omission,

in

the return

to

be

furnished for such tax

period. Provided thatnorectificationof

erroror

omission'in

respect of the

details furnished under

sub- section

(2)

shall

be allowed after furnishingofthe

return

undersection39for themonthofSeptember following the endofthe

financialyear to

which suchdetails

pertain, '

orfurnishing ofthe

relevant

annual return, whicheverisearlier

39 .

(1) .

Every

registered person, otherthan

an

Input

Service Distributorora

non-resident taxable person or a

person

"paying tax

under the

provisions ofsections 10,

section

51

bisection

52

shall,

for every calendar month or part thereof,

furnish, insuchformandmanner as may be

prescribed,

a

return,

electronically,

of inward and outward

supplies

of goods

or

services or

both, input tax credit

availed, tax

payable.

tax paid

and other

particulars as may beer

on

or

before

the

twentieth

day of the month

succeeding

such

calendar month

orpart thereof.

(2) A

registered person

paying taxunder the

provisions of section '10

shall,

for each

quarter

or

part

thereof, furnish, in

such form and manner as

maybe

prescribed,

a

return. electronically, ofinward

supplies ofgoods orservices or both, tax

payable andtax

paid

within

eighteen days

after the

end ofsuch

quarter. Worm

,

(4)

(5)

(6)

56

"

Every

registered

person required todeduct taxatsource under the

provisions"

of

section.51shall

furnish, in such form and manneras

may be'prescribedt a

return, electronically, for the

monthin

which such

deductions have

heen made

within ten

days

alter the end of

such month. Every

taxable

person registered asan

Input

Service Distributor shall, for ,

every calendar month or

part thereof; filrnlshmsudifomandmannerasmayhe prescribed, a

return,

electronically,

within

thirteen days after theend ofsuchmonth. Every registered

non—resident taxable person shall, for every calendar month or

part

thereof, furnish, in such formandimnner as

maybe prescribed, a

return, electronically,

within

twenty days

afterthe. end ofa calendar

month or

within

seven

days

after

the last

day

of the

period of

registration specified

under

sub-section(l) of section

27', whichever isearlier. The

Commissioner

may,for

reasonstoberecorded in

writing,.by

notification.

extend

the timelimit

for furnishingthereturnsunderthissectionforsuchdaas ofregisteredpersonsasmaybespecifiedtherein:

Provided that any extension oftime limit

notified

by

the Commissioner

ofcentral taxshall bedeemed tobe

notified by

the Commissioner. '

'

(7)}

Everyregistered person, who is

required tofurnish a

return. under

sub-section")

or sub-section

(2)

or sub-sectionfgilor

sub-section (5);shall pay'to theI

.

Government

thetax'due

as

per such

return

not later

(8)

,thanthelastdateonwhichheisrequiredtofiirnishsuch '

return.

Every registered person who is

required tofurnish a return under

sub-section (1) orsub-section

(2)

shall furnish areturn for every tax

period

whether ornot

any '

supplies

of goods

or services or both

have been effected during such tax

period.

40.

Every registered person who has made

outward supplies

1n 1 '

3

the

period

between the

date

on

which

he became

liableto;

41:

42.,

57

(9)

Subject to theprovisions oEsections 37 and

38, ifany registered person after

furnishinga

return undersub- section (1) or

sub-section

(2)subsection

(3) or sub- section

(4)

or sub-section

(5)

discovers any

omission or

incorrect

particulars

therein,

other

than

as

a result

4

of

scrutiny,

audit,

inspection

or

enforcement activity by thetax

authorities, heshall

rectify such

omission or '

incorrect

particulars 1n

the return

to be

flirnished

for the 3-?

month or

'qu'arter,

as

the

case

may be,

during which

such

"omission or

incorrect

particulars

are

noticed, sillject

to paymentof

interest

under thrs

Adi;-

"

' Provided that no such

rectrfication

ofany omission or incorrect particulars

shallbe

allowed

after

the

due date for

furnishingofreturn for the month of

September

or

second quarter

following

the

end

of the financial year,

or the

actual

date

of

furnishing of relevant annual

return,

whichever'is

earlier

(10) A

registered

person

shall not be

allowedto furnish a

return

for a

tax

period

if

the return for

any

of

the previous tax

penods hasnut

been

furmshed

by him. registration tillthedate onwhich

registration

hasbeen

granted shall declare the same in the first return furnished

by

him after grant

of

registration.

(1)

Every

registered

person shall, subject to

suchconditions

"(21'

"

(1)

and

restrictions as

may be

prescribedbe

entitledtotake crecbtofeligible input

tax, as selfassessed, 1nhis return '1 and

such

amount shall

be

credited

on a

provisional

basis to

hiselectronic

credit

ledger The credit referredto

in

sub-section (lishallrbe. ut1115ed only for

payment ofself-assessed

output taxas

perthe return

referred tointhe said

subsection. _, 'lhe

details ofevery

inward

supply

furnished by a

,

registered person (hereafter 1n

this

section

referred to as the

"recipient ")

for a

tax

period

shall,

in

such

manner and

within

such time as

may be

prescribed

be matched—

7

(a) withthe

correspgndmg details:

of outward

supply furnished

M the

corresponding registered' person (hereafterinthis section

referred

to as

the

"supplier") in his

valid

return for

the sametax period or anypreceding tax

period; First Return. Claim of

input tax credit and

provisional acceptance

thereof. Matching,

reversaland reclaim of

input tax '

credit.

51

of 1975

51

of 1975

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

58

(b) with the

integrated

goods

and services tax

paid under section 3

of the

Customs'Tarifi'

Act,

1975

in:\ «

.

respect

of goods imported

by

him;

and

(c) for

duplication ofclaims of

input tan credit. _

The claimof

input

tax

credit in

respect

of invoices or debit notes

relating

to inward

supply

that match with the

details of

corresponding

outward

supply

or with

the integrated goods andservicestax

paid

under section

3

of

the Customs Tariff

Act,

1975 in

respect

of

goods [imported by himshallbe

finally accepted and such acceptance

shallbe

communicated, in suchmanneras may be

prescribed, to

the

recipient.

' Where the

input

tax

credit

claimed

by

a

recipient in

respect

of an

inward

supply

is

in excess of

the tax declared

by the

supplier forthesame

supply

or

the outward

supply

is not

declared

by

the

supplier

in

his valid returns, the

discrepancy

shall be communicated to both such persons

in

such manner as

may be

prescribed. The

duplication

of

claims of

input

tax

credit

shall be

,

communicated

to

the

recipient

in such manner

asmay be prescribed. The amount

in

respect

of

which any

discrepancy

is communicated

under

sub-section

(3)

and

"which is not

rectified

by

the

supplier

in

his

valid

return for the month in

which

discrepancy

is

comimmicated shall be

added to

the

output

tax

liability

of the

recipient,

in such manner as

may be

prescribed,

in

his return for the month

succeeding

the

month

in

which

the

discrepancy is

communicated. '

The amount

claimed as

input

tax

credit that is

found to be in excess on

account of

duplication

of

claims shall be

added,

to

the

output

tax

liability

of the

recipient

in

"his return

for the month in

which the

duplication

is communicated. The

recipient

shall

be

eligible

to

reduce,

from his

output' tax liabilityrthe

aniount

added under

sub-section (5), it ;

the

supplier

declares the

details of

the invoice or

debit note in his valid return

within the

time

specified

in sub- section'(9) of

section 39.

(8)

(9)

59

Arecipient in

whose

output

taxliability any

amounthas been added under

sub-section

(5)

or

sub-section

(6),

shall be liable to

pay

interest at

the rate

specified

under '

sub—section

(1)

of

section 50

on the amount so

added from the

date of availing

ofcredit till the

corresponding additions are

made under the said

subsections. Where

any

reduction in

output

tax

liability

is

accepted under

sub-section

(7),

the interest

paid

under sub— section

(8)

shall

be refunded to the

recipient by

crediting the

amount

in

the

corresponding

head ofhis

electronic cash

ledger in such

manner as maybe

prescribed:

Provided that

the amount of interest to

be

credited

in

any

case shall'not exwed the amount of interest

paid

by

the

supplier.

(10) Theamount

reduced

from the

output

tax

liability

in

(1)

contravention of

the

provisions

of

sub-section

(7)

shall be

added

to'the output

tax

liability

ofthe

recipient

in'his return

for

the

month in

which such contravention takes place andsuch

recipient

shallbe

liableto

pay

intereston the amount so

added

at

the rate

specified

in

sub-section

(3)

ofsection50. The

details of every credit note

relating

to

outward supply

furnishedby a

registered person (hereafter in this section'referred to as

the

"supplier")

for a tax

period shall, in suchmannerand

within such time as

may be . prescribed, be

matched- .

(a) [With the

corresponding reductioninthe

claimfor '

input tax

credit

by the

corresponding registered person (hereafter

in this section

referredtoas

the

"recipient") in hisvalid return forthesame tax period or

any

subsequent tax

period; and

(b) for

duplication

ofclaimsforreduction in

output

tax liability. , '

The claim for reduction in

Output

tax

liability by

the supplier thatmatches withthe

corresponding

reduction in the claim

for input

tax

credit

by

the

recipient

shall

be finally accepted and

communicated, in

such

manner as may be

prescribed, to

the'supplier.

1

Matching,

reversaland reclaim of

reduction in output tax

liability.

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

3(9).

92a

60

Where the'reduction'of

output tax

liability in

respect

of Ward

supplies

exceeds

the

corresponding

reduction '

-i'utthe claim

for'

input taxcreditioriéthe

corresponding

2

credit

note

isnotdeclared

by

the

recipient

in

his valid returns; the

discrepancy

shall

becommunieated to

both 1;} I. such persons in

such;manner as

may be

prescribed. 'Ihe

duplication

of claims for reduction in

output

tax liability

shallbe

communicated tothe

supplier'insuch manner

as

may

be

prescribed. The

amount

in

respect

of which

any discrepancy

is communicated

under

subsection

(3) and

whichis not rectified

by the

recipient inhis

validi'eturnforthe month in which

discrepancy is

communicated

shall be added tothe

output tax

liability

of the

supplier, in such manner as

may

be

pracribed,

inhisireturn forthe month

succeedingthe

month in which the

discrepancy is communicated. Theamountinrespectofanyreductioninmitputtax liability

thatis

foundtobeon account

ofduplication ofclaimsshallbeaddedtotheoutputtaxhabihtyof thesupplierinhisreturnforfliemonthinwhichsuch duplicationiscommunicated.

'

'Ihe

supplier

shall be

eligible

to

reduce, from

his

output liability theamount added

under sub—section (5) if the

recipient

declaresthedetailst the credh'note'inhis valid return within

the timespecifiedin

sub-section

(9)

of section

39.

A

supplierin

whose

output

tax

liability any

amount has been added under sub- section

(5) or sub—section

(6),

shall be

liable to

pay interest

at

the

rate

specified

under' sub-sectioh (1)

of section 50in

respect

ofthe amount so '

added from the date of

such claim for

reductioninthe '

output tax

liability tillthe

Corresponding

additionsare made under the said

subsections. Where any reduction' in

output

tax

liability is

accepted under

sub-section

(7),

the interest

paid

under sub- section

(8)

shall be refunded to

the

supplier

by crediting

,

the

amountin

the

corresponding

head

of

his

electronic

"f fcash ledgerinsuch

manner

as maybe

prescfib¢d= Provided that theamount ofinterest tobecreditedinany case shall noteticeed

the

amount

of

interest

paid by

the

recipient.

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

3(9).

92a

60

Where the'reduction'of

output tax

liability in

respect

of Ward

supplies

exceeds

the

corresponding

reduction '

-i'utthe claim

for'

input taxcreditioriéthe

corresponding

2

credit

note

isnotdeclared

by

the

recipient

in

his valid returns; the

discrepancy

shall

becommunieated to

both 1;} I. such persons in

such;manner as

may be

prescribed. 'Ihe

duplication

of claims for reduction in

output

tax liability

shallbe

communicated tothe

supplier'insuch manner

as

may

be

prescribed. The

amount

in

respect

of which

any discrepancy

is communicated

under

subsection

(3) and

whichis not rectified

by the

recipient inhis

validi'eturnforthe month in which

discrepancy is

communicated

shall be added tothe

output tax

liability

of the

supplier, in such manner as

may

be

pracribed,

inhisireturn forthe month

succeedingthe

month in which the

discrepancy is communicated. Theamountinrespectofanyreductioninmitputtax liability

thatis

foundtobeon account

ofduplication ofclaimsshallbeaddedtotheoutputtaxhabihtyof thesupplierinhisreturnforfliemonthinwhichsuch duplicationiscommunicated.

'

'Ihe

supplier

shall be

eligible

to

reduce, from

his

output liability theamount added

under sub—section (5) if the

recipient

declaresthedetailst the credh'note'inhis valid return within

the timespecifiedin

sub-section

(9)

of section

39.

A

supplierin

whose

output

tax

liability any

amount has been added under sub- section

(5) or sub—section

(6),

shall be

liable to

pay interest

at

the

rate

specified

under' sub-sectioh (1)

of section 50in

respect

ofthe amount so '

added from the date of

such claim for

reductioninthe '

output tax

liability tillthe

Corresponding

additionsare made under the said

subsections. Where any reduction' in

output

tax

liability is

accepted under

sub-section

(7),

the interest

paid

under sub- section

(8)

shall be refunded to

the

supplier

by crediting

,

the

amountin

the

corresponding

head

of

his

electronic

"f fcash ledgerinsuch

manner

as maybe

prescfib¢d= Provided that theamount ofinterest tobecreditedinany case shall noteticeed

the

amount

of

interest

paid by

the

recipient.

45.

47.

61

(10) The amount

reducedfrom

output tax

liability

in contravention of the provisions

of

sub-section

(7),

shall 'be

added

to

the

outplrt

tax

liability

of the

supplier 1n his > return

for themor'rthin which

such contravention takes -

place and

such

suppligrshall

be liable to

pay

interest on the amount so

added

at

the rate

specified in

sub- section

,

(3)ofsection

50. '

.

.

(1)

Every registered person, other

thanan

Input

Service Distributor, a

person paying tax

under section 51 or section

52, a

casual

taxable person and a

non-resident taxable

person,

shall furnish an

annual

return forevery financial year

electronically' 1n

such

farm and manner

"

as may be

prescribed on or

before the

thirty- -first

day

of i

1 December following the endofSuch

financial year. v

('2)!

mEr/ery registered person

who is

required

to

get

his '

. accounts audited

under

sub-section

(5)

of section '

'3

35

shall furnish electromcally, the annual.

return under

sub-section(1)

along with. the

audited copyof the

annual

accounts and a

reconciliation statement, reconciling the

valueof

supplies

declared-in thereturn furnished forthe financial year with

the audited

annual financial statement, and such other

particulars

as

may be prescribed.

,

Every

registered

person who is

required tofurnishareturn under

sub-section

(1)

of section 39

and whose

registration

.

has been

cancelled shall

furnish a

final return within

three months of the

date

of

cancellation or date of

cancellation order,

whicheverrs

later,m suchform andmanner as

may

be prescribed. Wherea

registered person failstofurnishareturn under section

39,

section 44 or

section

45,

a

notice

shall

be issued requiring himtofurnish suchreturn within

fifteen

days in such form

and manner as

may be

prescribed. *(1)

Any

registeredperson whofailsto

furnish thedetails of , outward

or

inward

supplies required

under

section 37

or section 38 or

returns

required

under section 39 or section

45

by

the due

date

shall pay

a

late fee of one hundred '

rupees for every

day during

which

such failurecontinues subject toa

maximum amountoffivethousand rupees. Annual return.

Final return.

Notice to return

defaulters.

Levy oflatefee.

.

'62

(2)

Any registered

person

who

fails to

furnish

the return _

required

under

section

44

by

the

due date

shall be liable to

pay alatefee ,of one

hundred rupees for

every day

during

which such

failure

continues subject toa 3-

maximumofan

amount

calculated

ata

quarter

per

cent of his

turnover fifiie' "State '

,

.

(1) '-Ihemanner

of

approval

of

goods and services tax Goodsandscrvicesw practitioners,

their

eligibility

conditions,

duties and Pm'imm- - obligations,

mannerofremoval and

other

conditions relevant for

their

functioning shall

be

such

as

may be prescribed.

(2) A

registered person

mayauthorise

an approved goods _'and service tax

practitioner to

furnish

the details of outward

supplies

under section

37,

the details

of inward supplies

under

section 38 and

the

return

under

section 39 or

section

44°in

suchmanner as maybe prescribed.

( 3)

Notwithstanding anything

contained in

sub-section (2), the

responsibility for

correctness

ofany particulars fiirnishedinthe

returnor

other

detailsfiledbythegoods and semces

tax

practitioners

shall

continue

to

rest

with the

registeredperson

0n whosebehafl'such return

and detailsarefurniahed. r

i

49.

(2)

_(l)

63

'

CHAPTER-X

PAYMENT

OFTAX

Eyery

deposit made

toWaras tax, interest,

penalty, fee or

any

other amount

by a; taxable person

by

internet banking or

by using creditordebit cardsorNational

.

Electronic Fund'I'ransfer or Real Tm:

Gross Settlement or by

such other mode and

subject tosuch conditions and restrmuonsasmaybeptescribedshaflbecreditedto the

,,

electronic

cash ledger ofsugh person

to be

maintained' in

suchmanner as

may be prescribed, I'Rg"

The

input

tax credit as self-assessedm

the return

of are glistered person shallbe

creditedto his

electronic

credit '

.-.-

ledges

in

accordance

with section

41,

to

be

maintained .«insuchniannerasmaybe prescribed. .. .; x

The amount

available in the

electronic cash

ledger

may 3 - be used for

making

any payment

towardstax, interest, '

(4) -

"penalty; feesor

any

other

amount

payable

under the provisions of thisActorthe

rulesmadethereunder'in

,

,

such mannerand

subject to

such

conditions

and

within . '

'suCh

time

as

may

be preScribed. The ambunt

available in

the

electronic credit

ledger may beusedfor

making any

payment

towards

output tax

under

this Act or

under

the

Integrated

Goods and Sci-Vices TaxAct'in

such mannerand

subject tosuch

5)

Theammmtrofinput taxcredit

availableinthe

electronic creditledger ofthe

registered person on

account of-

(a)

integrated taxshall first beutilised

towaras payment of

integrated

tax

and the amount

remaining,

ifany, Payment oftax.

(interest, Penalty amounts. maybeutihsedtowardsthepaymentofcentraltax',, = - and State tax.

or

as the case may

be,

Union

territory tax. in

that

order; _,. (b)

thecentraltaxshallfirstbeutihsedtowardspayment of central tax and

the

amount

retraining.

if any, may be

utilised

towards

the payment of

integrated 1' _' _ k

m:

1

l

,

ic)' :theState tax

shall first beutilised towards payment of State tax and

theamount

remaining,

if any, may be

utilised towards

the

payment

of integrated

tax; and other

64

(d) the

Union

territory taxshall

first be

utilised -

towards

payment

of

Union-gterritory taxandthe amount-remaining, if

any, may beutilised

towards the

payment

of

integrated tax; »

,

' '

i

4

(e) the central taxshall

not'be

utilisedtomPayment

(7)

(8)

'

of State tax or

Union

territory

tax;

and i

(f) the

State tax orUnion

'*'territory~m:shall notbe

.

,

.

utilised toWards

payment ofcentral

tax. '

The'balance in

the3e1ectronic cash

ledgerbr'

electronic credit

ledger

after

payment

oftax.

interesfipenalty, fee or

any other

amount payable

under

this

Act

"or the rules made thereunder may be refunded inaccordance

with

3

the

provisions

of section

54._ '

_

.

.

An liabilities

of

a taxable person under this

Act shall _

be recordedand maintained in anelectronic

liability register insuchmanner as maybe

prescribed. Every taxable

person

shall

dischargehis taxandother .duesunderthisActortheruiesmadetheeeunderinthe following

order,

namely:— .

I

3' (a)

self~dssessedtax,

and

other dues: related toreturns of previous tax

periods; .3g (b).

self-assessed

tax, and other

dues

related

to the t9).

retumofthecurrenttaxperiod; '_ > (cl .'anyjdth'er

amouht'payalile

under this Act orthe '

rules madethereunder including; the

demand determined

under section 73orsection 74. '

Every person who has

paid the tax: on

goods or

services orboth under this Actshall.

unless

the

contrary

is

proved by him, bedeemed tohave

passed on thefullincidence of such taxtothe

recipient of such

goods or services or Explanations Forthe

purposes ofthis

SectiOn, (a)

(b)

the date of credittothe

account of the

Government in the authorised bank shall be'deemed to

be thedate

of the

expression:

'

'

_

(i)

""tax dues'imeans' thetax

payable

'Sun'der this Actand does notinclude

interest, feeand

penalty; and '

deposit-in the

electrohic'cash

ledger. '

(ii)

«other

dues"

meansjntezrest,

Penalty, fee 01'

any

3

other

amount

payable

under

this Act

61: the rules

"

made

taste-$19"?-

.- '

7 _,

50.. as)

65

Every

person whors

liabletopaytax in

accordance with the

provisions

of

this Actor

therirles

made

thereunder, fails to

pay the tax or

any part

thereofto the Government within the

period

prescribed,

shall

for the

period

for »

,0

which

the tax or

any part

thereof

remains

unpaid, pay

,

,

.

on

his

own,

interest at such"i'ate,,notexceedingeighteen '

,

3931,

cents

as

may be

notified

by the Government

on the _(2)

(hereafterin

this section referredtoas "the

deducto'r"), todeduct , '

(3)

\

recommendations ofthe

Cogncm; Z'Ihe interest

under

sub- section

(1)

shall becalculated in

such manner as

may be prescribed

from

the

day

. succeeding

the

day on

which such

taxwas

due to

be_ Paid. , _

, _. -

A

taxable person who makes an

undue or

excess claim of

input

tax

credit

under

sub-section

(10)

of section 42 or

undue

or excess

reduction" in

3utput

tax

liability under sub-section(10) 3fsection

43,

shall pay

interest ~on Such undue orexcess

claim or

on

such

undueor excess reduction,

as the

case may be, at such

rate not exceeding twenty- -four per cent,as

maybe

notifiedJ '

by the

Government on

the

recommendations of

the

(1)

3

Council. Notwithstanding anything tothegontrary

containedin this

Act,

the

Government

may mandate,-

(a) a

department or

establishment ofthe

Central Government or

State

Government;

or

,

(b)

local

authority, or (c)

Governmentalagencies; or (d)

suchpersonsorcategoryofpersons asmaybe notified by theGovernment onthe

recommendations ofthe

Council.

tax

at

the rate ofone

per

cent

from

the

payinent

made

or credited to the

supplier

(hereafter

in

this section

referred to as "the

deductee") of

taxable;

goods onservices

or

both,

where

the

total

value of

such supply,

under a

contract, exceedstwolakhand

fifty

thousand rupees:

is

different from

the

Stateor.

as

the case

maybeUnion temtorywof"

registration of therecipient. Provided that no

deduction shall be

made ifthe location of the supplier and

the place ofsupplyrsina

§tate qtUnion

territory which

2

Interest on

delayed y; payment

of tax. Tax

deduction at source.

66

ai-Explamztion: Forthe

purpose ofdeductionof tax

specified

above, the value

of supply shill be

taken as the

amount

excluding

the tax indicatedintheinvoice

(2)

r.

(3)

a

(4)

"(5) :22?'it2' Theamountdeductedas tax under this section shall be '

paidtotheGbfii'ninentbythedeductorwithin ten days afterthe end of

the

month

in

which

such

deduction' is , made, in

sucli manneras

may be

prescribed. shire

deductdr

shall furnishtothe

deducted a

certificate I_.'\'

"3 mentioning therein

theeontract value, rateofdeduction, '

amount deducted,

amount

paid

to the Government

.

and

such other

particulars

in such manner as

may be

.

prescribed.1

e If

any deductor

fails

to

furnish

to the deductee the certificate,

after

dedusting thetax at

source, within five

days

of

crediting

the amount

so deducted

to

the '

Governinent, the

deductor

shall pay,bywayofalate fee; a sum ofone hundred

rupees per day

fi'om the

day after the expiry ofsuch fiveday period

untilthefailureis rectified,

subject toa

maxinmm amount offive

thousand rupees. The

deductee

shall

claim

credit, in

his

electronic

cash ledger, ofthetax

deductedand

reflectedin thereturnof

,

the

deductor

furnished

under

sub-section

(3)

of section A '

39, insuchmanner

as

may

be

prescribed.

(6)

(7)

,,

{8) If any deductor

fails

to pay

to the Government the amount

deducted as tax

under

sub-section

(1),

he shall pay

interest in

accordance with the

provisions

of

sub- section

(1)

ofsection

50,

in

addition to the

amount

oftax _

deducted. The determination of the

amountin default under this section

shall

bemade' in

the

manner

specified' insection '23 or

section 74. The

refund to the

deductor or the deductee; arismg

on account

ohmor erroneous deduction

shah be

dealt within

aceordance

With

the provisions of

section

54:

,1:

Pfofided that

norefiind'tothe deduCtor shall be granted.

if the amdiint deductedhas

been credited to

the

electromc

cash

ledger of the

deductee.

52. a)

67

Notwithstandmg anything to the

contrarycontainedin this Act, emery electronic cogamerce operator (hereafter in ,this

section;refeeied toas

the "operator"),

not

being an

agent: shall celleet.Mount

calculated

at

such <

ratenot

execedingunease:

cent, as

may be aetified on the

recommen- myelitlie Council. of. the net

value :Qfataxable supplies spade through it

by other

suppliers ' where the

consideration

with respect to

such

supplies is to

be

collected

by

the

operator Explanation~For

thepurposesof this

sub-section,the ;

"net value

of

taxable supplies".

shall meanthe aggregatevalueof, taxable

supplies

of

goods

or

services

or both, other

thawhervices notified under

sub-section

(5)

of section

9,

made during any month, by all

registered persons

through the

operator

reduced

by the aggregate

valueof

taxable

supplies

returned

to

the suppliers

timingthe

said

month

'

(2) Thepower to collect the amount specifiedin

sub-section 71(1) shall be

without

prejudice toany

other modeofX7 " recovery from

the

operator. '

(3)

,(4)

if?) The

amount collected under

sub-section (1) shallbe paid to the

Government

by the operator

withinten

days after theend

of the

mqiithin

which such

collectionis made,"in

such manner

as

may be

prescribed Every

operatorwho

collects the

amount specified in sub- section11)

Shall

furnisha

statement,

electronically, iicontaming file details of

Outward supphes of

goods for

Services or;both effected

thrpugh it.

including the

V,

supplies

of goods

or

services or bOth returned through

it, and the amount

collected under siib- Section

(1)

during

a month, in such formandmannerasmay

be prescribed, Within ten

days

after

the end of such

month 1 Every operator who collects

the

amount

specified in sub-section

(1) shall

fiirilish

an

annual

statement, electronically, con

"

,

i the

details

of

outward supplies of

goods

or serVices,or both

effected

through it,

including the

sup hes

(ifg

or

services orboth' returned

thrbugh.

if d the amount

colleCtéd

under

the i 1saidsub-section duringthe

financialyear, insuch

form'6 and

manner

as

may be prescribed,

bef6r'é the

thirty first day of

December following the

endof such

financial year.

Collection oftaxat source.

(6)

68

If any operator

after

furnishing a

statement under sub-section

('4)

'discemrs

ahyomiséitmi'br

incorrect particulars

therein,

otherthan

asaieéultfi'af

scrutiny, audit,

insp'éefion orenforcement

activity by thetax auth'oi'ities,

heshall

re'ctifysuch

omission orincorrect '

particulars'in

themem'to befurni'shedforthemonth 1 a

during whieh such omisfieimr

incorrect

peificulars

are

,

-

nonced,

subject to

payment

bf interest. s's*specified

in '2

sub- section

(1)

ofsectionSO' Provided that nosuchrectification ofany

(mission or incorrect particulars

shall

he allowed alter the due

datefojr

flirtiilshihg of statementforthe means: of

September

following theend

of the finandahyear ortheaetuiildate

offurnishing

ofthe

relevantannual statement,

whichever i§iétlrher =

'

"

"(7) The

supplier

who has

supplied the'goods hr

services orboththroughtheoperatorshahclaimcredihinhis electronic cash

ledger,

of the

amount

collected

and reflectediiithe

statementoftheoperatorfumishedunder sub-seetibn

(4), in

webmanner as

maybe

prescribed '

Will

The details

of supplies

finished byevery operator

under '

'

sub-section(4)

shall bematchedwiththe

corresponding '

"details ofoutward Supplies

furnished bytheconcerned iihder thisActin

such manner and within suchtime as

maybe prescribed. Where thedetails bf-butwatd

supplies furhishedbythe operator hithersub-section (4)do

notmatch with the corresponding details

furnishedbythe

supplier

under section 37, the

discrepancy shall

be

c0mmunicated to3 bothpersohs in.

such

mannerand

within Suchtime as

(10)

'

may be

prescribed The

amount: in

respect

of

which

any discrepancy is

7

«communicated under

sub-section

(9) and

which'is

not

"

' rectified bythesli

pher in his validreturn orthe

operator in his

statement

or

the monthin which

discrepancy'is '

commuted, shallbe added to

the putput tax

liability '

3f the

said

supplier, where the value

of nutWard supplies furnished

Hy the

aperator

is mare than the

value of

,

outward supplies furnishe hy

thesupplier, inhis

return (for the

month succeeding

the

month in

whichthe

"

l

"discrepancy is communicatedainsuch manila

as

may be prescribed.

(11)

(12)

69} line

concerned supplier,' in whose

output

tax

liability any amount hasbeenadded under

sub-section

(10),

shall pay thetax

payablein

respect

of such

supply

along

with interest, at therate

specified

under sub-section

(1)

of section 50on

the amount so

added

fromthe datesuch tax was

due

till the

date'of'd its

payment. Any

authority not

belowtherankof

Deputy Commissioner may

servea

notice, either before or during thecourse ofany

proceedings

underthis

Act,' requiring the

operator to furnish such details

relating 'tO'e— (a)

supplies of

goods or

services or botheffected through such

operator

during any period; or '

(b)

stock of '

goods held

by the

suppliers

making supplies through such

operator in the

godowns or warehouses,

by

Whatevername

called,

managed

by such

operators

and declared

as additional

places

of business by

such

suppliers, as

maybe

specified In

the

notice. j Explanation:—For the

purposes ofthis

section,the

expression.

(13)

(14)

livery operator an

whomanotice hasbeen served

under sub-section

(12)

shall

furnish the

required

information within

fifteen

working days

of

the

date ofservice ofsuch notice.

Anypersonwho

fails to

furnishthe

information

required by thenotice served under sub-section (12)

shall, Without

prejudice

to any

action that

may be

taken

under section

122, be liable to a

penalty

which

may extend to twenty

five thousand rupees 'concerned

supplier'

shall

mean

the

supplier

of goods

or services

or both

making supplies

through the

operator.

53.

On

utilisation

of

input

tax

credit availed under this Act for payment oftax duesunderthe

Integrated

Goods andServices Tax Act' in

accordance With sub~section

(5) of section

49,

as reflected in the

valid return furnished

under

spb-section

(1) ,

of section

39,

the

amount

collected as State tax shall stand reduced

by

an amount

equal

to

such

credit so utilised and the State Government shall

transfer an

amount

equal

to the amount so

reduced from the

State taxaccount tothe

integrated , tax account

in

such manner and

within

such

time

as

may

be prescribed. Transfer of

input in credit.

460f1947

70

Max: 1'

54.

(1) Any person dimming

refund

ofany taxand interest paidon suchtaxoranyotheramonntpaidbyhim may make an

application

before

the

expiry

oftwo

years from the relevant

date'm mch

Sorm

and

manner as

may

be prescribed:

Provided that a

registered

person, claiming

refimd ofany balance in

the electronic cash

ledger as

per ash—section

(6)

of section49, may

claim suchrefund inthereturn furnished under section 39'msuch manner as

may be

prescribed.

(2) A

specialized agency

ofthe United Nations

Organization

,

«__,

oranyMultilateralFmancialInstitutionandOrganization notified

under the

United

Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act,

1947, Consulate or

Embassy of

foreign countries or

any other person orclass of persons as notified

under

section SSeptitledtoarefimdoftax

paid , : byitoninward suppliesofgoodsorservicesorboth, , maymakeanapphcafionforsuchrefiindinsuchform andmannerasmaybepresaibeibeforetheexpiryof' six

months

from

the last

day ofthe

quarter'inwhich such supplywasreceived.

(3)

Subject tothe" provisions

ofsub—section

(1'0),a registered person may claim refund

of any unutilised

input tax :'creditatthe endotanytaxperiod:

Provided that

no refund of

unutilised

input taxcredit shallbe allowed in cases other

than- (i)' zerorated

supplies made

Without

payment oftax; (ii)

'

where the credit has accumulated on

account ofrate of tax on

inputs beinghig'i'ér

than

therateoftaxon output supplies

(other than

nil ratedor

fully exempt supplies),

except

suppliesoFgoods orservicesOr both as

maybenotified

on therecommendations of the

Council. .- Provided fiirther that no

refund of unutilised

input tax

credit shall be allowed" in

cases where the

goods

exported

out of

India

are subjected to

export duty; . Providedalso thatno

refund ofiinput taxcredit shall be

allowed, if

the supplier

of

goods

or

services

or both avails of drawback

or claims refund

of the

integrated

tax

paid on

such

supplies.

(4) The

application

shallbe

accompanied by— Refundoftax.

71'

(a) suchdocumentary

evidenceas may be

prescribed , to

establish that a

refund

is due

to

the

applicant; and

i

an

1

(b) such

documentarywor

other

evidence

(including the

documents

referred

to in

section

33)

as the applicant may furnishto establishthat theamount of tax

and

interest,

if

any, paid

on

such tax or

any other

amount'paid

in

rélatibn

to

which

such refund is

claimed was

collected

frnm,

or

paid by,

him

and the incidence

ofsuch

taxand

interest

had not been passed on

toany

other

person:

'

'

Provided

that

where the

amount claimedas

refund' is

less than two lakhrupees,

it

shall not

be necessary for

the

applicant

to

furnish any

documentary

and

other evidences

but hemay filea

declaration, based on

the

documentary

or other

evidences

available

with

him, cettifyingthatthe

incidence

ofsuch

tax and

interest

had notbeen passed

on if?) any

other person.

(5) If,on receipt

ofanysuch

application, theproper oflicer'is satisfiedthat

the

whole

or

part

oftheamount claimed as refundis

refundable,

he

may

makean

order

accordingly randtheamountsodeterminedshallbecreditedtothe *

Fund

referred

to"insection 57.

(6)

Notwithstanding anything

contained in

sub-section (5), theproper officer may, inthecase ofany claimfor refund on account of export

of goods

or

services

or both made

by registered persons, other than such

category

.

of-

registered

persons

as

may, be

notified' in

this

behalf, frefund on a

provisionahbasis,

ninetyper

cent.ofthe gtotal

amountso

claimed, excluding the

amountof'input

(7)

(8)

tax

credit

provisionally

accepted

in such manner and subject to such

conditions, limitationsand

safeguards as may be

prescribedand

thereafter makean

order under sub-section (5) for

final settlement of the

refund

claim after due

verification of documents

furnished by

the applicant The proper officer

shall issue the order under sub- section

(5)

within

sixty

days

from the

date

of

receipt

of ;

application

complete in all respects.

, .

Notwithstanding

anything

contained'in

sub-section (5), J the

refundable amount shall, instead

of being credited to

the Fpnd,

be paid tothe

applicant, if:

such amount

is *

'7 relatable to

72

(a) ,refund ofmen inputs or

input services used inthe '

V

'

goods or

services

or both which

are

exported

out of _ (b)v

refund ofunutilised

input taxcredit

under sub— 'Msection('3);: '.'_ (c)

refundoftaxpaidonasupplywhichisnotprovid'ed,

,

either

wholly

or

partially,

and for

which

invoice has not been

issued,

or where arefund

voucher

has been

issued; (d)

refund of taxin

pursuance ofsection 77;. (e). the

tan and

interest, if any, or anyother

amount paid by the

applicant.

ifhehad not

passed onthe incidence ofsuch tax and

interest

to'any

other

(f) them or

interest

borne

by 'Suchf'other

class of

applicants

asthe

Government

may, ontheH recommendations ofthe

Council,

by

notification,

(9)

Natwithstandinganythingto the

contrarycontained'in p anyjiidginenndeaeqorderordirectionoftheAppellate 'Tribunalorfanycourtorinanyother

provisions

ofthis Act orthe

rulesmadethereunda'orinanyother

law for fliefimebeingmforcenorefimdshallbemadeexcept inaecordancewiththeprovisiom ofsub—section(8). '

(10)

Where any refund is due

under

sub-Section

(3) toa registered

person Whohasdefaulted in

furnishing any return orwho

is

required to

pay anytax,

interest or penalty,

whichhasnot been

stayed byanycourt,

Tribunal or

Appellate

Authority by

the

specified

date,

the

proper oficer

may— . '

'

,

(a)

withhold

payment ofrefund

due

until the said person has furnished

the

return or

paid

the

tax; interest or

penalty, asthe case

may be; (b)

deduct from therefund due,any tax,interest. '

penalty, feeor anyother

amount whichthetaxable person isliable to paybut

which

remains

unpaid

,

.

under

this

Act or under the

existing

law. Explanation ':'-Forthe

purpoSes ofthis

stib-section,'the'

expression

"specified

date"- shallimeanthe lastdatefor

filing an

2appeal

under this Act. - '

(l)

(2)

(ll)

(12)

n (1.3). '

(14)

73

Where an

order giving

rise to a

refund

is the

subject matter ofan

appeal or further

proceedings

or

where any other

proceedings

under

this Act is

pending

and the » Commissioneris

ofthe

opinionthatgrant

ofsuch

refund is

likely to adversely

affect

the

revenue

in the said

appeal or

other

proceedings

onaccount of malfeasance

or fraud committed, hemay, after

giving the taxable person an opportunityofbeing

heard,

withhold therefund tillsuch time as

he may determine Where a

refund is

withheld under

sub-section (11), the taxable person shall.

notwithstanding anything contained

in

section

56,

be

entitled

to

interest

at such rate

not

exceeding

six

per cent.

as

may be

notified on the recommendations of the

Council,

ifas

a

result of the appeal or

further

proceedings hebecomes entitled to refund. , .

Nomhstmdmg anything tothe

contrary

contained in this

section,

the

amount

of

advance'tax

deposited by

a casual taxable person or a

non-resident taxable

person '

under suB~seCtion (2)

ofsection

27,

shall not be refunded unlesssirchpersonhasinrespectoftheentireperiod .torwhidithecertificateofregistrationgrantedtohim had remained' an

force,

furnished

all

the returns

required under section

39.

Notwithstanding anything

containedinthissection, no refund'under

sub—section (5)

or sub-section

(6)

shall be

paid

to an

applicant,

if

the

amount is less

thanone thousaa'd

rupees.

,

Explanation:-Forthe

purposes-of this

section;—

"retaind"

includes refundoftax on

inputs or

input

services:

used inthe

goods orservicesorbothwhichare

exported out of

India,

or refund of tax on the

supply

of

goods

regarded as deemed

exports,

or refund of unutilised

input

tax

credit

as

.

provided

under

sub-section

(3).

Hrelevant'date

means -

(a) inthecaseofgoods exported outof

India

wherearefund , of tax

paid

is available

in respect

of

inputs

or

input ; services

usedin such goods,—

(i) if the

goods are

exported by sea or air, thedateon which the

ship

or

the

aircraftin

which

such

goods are

loaded.

leaves

India;

or '

74

(ii)? ifthe

goods are

exported by

land, the dateonwhich such

goods

passthe

frontier; or

1' (iii) if the

goods are

exported

by post,

the

date of (b)

(c)

'

despatch ofgoods by the

Post

Ofice concerned toa place

outside Tndin; _

in the caseof

supply

of

goods regarded asdeemed exports

where arefundof tax

paid'isavailable'in

respect ofthegoodnthedateonwhich-thereturnrelatingto '

such

deemed

exports is

filed; in

the

case of services

exportedlnut of India

where a refund of tax

paid isavailable in

respect0t

inputs or input

services

used'insuch

services, thedate of-—

(i) receiptofpayment inconvertible foreign

exchange, where the

supply

Of

services had

been

Completed q

prior

to

the

receipt

of such

payment, or

.

7

1

(ii)

7

issueofmvome, where

payment

fiirtheservices

had to

(e) (f)

(8)

(hi been received'1n

advance

priorto

the date

of' issue of theinvoice; in casewherethe tax

becomes refundable asa consequence of

judgment,

decree, orderor

direction of'I the

Appellate Authority, Appellate Tribunal or

any

court, the date of

communication

of such judgment, decree, order or

direction; in

the

case of

refund ofunutilised

input

taxcreditunder sub-section

(3),

the end of the

financial year in which

such

claimfor

refund

arises; '

'

in the case where taxis

paidprovisionally

under this

Act or

therules

made

thereunder,

the date

of

adjustment

of tax after

the final assessment

thereof; in the case

ofa

person,

other than

the

supplier, the date of

receipt

of

goods orservices or

both by

such person; and

in any

other

case, the'date of payment

pf tax.

460f1947

75

55.

The

Government may,

on

the

recommendations of the Council,

by notification,

specify any

specialized agency of the United Nations

Organizatibn

or

any Multilateral

Financial Institution and

Organization

notified

under the

United Nations

(Privileges

and

Immunities) Act, 1947, Consulate or Embassy of

foreign

countries

Many

other person Or

class

of V persons

as

may

be

Specified

in

this

behalf, who shall,

subject to

such

conditions and

restrictions

asmay be prescribed,

be entitled to

claim a

refund

oftaxes

paid

on

tliéiiibtified supplies ofgoods or

servicesor bothreceived

by

them?

'

56.

If

any

tax

ordered to

be

refunded under

sub—section

(5)

of section

54 to

any

applicant

is not

refunded within

sixty' days from the

date of receipt

of application

under

sub-section

(1)

of that

section,

interest at

such rate

not

exceeding

six

per

cent. as may be

specified in the

notification issued

by

the

Government on

the

recommendations of

the

Council shall be

payable

in' respect of suchrefund fromthe

date

immediately

after the expiry of

sixty

days fromthe

date of

receipt

of

application under thesaid

sub-section till

the date ofrefund ofsuch tax:

Provided

that

where any claim of refund arises

frOm an order

passed

by

an

adjudicafing authority

or

Appellate

Authority or

Appellate

Tribunal or

Court

which has attained

finality

and the same

is

not refunded within

sixty

days

from the date of

receipt

of application

filed

consequent

to

such

order, interest

at

such rate

not exceeding nine

per

cent.as

maybenotified on

the

recommendations'of

the Council shall be

payable

in

respect

of such

refund

from the date

immediately

after the

expiry

of

sixty

days

from the date of receipt ofapplication tillthe

date of

refund Explanation:~ For thepurposes of

this section,

where any order of refund is

made

by

an

Appellate Authority, Appellate

Tribunal or

any court

against

an

order

of the proper oflicer under

sub-section

(5)

of section

54,

the order

passed

by

the

Appellate

Authority, Appellate , Tribunal

orby

the court

shall be

deemed to

be an

order

passed

under the said

sub~section

(S).

'

57.

'lhe Government shall constitute a

Fund,

to

be

called the Consumer Welfare Fund and

there shall be

credited to the Fund,— -

(a) theamount

of tax

referred to in

sub—section (5),of '

section

54;

.

.

(b) any

income

frominvestment

of the amount

credited to the

Fund;

and .

(c) suchother monies

received

by

it, in

such manner as

may be

prescribed. Refimdincertainmes. Interest on

delayed refunds. Consumer Welfare Fund.

58.

(l)

(2)1

76

All sums credited totheFund shall

be utilised by

the Government for the welfare of

the

consumersinsuch manner as

may be

prescribed. .- -

The

Government orthe

authority

specified

by: itshall maintainproperanduseparateaccountandotherrelevant recordsinrelationtotheFundandprepmanan'nual statement of accounts insuch formas

maybe prescribed in consultation

with

the

Compnnller

and

Auditor-' Generalof

India. Utilisation ofFund.

77

59.

77

CHAPTER— XII

.

ASSESSMENT

Every

registered person

shall

-self thetaxes

payable under this Act

and

furnish

{£63m for

each tax

period

as

(1)

Subject totheprovisions of

sub-section3§(2),

where the

I

(2)

(3)

specified

under section39. taxable personis

unableto

determine the

value ofgoods

.

or services or both

or

determine the rate oftax

applicable '

thereto, he may request the

proper officer111 writing giving reasonsfor

payment oftaxona

provisiOnal

basis and

the proper officer

shall

pass

an

order,

within a period not

laterthan

ninety days fromthedate of

receipt of

such

request, allowingpayment

of

tax

on

provisional basis at

such

rate

or on such value as

may be

specified

by The

payment oftax6n

provisional basismaybe

allowed, ifthe

taxable person

executes

abond in

such formas

may be

prescribed, andwith

such

"surety or

security asthe -

proper officer may deem

fit.

binding

the taxableperson for

payment

of the difference

between

the amountof '

tax as

may be

finally

assessed and

the

amount of

tax prow'sionally

assessed. 'ihe

properofiicer

shall,

withina

periodnot

exceeding six months from thedateofthe communication ofthe

order issued

under

sub-section

( 1), pass the final assessment order after

taking intoaccount such information as

may be

required for

finalizing theassessment:

Provided that

the'period specified'in

this sub-section may, on

sufficient

cause

being

shown and for reasons to be recorded in

writing,

be extended

by

the

Joint

Commissioner or

Additional Commissioner fora

further

period not

exceeding six

months

and

by the

Commissioner for

such

further

period

not

exceeding four years.

(4) The

registered

person shallbe

liable to

pay

intereston any tax

payable on the

supply ofgoods or

servicesboth under

provisional assessment

but not

paid onthe due date' specified

under sub-section

(7)

of section39or the rules made

thereunder, attherate

specified

under sub- section

(1)

ofsection

50,

from

the first

day

after the due date of

payment of taxin

respect of

the said

supply Of goods orservices or bothtillthedateofactual

payment. whether

such

amountis

paid

before oraftertheissuance oforder

for final assessment. Self-Assessment. Provisional Assessment.

61.

62.

(5)

(1)

(2)

,

(3)

(1)

(2)

78

Where the

registered person

is entitled to a

refund consequent totheorderforfinal assessment undersub- section

(3),

subject

to

the

provisions

of

sub-section

(8)

ofsection54, interestshallbepaidonsuchrefimdasprovided in

section56. The proper officer may

scrutinize the return

and

related particulars

furnished

by the

registered person to

verify the correctness

of the return and

inform him of the _

discrepancies

noticed,

if

any,

in

such manner as

may

be prescribed and seek his

explanation

thereto. Incasetheexplamflonisfoundacceptabletheregistered person shall be

informed

accordingly

and nofurther '

actionshallbetakeninthisregard.' '

In caseno

satisfactory explanationis

firrnished within aperiodofthirtydaysofbeinginformedbytheproper officerorsuchfirrtherperiodasmaybepermittedby himorwhaethemgistaedpersonafieraccepting thedisaepandmfailstotakethecorrectivemeasure inhisreturn

forthe'rnonth

in

whichthediscrepancy is

accepted,

the proper oilicer may

initiate

appropriate action

including

those under section

65

or

section660r section67,

orproceedtodeterminethetaxandother

"

duesundersection73orsection74.

"Notwithstanding anything tothe

contrary contained in section 73 or

section

74,

where

a

registered person fails to furnish the return under section39or section

45,

even after the

service

ofa

notice under section

46,

the proper officer may

proceed toassessthe

tax'liability

ofthe said '

person tothe best of his

judgment taking intoaccount all

the

relevant

material

which is available or which he has

gathered

and issue an

assessment order

within

a period

offive yearsfromthe date

specified

under section

44

for

finishing

of

the annual return for the financial '

year to which thetaxnOt

paid

relates. Where the

registered

person furnishes a valid return within

thirty days

of the service

of the assessment order runder

sub-section

(1),

the said assessment order

shall

"

be

deemed to have

been

withdrawn

but

the liability

for payment ofinterest

under sub—section

(1) ofsection50 or for payment oflate

fee under section

47

shall continue. Scrutinyofreturns Assessment ofnon-filers of returns.

79

63.

Notwithstanding anything to the

contrary

contained in section 73 or

section

74,where

a

taxable person fails to

obtain registration even

though

liabletodoso or

whose

registration

,,

has

been cancelled under

Subsection-(2)

of section 29

but whowasliable

topaytax,

theprop'er

officermayproceedto assess'the tax

liability

ofsuch taxable person

to

the

best ofhis judgement forthe

relevanttax

periods andissuean

assessment order

within a

period

of

five years from the

date

specified '

under section-H

for

fumishing'ofthe

annual return

for the financial year

to

which

the tax not

paid

relates:

'

Provided that no such assessment

order

shall be

passed withoutgivingthe personanopportunitynfbeingheard. '

64.

(l)

The proper officer may.

on

any evidence

showing

a

.

taxhabihtyofapersoncomingtohisnofioewiththe previous permission of

Additional Commissioner or Joint

Commissioner,

proceed toassess. the tax

liability of such person

to

protect

the interest of revenue

and issue an

assessment

order,

if he

has

suflicient

grounds tobelievefliatanydelayindoingsomayadverselyfiafect the interest of revenue:

_

-

' '

.

Provided that

wiierethe taxable person

to

whorn the

liability pertains isnot

ascertainableandsuch

liability pertains

to'supply

of goods, theperson in

chargeof such

goods

shall be

deemed to be other amount

due

under this section. the taxable person

liable

to be assessed

and

liable to

pay

tax and any

(2) On an

application

made

by

the taxable person within thirty days frbmthe

dateof receipt. oforder

passed

under sub-section

(1)

or on

his own

motion,

if

the Additional Commissioner or

Joint

Commissioner considers that 'smhorderisermneoushemaywithdrawsuchorder, and

follow the

procedure-laiddown

in section 73 or section

74. '

"

Assessmentof unnglsteredpersons. Sumnnryusessment'in

65.

"(1')

(2)

(3)

,' (4)

80

CHAPTER XIII

AUDIT

The

Commissioner or

any oflicer

authorisedby

him, bywayofagengaloraspeaficorder

mayundertake audit of any registered

personfor

such

period. atsuch frequencyandinsuchmannerasmaybeprescribed. The ofliCcrs

referred toinsub-section

(1) may conduct audit atthe

place ofbusiness ofthe

registered persoii'or in their office. Theregistcredpersonshaflbeinfomedhywayofanofice not less than fifteen

working days prior tothe

conduct

of ~

auditinsuchmannerasmaybeprescribed. '

"The

audit

under sub-section

(1)

shall be

completed within a

period ofthree

months

from thedateof continencernent oftheaudit:

Provrded thatwheretheCommissionerissatisfiedthat

audit in

respect of such

registered

person

cannot

be

completed

within three

months,

he may, for the

remnstobe recorded in

writing, extend

the

period

by a

further

period

not

exceeding six

months. Expldndfiom— Forthe

purposes ofthis

sub-section, the

expression j

"commencement ofaudit"

shallmeanthe dateonwhich

the

records and other

documents,

called

for

by

the tax

authorities, aremade available

by

the

registered

person orthe actual institution ofauditat the

place

of business

whichever' 15 later.

(5)

(6)

(7)

During thecourseof

audit, theauthorised officer may require the

registered-person;-

(i) to

afi'ord

himthenecessary facility to

verify the books of

accountorother documentsashe may require;

(ii) tofurnishsuchinformation ashemay require and render assistance for

timely completion

of

the audit. 0n

conclusion of

audit,

the proper oficer

shall,

within thirty

days,

inform the

registered

person, whose

records are

audited,

about the

findings,

his

rights

and

obligations and the reasons for such

findings. Where theaudit conducted under

sub-section

(1)

results in

detection

of tax not

paid orshort

paid or

erroneously refunded, or

input tax credit

wrongly

availed or

utilised, the

proper oflicer

may

initiate action under

section 73or section 74. '

Audit

by

tax mini-id

81

66.

(1)

If at

any stage

of.

scrutiny,

inquiry,

investigation

or

any other

proceedings before

him, any officer not

below the rank of Assistant

Commissioner, having

regard

to

the nature and

complexitycf

the case and the interest

of revenue, is

of

the

opinion

that the value

has

notbeen correctly declared orthecredit availed isnotwithin the

normal

limits,

he may,with

the prior approval

of the

Commissioner,

direct such

registered person by a communication in

writing to get hisrecords

including books of

account

examinedand

audited

by achartered accountant oracost

accountantasmaybenominated

by '

the

Commissioner: .

(2) The

chartered accountantorcostaccountant . so nominated

shall,

within the

period of

ninety days, submit a

report

of

such audit

duly

signed

and certified by himtothesaidAssistant Commissioner

mentioning «therein such other

particulars

as

may be

Specified:

Provided

that

the Assistant

Commissioner

may, on an application madetohiminthisbehalf

bythe

registered

person or the chartered

accountant

or

cost accountant

or for

any

material and

sufficient reason, extend thesaid

period

by a

further

period of

ninety

days.

(3) The

provisions of

sub-section (1)

shallhaveeffect notwithstanding that theaccountsofthe

registered person havebeen

auditedunderanyother

provisions of this Act

or

any

other lawforthetime

being in

force.

(4) The

registered person shallbe

given an

opportunity of being

heardin

respect ofanymaterial

gathered onthe basis of

special

audit

under sub—section

(1)

whichis proposed to be usedin any

proceedings

against

him

. under

this Act

or the rules made

thereunder.

(5) Theexpensesoftheexaminationand

auditofrecords under

subsection

(1),

including

the

remuneration

of such chartered accountant or cost

accountant. shall be determined and

paid by the

Commissioner andsuch determination shall be

final. . (6)-

Wherethe

special audit conducted under

sub-section

(1)

resultsindetection oftaxnot

paid orshort

paid or

erroneously

refunded,

or

input

tax credit

wrongly availed or

utilised,

the proper officer

may initiate action under section 73orsection 74. Special

audit.

82

.

CHAPTER XIV

INSPEQl'ION,

SEARCH, smz:mm ANDARRESf d7.

(1)

Where·the

proper officer, notbelow the rank of

Joint Co?ioner;ita

reasons tobelieve

that- '-

_(a) ataxable person has

suppressed any

transaction relating to

supplyof

goodsorservicesorbothor the stock of

goodsin·hand.orhas

daiimcl

input tax ?dit

in excess of .. his entitlement under this Act or has

indulged in contravention of any of the provisions of thisActorthe

rulesmadethereunder to

evadetaxunder

this Act; or

(b) any person engaged in.the

business of

transporting goods oranowneror

operator ofawarehouse or a

godownor

any other.

place

is

keepinggoods which have

escapedpayment

oftaxorhas

kept his accounts or

goods insuchamanner asis

likelyto cause evasion of tax

payable under this

Act, he

may a?thorisein

writingany

other

officer of

State.? tp inspect any places of

business of the taxable

personorthe persons enpged in the

business of

transporting goodsorthe owner or.the

operator

of warehouse or

godown or

any other

place.

1

(Z)

Where

the· proper officer, I10t below

the

rank of

Joint CO!plllissioner, either

pursuant toan

inspection carried out under sub-section

(1) orotherwise,

has reasons to believe

that any goods

liabletoconfiscationor

any documents

or. books or

thmgs. whichlnhis

opinion shall beusefulfororrelevantto

any proceedings under this

Act are secretedin

any place, lie may authorise in writing any other officerofStatetutosearch andseize or

may himself search

and.seize such

goods. documents or books or

things:

Provided that whereitisnot

practicabletoseize

any such goods,the

proper

officeror

any officer authorised byhim,may

serve on the owner

or the custodian of

the

goods an order that

he shall not remove,

part

with,orotherwise.deal

with the

goods except

with

the. previous permission of suchofficer:

PrO\l'ided further that the

documentsor·booksor

things

so seized shall· be retained

by

such officer

only forso

long as

may be necessary for

their examinationandfor any inquiry or

proceedings under this Act. Power of

.

inspem search and seizuft.

83

(3)

l}l.e

documents.

books or.

things

referred to insub- section (2)

or

.

any other .: documents, ?ksor

things produced by ataxable

pers?Qr any other

person, which have notbeen

relied on for

the issue of notice under this Act.or the rules made

thereunder,

shall be

returned to such person within a

pe!i-Qd not

exceedingthirty days ol the issue

of

the saidnotice.

(4) Theofficer

authorised under sub-section

(2)

shallhave the

power

to seal or break open the

door

of any ptemises or. to break open

any almirah;

electronic

devices,

box. receptacle inwhich any goods,

accounts,

registers or documents of

the person

are

suspected

to

beeoncealed, where access to such

premises,

almi?

electronic devices, boxor

receptacleisdenied. ·

(5) The

person

from whose. custody any documents are seized

under

sub-section

(2}

shall be entitled to make copies thereofortake

titracts therefrominthe

presence of an authorised

officer at such

p1ace an1 time as such officer may indicate

ill this

behalf??

D.taking_ such

copies

or

taking

such extracts

may,in

the

opinion

of the proper officer,

prejudicially affect

the

?on.

(6) The

goods so seized

und?? ..section

(2) . shallbereleased, on

a

.

provisional b

upon

executionofa bond and

furnishing of a

seairi.ty,

in

sudi.manntr

and

of such

quantum, respectively, as

may be

prescribed

or on payment of

applicable tax.

iµterest and

penalty payable, as the case

may be.

(7)

Where any goods areseized

under

sub-section

(2) and no noticein

·respect thereof.is

given

within.six months of

the seizure ofthe

goods,

the

goods

shall

he •returned to the

person·from

whose

possesaiontheywere

sei7.cd:

.

Provided that the

period ofsixmonths may,

on sufficient cause

being

shown,

be,

extended

by

the proper officer for a further period not

exceedingsixmonths.

(8) TheGovernment

may, having regard tothe

perishable or hazardous

nature of

any goods, depreciation.

in the value of the

goods

with the passage

of

time.

constraints of

storage

space for

the

goods

or

any .other relevant considerations,

by

notification,

specify the

goods or class of

goods

which

shall, as soon as

may be after its

seizure under

sub-section

(2), be

dJsposed ?f by. the

proper officer in such manner

as

may be

prescribed.

2 ofl974

84

(9)

Where

any goods.

being goods

specified

under sub- section

(8), havebeenseized

by a

proper officeror any officer authorised

by

him. under sub-section

(2).

he shall '

prepare an

inventory'

of such

goods insuch manneras Ibay be

prescribed. ? .

......:.-...;:;,,.,

(10) Toe

provisions oftheCode ofCriminal

Procedure,

1973,

relating tosearchandseizure, shall,sofaras maybe, -applytosearch andseizure underthis

section

subject to ·. the modification

that sub-section (S)of

section 165 of the saideede

shall haveeffectasiffortheword

"'Magistrate?

w?er itQ(;CUl'S.theword-C.00,IJU88K'Oel'• were substituted.

(11)

Wherethe

proper officer hasreasonstobelievethatany person hasevadedoris

attempting toevade

the

pay'ment

.

of any tax. hemay. fQr

reasonstoberecorded in

writing. sei7F theaccounts.

registers. ordocumentsof such person produced before himand shall

grant a

receipt

for the same, and

shall

retain thesameforso

long as may be

necessary inconnection with any proceedings under this Act<>rthe rules made thereunder

for

prosecution.

(12) The

Commissioner oranofficer authorised

by himmay cause

pun:hase

of. anz.goodsorservices or both

by any person

authorised

bf him fromthebusiness

premises of any taxable

person. tocheck issue oftaxum>icesor bills

of

supplyby suchtaxable

person.

andonmum of

goods so

purchased

by

such

officer,

such

taxable

person or

any person In

charge

of the

business

pretnises\shall refund the amount so

paid

towards

the

goods

after

cancelling any taxinvoiceorbill

of

supply

issued

earlier.

68.

(I)

Toe Government may require

the

person i;n charge

ofaInspection of

goods i conveyance carryinganyconsignment of

goods of

value movanent exceeding suchamount as maybe

specified to.

carry with himsuch

documents and suchdevicesas may be prescribed.

(2) Thedetails ofdocuments

required tobecarried under sub-section

(

I)

shall bevalidated insuch manner as may be

prescribed.

(3)

Where any conveyance referredtoinsub-section

(1) is intercepted by theproper officer.at anyplace. hemay require theperson in

charge ofthesaidconveyance. to ? thedocuments

prescribed

underthe said sub-

.

section and

devicesforverification, andthe

said person shall

be

liable to

produce

the

documents and devices

and also a.Howthe

inspection

of

goods.

2afl974

85

69.

( l)

Where

•• the, Commissionei:

has ·

reasons to believe

Powa- to arrest

.

t:h? ?y pe,son ? CQQnitteq, any

offence

specified ,:lll

clause [a) or clause

(b) or clause

(c) or clause

(d)

of ,. sµb--semol\,.(l)

of section

J32which

is

punishable

under cla??i) or

O,i) of.sab-section (l}or,sub-secticm

(2)

of the said

section. he may,. by

order, authorise any officer of

S?1b\X

to

arrest

sucbperson e;·•

(2)

Where a

person

is

arrested under

sub-section

(1)

for an offence

specified under

sub-section

(5)

of

$Cctio11132. the officer

authorised to

arrest a

person shall inform s? person of the

grounds· ofan-est· and

produce·

him before a

Magistrate

within

twenty

four

hours.

(3)

:Su'6ject1'to)the

provisions

of

the Code of Criminal Procedure.1973,- (a)

where a

person ls.arrested

under

sub-section

(1)

for any offence

specified ?9er

sub-section

{ 4)

of section

132,

he shall be adoiiired to bail or in

default of

be% ?f\!arded ?

the

c?!=>41of the

Magistrat.e;,.

(b) 'inthecase

of

a

non-toglll7.ablt ·and

bailable offenct. the

Deputy

Commissioner or the.Assistant Commissionersruil}. for.the

purpose

of

releasing an arrested person

on baihw-otherwise. have the same po??s.J-Odbe

subj?

totlle

..

? pi:ovisions asan o???r..

?-c.l}9e of

?.policq station ..... tafl908

70.

(1)

The

prope,;,officer

under.this.A?

shall have power

to summon

any person whose1 attendance

he considers necessary eitherto

give

evidenceorto

produce

a do?tor any other

thing in?any

inquiry

in the same manner;;u

provided in

the·case ofacivil court under

the provisionsoftht-Cbdeof' €i'Yit?edure. 1908. Power to summon

persons to

give

evidence and

produce

documents. 4Safl860

(2)

Every such

inquiry

referred to in sub-section

(1)

shall be deemed to be a

"judicialproceedings..

within

the meaning ofsection193andsection228ofthe

Indian Penal

Code.

71.

(1)

Any

officer under

this Act

authorised

by

the proper

Access to business officer not below the rank of

Joint

Commissioner shall . premises. have access to

any place

of

business

of a

registeredperson to

inspect

books of account, documents, computers. · computer programs,

computer

software

whether installed in a

computer

or otherwise and such other things ashemay require and

which maybeavailable at such

place,

for the

purposes

of

carrying

out

any audit, scrutiny,

verificationand

checksas

maybe·necessary to safeguardtheinterest ofrevenue.

18 of2013 43ofl961

86

(2)

Every person in

charge of

place

.referred;to in sub-

section

(1)

shall, ondemands

mab available tothe officer authorised

under sub-section fi) orthe i

audit party deputed

by the

proper officeroratost·accountant or chartered

accoua&ant nominated

under

seffion

66--

(i) suchrecordsas

prepared ormaintained

by the registered person anddeclared totheproper officer in such manner as

•Y be

prescribed; (ii)

trial

balanceorits

equivalent; (iii)

statements·ofannual financial

accounts, duly audited,

wherever

required;

(iv) costaudit

report, ifany,under

secti°°' 148of the Companies Act,

2013; '

·

·

(v) the

income-tax audit

report, ifany,under

section 44AB of the

Income-tax Act.1961;

and

(vi) any other

relew.n? record, for the

scrutiny by

the officeroraudit

party or the chartered accountant or cost

accountant

withina

peri? ,not

exceeding fifteen workingdays from tl,ie day

when such demand ismade, or sucli

further:

period

as

may be allowed

by

the said officer or the audit

party orthe chartered

accountant

or,cost

accountant.

72.

(1)

All ·officers of· Police,

•Railways,• CUst? .. and those

Officers to assist

pn engaged inthe·collection ofbindtevenll'.e,including oflic:ers.

village officers, andofficers ofcentraltaxandofficers of the

Union

tenitory. tax?

assistthe

proper

officers in the

implementation, of'this Act. 'Ihe Government: m?y s.. by.

notification,.:empowerand require any other

classof

o#.ficers.to.assist the

propel'. officers in.

the

implementation

of thisActw'h?n

called upon todoso

by

the Commissioner.

87

CHAPTER XV

DEMANDS AND RECOVERY

73.

(1)

Where it

appears

to the

pr911er officer that any

tax has not· been

paid

or short

paid

or

erroneously refunded, or where

input

tax credit

h?

?h'wrongly availed or utilised for

any

reason,

othertli,ait]heJeas<>n of fraud or apy wilful-111isstatementor

s'1:ppressionoffactsto evade

tax, h.e shall serve notice

<>n?e ?on. charg?le with tax which has not been so

paid

or

whl,ch has been so short

paid

or to whom

the

refund has

erroneously

.

been made, orwho has

wronglyavailes} or

utilis,ed input tax

credit,

requiring

him to show

cau?e

wl,iy he

should not

pay'the.amountspecified in

the

notice

along with interest

payable thereon under section

50

and a

penalty leviable under the

provisions

of this Act or the rules made

thereunder.

(2) Theproper officer shall issuethenotice under.sub- section

(1)

at least

three

months

prior

to the time limit specifiedin

sub-section

(10) forissuanceoforder.

(3)

Where a noticehasbeenissuedforany period

under sub-section

(1 ), theproper officer may

serve

a

statement, containing the

detailsoftax not

paid or. short

paid or erroneously refundedor

input taxQ'e(tit wrongly ivailed or utilised for such

periods

other

than those

covered under sub-section

(1),

on the person chargeable with tax.

(4) Theservice-of suchstatement shallbe

deemedtobe ·

service of notice on such ·person under ?on

(l), subject tothe

condition thatthe

grounds relied uponfor such tax

periods

other than· th? coveredundet sub- section

(1)

are

the

same

as are mentionedinthe earlier notice.

(5) Theperson chargeablewithtax

may, before

serviceof notice under sub-section

(1) or,

as the case

may be,

the statement under sub-section

(3) pay the amount of tax along withinterest

payable

thereon under section50 on the

basis

of his own ascertainment of

such tax or the tax as ascertained

by

the proper officer and inform the proper officerin

writing

of such

payment. Determination of tax not

paid

or short

paid

or erroneously

refundedor input taxcredit

wrongly availed or utilised for any reason other than fraud or any

wilful misstatement or

suppression

of facts.

88

(6) The

proper officer, on

receipt of such

information,

shall not serve

any

notice under sub-section

( 1)or, asthecase may be,

the statement under sub-section

(3), in

respect of the tax so

paid or

any penalty payable,

under

the

.

provtsions

of

µtis

J\ct

or the rules made

there?der.

(7)

Wherethe

J?f?

officerisof

the,

9pmion that the amount

paid

'Wder

sub-section

(5)

falls

short

of

the amount actually

.payable. he

shall

proceed toissuethe notice .as provided for insub-section (1) in

respect of such· amount ·.which

falls short ofthe amount

actually payable. ·

.

(8) Where.

any person

chargeable with

tax.

undersub- section

(l'f

or sub-section (3) pays thesaidtu

along with interest

payable

under section50within

thirty

days of issue of

show cause notice, no

penalty

shall

be

payable and all

proceedings in

respect

of

the said.notice shall

be deemed tobeconcluded.

(9) The

proper officer

shall,

after

considering the ·

representation.

if any. made

by person ?geable

with tax. determine the

amount

of tax.

in?

anda

penalty equivalent toten

percentoftaxortenthousand rupees. whichever is

higher, due from suchperson and

.issuean order. ·

( 1

O) · Toe

proper

officer

shall isSue the-0rder

under sub-section (9),Mthin

three

years fromthe duedate for

filing of annuat .ttturnfor thefinancial

year to·which thetaxnot paid9r

short ppd or

input. taxcredit

wrongly

availedor utilised relatesto.or within

three yearsfromthedateof erroneous refund.

(11)

Notwithstanding anything

.contamedin

sub-section

(6)

or.sub-section

(8),

penalty

under

sub;-;section

(9)

shall be

payable

where

an.y amount

of self-assessedtaxor any amount,..collected

?}?

has notbeen

paid

within a

period

of

thirty days

from the due date of

payment

of such tax.

89

74.

(1) Where. it

appears

to the

prpper officer

?taIJJ.tax

has llQt

? paid or short

paid

or

erroneously. refunded Of!?here input tax crajit

has

been

wrpl)gly availed or utilised

by

reuon

?f

fraud, or

any willful-mis.statement or

suppression of

facts to

?e tax, he

shagsei:y,e notice on the person chargeable,with tax

which.? 11ot been so

paid or which has

been so short

paid

or to whom the refund has

erroneously been

made, or

who. has

wrongly availed or. utilised

input tax·

credit,

?utring bim to show cause

?hy

he should notpay the

a11.1buntspecified in the notice

?ong with interest

payablith?tto,? under section50anda

penaltyequivalenttothetat

specifiedin the

notice. ·,. ·

(2)

'Ihe proper

officer. shall issue the notice

under

sub- section

(1)

at

least

.six months

prior

to the time limit specifiedinsub-section.

(10)forissuanceof

otder.

(3)

Wherea.

noticehas beenissued for any period under sub-section (1 ),

the

proper officer may

serve a

statement, containingthe

cletails oftaxnot

paid orshort

paid or erroneously refunded

otinput taxaedit

wrcmgly)vailed or utilised

for such

periods other

than

th<>,e.rfJ()Vered under sub-section

(0, on the

person ch?

with tax.

(4) Theserviceofstatement under sub-section

(3)

shall be deemed to be service

of

notice under

sul>-section(1) of

section

73,

subject to .the

condition that

thegrounds relied upon

in the said

statement,

excepftheground

.

? or

any willful-misstatement or

?n of .· tactsto

evade ?for

periods .other than thQ$e

..

?

under

sub-section (1)

are

the .same. as'are mentioned in the

earlier

notice:

'

.

. ' .. <

(5) Theperson chargeablewithtax

may, beforeserviceof notice under sub-section

(1), pay the amount of tax alongwith

?fftSI payable under section50anda. penaltyequivalentto

fifteen

pa centofsuclftax onthe basis of his own ascertainment of

such tax or the tax as ascertained

by the

proper.officer and inform

the proper offi.cel' ?

writing of

sus)lpayment '(

{ 6)

J,\leproper office,;.on

r?pt of

su? informatj.on, shall i}lot

serve

any nc>Jice un? .sub-?on

(1),

iJJ:. respect of

the tax so

?d

or

any penalty payable.?

the provisionsofthisActortherules made

ther?\W?r. Dettrmination of tu not

paid

or short

paid

or erroneously refundedor inputtaxcredit

wrongly availed or utilised

by reason of

fraud or

any willful-nilsstatement or suppressionf

facts.

90

(7)

Wheretheproper officerisofthe

opu,uon thatthe amount

paid

under sub-section

(5)

falls

short of the arliount

actually payable. he· shall

proceed.to issuethe 11&.ce aS

provided

for in· sub-section

(1)

bl·;respectof siich iltnount which 1alJs short·ofthe

;IDlO\lllt

actually payable. ,.·• d,

..

?:·

-r .,

(8) 'Wh??tanypmonchargeable with. tax

widersub- ??P

(J)paysthe

said.?

alongwith in?payable ·un? ?on

SO.and a penaltyequivalentto

twenty five ·

?i

'?nt

of

such

tax

wi? thirty ?

of

is.me of the notice,''all proceedingsin

respectoftlle said

qotice

shall be deemed to

be concluded.

. .

?i!'r (9)\ Theproper officer

shall.

..

after

considering the ' ·

representation, ifany. made,?rthe.per&Ol1chargeable with tax, determine the amount of· tax, interest and pepaltydue fromsuchpersonandissueanorder. (1O)r

1he'Jm>per officer shall

issoethe order under sub-section ··

·

;(9)

within· a

period

of five

years from the due

.date

for ·

:filmg <,fanaual

return for the financial year

to which

the tit.·aot

paid

or short

paid

or

input

tax credit

wrongly availed or utilised

relates to or within

five years from the date of erroneous mund. Cpl·\VJiFaD)'.person5dvedwidian

order,'tssued under h,. ,,,t:.???on (9) pays!}letax

alongwith

iJlterestpayable

.

·· ·

tlier.?.911del" section

50 and a

penalty equivalent to

fifty per;centof

S\!chtaxwithin

thirty daysof

e<>mmtmication of the .or.4er.,'all

proceedings·ujrespect ofthesaidnotice · shall be

deemed to be

conduded, . Explanation1.-: For thepurpqses ofsection73andthis ?on, -

(i) .

the

?ression

.'"all

proceedings,.in

rqpect of thesaid flptice'" shallnotinclude

proceedingsunder

section 132; (ii)

where thenotice underthesame

proceedingsisissued to the main

person liable

to.pay

tax·•4ndsomeother persons, andsuch

proceedingsagainst themain

person ha.-e been

conduded!ihder section

73 or sedlon 74, t1te Rroceedings agamsfallt1ieperions liable

ufpay penalty :'Jmdersections122, 125,129

and130 are deemedtobe :e

'.d>hcluded. ·i ·

91

Explanation2.- For

the

.

purposes

of this

Act,

the

expression

"suppression" shall mean

non-declaration of

facts. or information which a

taxab?person is ttqwred,todeclare in

the return,

statement, report ot

my·

other

?fufuished undtr this

Actor the

rules niade

.thereunder, or failure to

fwn!sh_?

information on

being asked

for,

in

writing,by th.e proper officer.

75.

(1)

·Wn?t}if?ce

bfnotice or

?'(or an

ordefof acourt or

AppellateTribUQ..t, .the period of such

stay

shall be

excluded in

computing the

period ?pecifiedin

sub-sections (2) and

(10) ?f ?on

73 or sub-se¢ons (2) and

(IO) of

seqion

74,

? :tlje¢asemay be.

. .

;

..

··

.. ;-,, ,.,, General

provisions relatingto

determination oftax.

(2)

W]lereany.?

Authority or

Appellate Tribunal or. court

am?

tltet, the notice

issued. under

sub-

.

section

(1)

of? 74il not

SQStainaWe for

the reason tbaluhe

charge(oHraudor any wilful mis IDkmeator supp.-essionf

factstoevade tax has not been established against theperson towhom·

the notice was

iuued, ·

the p? officer

shall.?.•.tJie tq.?

by :$II.Ch person, cleemingasif

the. J1Qtice were•iuued undersuJ>.. section

(1)

of section

73. ·

(3)

Where any

order is

req?

? l>e issued in

J)W'S\lanCe . ()fthe direction .ortlie?peJJ?':Authority?.r,.?e

.

'µibunalor a

co?. suchorder shall

be ?uicf Within two years from

..

the

.date. ofcommunicatio.q of

the said

..

direction. · (4), -An'

opport\lllity of·beJring shall be

granblcl where a requestis

receivedin

writingfromthe

?oon chargeable with tax or

penalty, or.where

any

adverse

decision is contemplated againstsuch

person.

(5)

'Ihe proper officer shall,if,)?cient?

is

shown

by the person chargeablewith

tax, gtanttime.to thesaid

person an,4 adjown the

hearingfor reasons to be recorded in Jri?png: . .

Provided

that no such

adjolitnnient shall be

panted

for more than

three times to a

person

during the

proceedings. ·

·(6'

The

proper

officer, in his

.oid? shall set out die

'relevant facts and the

WIS of his decision. · ';,

92

(7) Theamountoftax, interestand.

penalty

demandedin ·

the

order shall not be in excess of.the 8.IDO\Jllt

specified in the

notice,and m, demand .,Mlall_be.con6nned

on the grounds

otherthan the

gro??cifiedJn the

notice.

(8)

Where the

Appmate Autborit)! .. or

Appellate

Tribunal or court modifies

the amount of tax determined

by

the proper offifer,.t.h?ammmt (?f ? ??-

-?ty

shall stand modified

accordingly. taking

into

account the amount of tax so modified.

(9)

The in?restonthetax short paid or not

?d

shallbe payablewhetberornotspedfiedbi theorder

determining the tax

liability. ·

·

(10) 1be

ad?diattion proceedings

shall bedeemedtobe concluded, ifthe

orderisriot

isSlled

wftbin three years

as provi4ed·for insub-section (10) ofsection 73orwithin fiw'years as

provided forinsub-section (10) ofsection ,14 •.

(11) .Anissueonwhich.rfhe..

Appellate Authority orthe

'1nbunal orthe

High'

Court 1-

given its decision which Is

prejudicial

to the interest of revenuein some other

proceedings

and an

appeal

to the

Appellate

.

Tribunal orthe

High

Court orthe

SµpJem.e

Court api.tiSt such

declsic)11 oft.J;,e.Appellate Authority-or the ApptJJate '1ril>unal

• or the·

High

Court is

•.?Fnding.

the pen?

?

1,etween tile

date. ofthe

decisionofthe Appellate'Authortty·andthat o(the

Appellate Tribunal or the date of declsi011 of the

Appellate

'tribunal and

that of the

High

Court or the date of

the

decision of the

High Court and

_that

of

the

Supreme

Coµrt

shall

be excluded in

computing

the

peri

to

in

sub-section (10) of section 73 or

sub-section(lO)

of

section

74 where proceedingsare h)iijated

by .. ?y

of issue of a

?w

cause notice under said sections.

. .

(12)

Notwi?dlng

&ri)"tlilng containedinsection73or section74,

where

lU1Y• amount of ael(.:assessedtaxin accordance· with at return furnished

·under·

section

39

remains

unpaid.

either

wholly

or

partly.·

or

any

amount of interest

payable

on such tax remains

unpaid,

the same sbal1

be

recpvered

under the

provisions

ofaection 79 •

..

{13)

Where

any penalty is·

imposed

under section73or '"'?11 ?4, no

penalty fOT the.same

.?,Cl>I'

omission shall be

imposed

on the saJDe

person ? any other provision of thisAct. ·

93

76.

(1)

Notwitqstanding anything J? the

contrary

contained in

any .or?r

or direction

pf any

Appellate Am:hority or Appell..re Tubunalor

p>9{t.Qfin

any other

provisiof this Act or the rules made

ther? or. anyotlie, ij.wfor the time

being

in

force,

every person who

has collected from any other

person

?

?owtt"'as'representing the tax under

this Act.

and has not

paid

the said amount

to the Goveminent.

·shall·

fo,;thwith pay the. saidamourit to the Government.

irrespectiveofwhether the

supplies in respect of

which suchamountwascollectedaretaxable or not.

(2)

Where any

amount:is

required'tobe

paid tothe Government under

sub-section

(1),

and which hasnot been so

paid, theproper officer

may

serveontheperson liable to

pay

such amount a notice

requiring himtoshow cause

why

the said amountas

specified

in the

notice, should notbe

paid by

himrto theGovernmentand

why a penalty et}Uivalenttothe

ahiount·specified inthenotice should notbe

imposed onhimunder the

•provisions of this Act.

(3) The ·

proper

officer shall,· .after

considering the representation,· ifany,ma.e

•by theperson on·whom the notice

is served under•sub-section

(2), .. determine the amount due

from such

person

and'thereupon such person shall pay the amountsodetermiried.

(4) The

person

referredtoinsub-section

(l)

shallinaddition to

paying·

the amount referred to ul' sub-section

( l)or sub-section

(3)

also be liableto

pay·

interest thereonat the rate

specined

un?r

section. 50from

the date such amount was collected

by

him. tothe

date such

amount

is paid by himtotheGovernment.

(5) An

opportunity of

he?

shallbe

gran?

.wherea request isreceivedin

writing fromtheperson towhom the notice was issuedtoshow cause.

(6) The

proper pfficer

shall

?ue anorder

withinone year from the

date

of issue of the notice.

(7)

Wheretheissuanceof

orderis

stayed

by anorderofthe court or

Appellate

Tribunal,

the

period

of such

-stay

shall be

excluded in

computing

th.e

period

of o,:ie

ye,r.

(8) The

proper

officer,

in.his

order,

shallsetoutthe

relevant facts and the basis·ofhis decision.' /-i<>

Tax collected.but not

paid to Government. ·

94

(9) The

amount

paidt() the

Government under

sub-sett.ton (lJ orsub-section'(3) shallbe"??

against'tlte?

pa?ble,ifany,by

the,persotfin'relationto the

supplies referred toinsub-secfion(1). ·

. . _, ?-

(10).

Whereanysurplusisleft

afltrtlie?ustm?t Wlclersub- section (9),

the

amount of

suqi

surplus shall

either be credited to

µte Fundorrefunde? tothe

person who bas

home the iacidence

of such

amount

(11) The

person who hasbornethe incidence of the

amount may apply for the refund

of.thesamein accordance?

..

the

provisions of

section

54.

·

•·

77.

(l)

A

registered per50l1 who

bas

paid

the

central. tu and

State tax on atranSaction considered

by

·binl tobean intra-State, supply,butwhich is ·

subsequently held to be an inter-State supply,. shall be refunded

the

amount of taxes sopaid insuch manner and

subject to such

conditions as

maybe

prescribed. ·

(2) A

registered personwboba,,.paid integrated tax on

a transaction .considered

by,·:hiJn to be an inter-State supply.butwhich. is

..ubsequentlyheldtobean intra-.,.

State

supply, shall.not

be

requiredto

pay any

interest on the

amount of

Staie

tu.payable. . Tax

wrongfully?

and

paid toec. Government orSI Government.

78.

Any

amount

payable_bj a.taxable person

in

pursuance of an InitiationofrecomJ order

passed under this Actshallbe

paid by suchpefSOll?

proceedings.

.

a

period of

three months

from

the

d.ie

of

service of such order failing which recovery proceedings shall beinitiated:

Provided thatwhere the

proper officer considers it

expedient in the

interest of revenue, he may, for reasons to be recorded

in writing,

require ..thesaidtaxable

person to

make.

such.J,>ayment within such

.periodless'thana

period of three months

as'inay be

specifiedbyhim.

79.

(1)

Where any amount. payable

by a

?n to the ·

Recovery of

tax.. Government under any of the

provisions 'of

this Actor the rules made thereunder is not

paid, the

proper

officer shall

proceedto

recover the

amount

by one ormore of

the

following modes,

namely:-

(a) the

proper

officermay

deductor mayrequife,any< other

specified officer todeduct

the

amount so payabl?;fromany

:.rooa1ey owing tosuch

perwn:

which iµay be

und? th?

control of theproper officer orsuchother

specified officer;

95

(b) , the

proper

officer.

may

recoveror

may require any other

?ed ·

officer :to rec:over the amount so

payable by)?'·and ·selling any goods belonging to

?th

'?

which

?

under the control ofthe

proper

officer or such other

specified officer; ·

·

·

·

"

"

·

t..·s:· -'?

•CJ

(c) (i) theproper offic?may,by a? in

writing. require any ot.ber?l'Sf>n ?m?om

money· is due or

may beco?eaue

to

?ch person

or who

hol?or,Dlay?ubsequ?ily,hold money for or

on.?unt'of.S9Ch,?-

to

pay to the

Government s:

eith.er

.foJ1bwithupon the

money;?mu:g,due 0( being held, or

,

within

tl;le tip:le

sPFcified

in

tp.e

notice not being

beforethe

money becqmes dueoris held, 'so

mucbQfthemoney

asissufficientto pay theamount

?ue·froni·sucll person·orthe whole

ofthem<>geywl)en ifisequal

to orless than that

amount;

(ii) every

pepon to

:whopithe

DQtice isissued under

sub-claµse,

0) ,, shall be

bound to comp)¥ with

sucb, nqti? andin

particular, wher4 any such. ffl>tite isissued toa

post o?.

banking oompany

oraninsurer, it shall not be necessary

to

produce any pass book.

deposit receipt. policy

or

any other document for the, purpose of any entry, 'endorsement or the· like

being

made

before payment is

made,nutwlthstanding any rule, practice or

requirement tothe

contrary;

(iii) incasetheperson towhoma···notice under. sub-clause·

(l)

··has been

issued,

fails to make the

payment

in

pursuance

thereof to the Goeernment,

be'·· shallbe

deemedtobea defaulter 1n

respect

ofthe amount

specified in

the

notice arid

.

all the

consequencesof this· Act or the rulei made thereunder

shall f<>lld'w;

(iv) theofficer

issuing anotice

?

sub-clause

(i) may,.?t any Um,1t,"'1llt:nd.,.fN··I'.?

such. notice, or .. ?n,d the .

time fQI'·

roaking any payment in

pqrswuice

ofthe notice;

.

96

{v) any person making anypayment in

col'.l)plia.nce.with4no?

issued un4er sub-

cl?use. (j.)shaU bede«;? tohavemade the

paym?nt VJ1<\?J'R.?,,4uthorityof

the

person in

default. 8RA... $uc,h;?ent

betng credited ffi, ,?

Gpv??l·••

.shall be 'deemed to constitute a good and

sufficient disql.arge of the

liability ofsuch

person tothe

person in

default tothe

extentof the

amount s?fied r?' the

receipt; {vi)

a11y:person

..

4 isc!iarging /any

liability to the person in

default after

service onhim of the notic?. issued

under . sub-clause. (i)

shall be .persona.Py. liable·to'theGovernment to the · ?ent ·

of the

liability d!?harged

or to the ?eht

of

the.J!?bilityof the

person !ii drfault for tax, ·interest and

penalty,

whichever is less; (vu)

wJ;i,er.e,? .. ??. onwhom a notice isserved und.?I sub:,cla??(i)

pWve$ tothe:satisfaction of the officer

_'j?ulflg the.

n<>pce that the money

demanded. or. ?y part

thereofwas not due tol:he·person

inddault

orthat

he did not hold

any money

fororonaccount of the person indefault, at the tunethe

notice was served

on>him, noristhe

money demanded or

any part,:,thereof, likely

ta become due to the said person orbeheld

for o'r on account. of such ·

p.eqJOn, ·

nothing.

contained in this section shall

be deemed to

require

the

person on whom·the·.•hotice

has

been served ·to

pay tQ the Government any

sudt money or

part thereof; (d) theproper offi¢fr Jllay,in accordance withtherules to be made

in this

behalf,

di?

any movable or immovable

property belongillg

to

or under the control

of sucb ..p?pon, ..apd.cletain

thesame until the

amount

payable is

paid;

and incase, any part of thesaid

amount payable or of the costof the

distrc:? or

keeping

of

the.

pr?perty, remains unpaid· fora

period of

thirty ?y$. •ext after any such

distress,

may

causethesald

property to be sold andwith

the·proceeds

of such ?e. may sati.Sfy the amount

payable

atia

the costs mduding cost of sale ..

remaihi.ng unpatd,,and shall ?ndet the

m.rplus amount, if

any; to,su.chfei'$on;

2ofl974

97

(e) the

proper

-0fficer

may

prepare acertificate

signed by

him?· theamoUI1t·duefromsuch personind sendittothe

Collectorofthe

district in ·•which such

person owns

any property or resides or carries on his

business

or,to-any

officer authorised by theGovernmentandthesaidCollectororthe said

officer, on

receipt

of such

certificate.

shall p:roceetfto·recoverfromsuchpersontheamount specified thereunderasifit

·werean·arrearofland revenue;

(0

Notwithstanding anything contained intheCode of Criminal

Procedure, 1973, the

proper

officer may file an

application ·

to the

appropriate

Magistrate and

such

Magistrate

shall

proceed

to recover from such person the amount

specified thereunderasif it were

a

fine imposedby him.

(2)

Where the

terms ofany bondorother

Instrument executed

under this Actor

any rules

or

regulations made thereunder

provide that

?y

amountdueundersuch instrument

may

be

recovered

in

the. manner laid

down in sub-section (1).

the

Fount

may, without

prejudiceto any other

mode of recovery, be

recovered inaccordance with the

provisionsofthat

sub-section, ·

(3) Where any

amountoftax,

interestor

penalty is

payable by a

person to the

Government under anyof the provisions of this Actorthe

rulesmadethereunder and ·

which remains

unpaid, the proper officer of

centraltax, during thecourseof

recovery of saidtaxarrears, may

.

recover the amount from

the said person asif it werean arrear of central tax and credit

the amount so recovered to the account of the

Government.

(4)

Where theamount recovered

under

sub-section.

(3).is less than theamountduetotheCentral

Government and State

Government, theamount tobecreditedto the account of the

respective

Governments shall

be in proportion totheamountduetoeacasuchGovernment 80; On an

application filed

byataxable person, the Commissioner .Payment oftaxand

other may, for reasonstobe recorded

in

writing, exten? thetime amount iD installments.- for

payment

or allow

payment

of any

amount due under this Act,

other thantheamountdueas

perthe

liability self-assessed in

any return;

by

such person

in

monthly

installmentsnot exceeding?enty

four.

subject'to

payment 'ofinterest under 'section

50,

subject to·such conditions and

limitationsas

may be

prescribed:

98

Provided that

where

there is

def1"1t ,in

pa}'ll)fflt

of any

one installment on its

due

date,

the

whple

puts?

balance

payable on such date

shall

.

hffiome due

.

and,payabl? forthwith. and·

shall, without any .furthernotice

being

served on the .person, be liable for recovery.

81.

Where. a

perso11, after any amounthas

beco1I1e,due from

him, creates

a?

on

or

parts "With the

property belonging to him or in

his possession by,way of

sal?,mortgage,exchange. or

any other mode of transfer whatsoever of any of

his

properties

in favour of

any

other person with the intention of

defrauding the Government revenue, such

charge or transfer shall

be

void as

against any claim in.

respect

of any tu

or

any

other sum payable by thesaid

person:

Provided

that,

such

charge or transfer shall' lipt be void if it is made for

adequate

consideration,

in

good

fai?

and

without notice

:

of

the

pendency

of

such

proceedings under

this Act or without notice of

suclitax or other sum

payableby

the said person,

-9r

with the

previous permission.

of the

proper

officer.

I

Transfer of

property to?

void in

certain cases. I

I

il 31 of2016

82.

Notwithstanding anything to the COlltrary

contained

in.?Y

1',w Tutobefirst

chargeon for the time

being in.force,save

u, .o?erwise

provided

in.

the

property. Insolvencyand

Bankruptcy Code, 2016, any

amount

gayable by

a.taxable person or·any

other

person on·accountoftax. in?or.penaltywhich heis

liable

!OP,Y to

the

Government shall

be a first

giarge

on the

property

of

such

taxable person

or such?on. ·

··

83.

(I)

Where

during the.pendency ofany

proceedings under section62 or section

63 or

secijon.,?.or

section

67 or section 73 or section

.74, the

CQ?ioner

is of the opinion thatforthepurposeof

protectingtheinterestof the Government revenue, it is

necessary

so to

do,

he

may, by

orderin

writing

attach

provisionallyany property, includingbank

account,

belongingtothetaxable person in'such manner

as·maybe

prescribed.

(2) ·

Every such

provisional

attachment shall cease

to have effect after the

expiry of a

period

of one

year from

the date of

the

order made

under sub-section

(I).

Pnwisional

attachment-, protect

revenuein

certaill cases.

84.

W11e.rea.'1y notice of demand in

respect

of any

tax,,

penalty.

C'.ontinuation and interest or

any other amount

payable under

this Act,

(ht:reafter

validationofcertain ·

h'

·

r.

ed

"

· d

")

d

recovery proceedin=mtis section

re,etr

to as Govemment ues • is serve i,- upon any taxable person 'or

any other person and any· appeal or

revision

?plication

is

filed. or •. any. other

proceedings

is inJti?ed in

re.speptof such

Government

dues,

then-

99

(a)

wheresuchGovernmentduesareenhancedin such

appeal,

..

revis!<.),Jl or other

proceedings.

the Commissioner shall serve

upon the

taxable person or

any other person another notice of demand in respect oftheamount by

whichsuch

Government dues are

enhanced

and any:.3covery proceedings

In ?lation to ·•

such

Goveriunent dues as

are covered by the

noticeofdemand

?ed

upon him.before the

disposal

of such

appeal.

revision or other proceedings m.ay. withouttht,seniceofany fresh notice of

demand.

be ·continued·

from the

stage at which such

proceedings·

stood, blunediately

before suqh

disposal; (b)

,.where suchGovernmentduesarereduced insuch appeal,

revision·or inother

procee

(i) itshall

not.be

riecessaryfor theCommissioner to serve

up.,n

the 'taxable person afresh notice of

demand;

(ii) the

Q>mm.issioner shall

give

intimation of such

reduction tohim

and tothe

appropriate authority with whomrecovery proceedings is

pending;.

(iii) any recovery proceedings

initiatedonthe basis of thedemand served

up<>n him

prior to the·

disposal

of such

appeal,

revision or other proceedings maybecontinued inrelation to the amount so reduced from the

stage at which such

proceedings

stood

immediately before such

disposal.

100

CHAPTER XVI

LIABILITY TOPAYINCE&TAIN

CASES

85.

.

( l)

Whereataxable p;san,

liableto pay taxunder thisAct, transfers his

bQSiness inwholeorin

part, by· sale,

gift, lease,

leave and license,

hire.orin anyother

manner whatsoever, the

taxable

person and

the

?n towhom the business issotransferred shall.

jointly and

severally, beliablewhollyortotheextentofsuchtransfer,topaythe tax,

interest or

any penalty due

from the taxable person up tothetimeof such transfer, whether suchtax,

interest or

penalty has

been determined

before such transfer,but has remained

unpaidorisdetermined

thereafter.

(2)

Wherethetransferee ofabusiness referred toinsub-

section

( l)

carries onsuch business either inhisown name or.in some other name, he shall be liableto

pay tax onthe

supply of

goodsorservices orboth effected

by him with etfect &omthe date ofsuch transfer and shall.

if he isa

registaed persou under this

?,apply

Within the

presaibedtimefor amendmalt ofms

certificate of

registration. Liabilityincaseof transfer of

busineSS.

86. Wherean

agem, suppliesorreceives any taxable

goods on Llability of

agent

and behalf of his

principal.such

agent andhis

principal shall, principal.

joimlyand

severally,beliable to paythe.taxpayableon· such

goods under,this Act.

87.

( l)

When two ormorecompanies areamalgamated or

mergedin

pursuance ofanorderofcourt orof Tribunal

or otherwise and the

order

is

to take effect from a date earlier tothedateof theorder andany two ormore or'

such

companieshave

suppliedorreceivedanygoodsor services orbothto orfrom each

other

during

the

period commencing onthe datefromwhich the order

takes effect till the dateoftheorder,

then such

transactions of

supplyand

receipt

shall beincluded intheturnover of

supplyor

receipt of the

respective companies and

they shall beliableto

pay taxaccordingly;

(2) Notwithstandinganything contained inthe said order,

for the

purposes

of

this

Act, the said two ormore companies shall betreatedasdistinct

companies for the periodup toOledateofthesaidorderand the

registration certificates of thesaid

companies shall becancelled with effect from the date of the said order. Liabilityincaseof

amalgamationor

:........J

of

companies. .._..,

31

of2016

88.

101

(1)

.W,henany

coin:vany is

being

wowid up whether

under Y' the. 9!4?H; of,a

cpllf!.

9r Tribunal· or:

?We?e. eyFry

.

perso? appointed as

receiver ofany

?set? ofa

company (here??erip.this

.sec?on referrefto? .the"liqllida?or"; shall,

within

thirty days

??

..

his

appointment,

,gj.v intimation of his

appointment

to the Commissioner. '

(2) TheCommissioner

shall,' after

making such

inquuf i»-, callmg forsuchinformationasht

mayd? fit,nofffy1' the

.liquidator

within three

months·irdm

'the datJ1bi --, which he receives intimation '.bf

th?"'appomtment

of''-:

the,

liquidator, theamount- whichm,!lie

opinion

of

the -: Cemmissioner

would be

sufficientto·wo?.de

for

any

tax, r' --.

iateress.or

penalty

which is then,

orJ?Jikely

thereafterto become,

payablebythe company.

·, r:l Li?lplityincaseof cothpanyin

liquidation. 18 of2013 (3)' ·

When::any privat?:cpmp?fis

-wo\lll?- up'andany? · inte?est or

penalty deter??

underthis Acton

dit, ,,f??J>anyfor anyperiod,Wheter\)ef?re0?

,inthe

CO';'fSe r : of?t ?

its

Jiq?clatiOJ1,?not

be/eCoVered, then every person whowasa

dir?ftorof

such tp1np'anyat

any

time,_ duringthe

periodfol

whicl\ the? w? due

shall,

j?intlt) ?d

severallys.beliable for the

p??ent of

sue?--?:

interest or

penalty, 1JIDesshe proyestothe satisfaction of

the Commissioner

that Supt non-recoverycannot

be a¥-butedtoany

gross

negleft, Illisfeasahceor

breach.?{,( duty onhis

part inrelationtotheaffairs of thecompany .":

89.

(1)

-

-Notwithstandinganything

contain.ed in the

Companies' ·

'At£ 2013;where any

tax, interest or

penalty

due

from a

private company

in

respe?

of

any

supply

of

goods

or services orboth

for

any period canriotbe

recovered,

then, eferf petson"whowasa,directorof the

private company >

duririgsuch

period 'shall, jointlyand

severaUy,b?

liable ;jfor the payment

of

such tax,

interi? or

penaltyµnless he:

P!oves thatthe

npn-recoverfc?i ?e ?ttlibtite?}o y .gross neglect,

rmsfeasanceorbreach

of-dutyonhis

pm in relation

to,the affairs of the

company. '

(2)

Wherea

private company iscol\'W!ttedintoa

public .,,icompanyandthetax,interestorpenaltyinrespectofahy· supplyof

goodsorservicesorbothforanyperiod

during ._,: 'w?ichsuchcompany was a,

privat? company

cannot' '

;,

be relovered before such con.v?on, then,

-nothing contained in' sub-section

(lJshaU'appfy to

anyperson who was a director of

such

private company inrelation h0 to

any

tax:,

interest or

penalty

ifl:respect

of,such

supply

of 1•oigoodsorservicesorbothofsuch

private'company:

?··.

.,:;':.,,:

-?

..,

:\ c>:;,

,

Prqvkkd·that nothing,containt.d in,J:W,. sµh?section

shall apply to

any personal penalty imposed,on sqch

director.

I

uibilityofdirectorsof private company.

31

of2016

102

Notwithstandingany

contracttothe

contrary

?d any

'other law

for.th? time

bang in

force, where any

firJl'l is' liable to pay any

t?x/inte?estor

penalty under this Act, the

.1irm ? eachof th??e?r?f thefirm

shall.·

j?intlyand

severally.be

liable for sucn

pay,mertt: .,. Provided that

where any partner

retires from

the

firm,

he or the

firm,

?all

intimate

the,date

of

fCtirementofth? sai4 partner

to :;:;:r?zn??!·?:::???=::?:

.:

::d?1:

date of

his

retiren;ient.whether

determined or

µot, on?

?:

Provided further

•uilt·

if no such intimation

is

giVeti 'within one month

from the date

? retirement,

the

liability of

sudl•

partner under

the

first

proviso

shall continue until

the

date M'Wbich'su.ch intimation is received

by

the

Commissioner.

91.

Wh?e

_the

.busin,ess in

?.of

which a,.1y

?

interest. or

P,?ty.

is

payable under

.1flis Act. is .

carried on

by. any guardian,

trustee

..

or

.ent.

of a .minor orother

inc;ap?tated person

on.behalf?f ?d

for

the

benefit

of such

minor orother incapacitated ?i

thetax.iil?est

or? sbal1.?llWed upo.11.andrecovenal>I?fio1:;11 such,? ?pr'?t in likenianp?m,dto.?.? empt_as .1twQµlij?.??ed and

i:ec;

such

?or

or

o.ther incap?

person, 'as ifhe ? a

major

or.capacitated Jiei'so1lan4 ?

if

he we? conducting

me ?.himse.lf, andall the

provisionsof this. ?Of the

ruJ? ina,Je thereunder?·

ap?lf; !lCCOrclingly.

92.

Wh?

1?e. estate or

any pqrtiqµ,

.of

the.

estate. 9f

a

?le person·pwimga.b?in? ofwhich

anyt? iilt?est or

?nal?? p?pble,in??r tfqs?

is under the

co11trol of the Court.of Wards, the?orGeneral, the

Ofli.eutl.T.tv.stee or

aµ.y receiver ..01

m?er (including1ll1Yperson, w;?et

be his

de?Jgnati?;

who

in,fa?

inanages the

bqsiness)'apJ>Qinted by or

un4!? atJ.yorde;

R(.?(:()?

the ?

interest

or

pe?alty shaUJ,? levied upon ?d, .t,e

recoverable,from such

Cour,t of Wards?· Adininis?tor. Gcperal..Officiai.Trustee, .. ??eiv?

or manager inlike

IIWUlffilitdto

thf:same

?t as

\t

w:01il?be determined and

be

recoverable from

the taxable

person

as ifhe wei:e:?llCtin.g the??hi?elf.

andalhheprovwons of. this

"'4:lPr

the

?s,f\lla4e

therel.lUder shall

apply ac?orc:lingly.

.

.

93.

(1)<,?ve as. o.yt?rwi$Cprqvid?din

the Insolvencr::?d

. .

.B?ptcy

Co?}J:tl6,wherea

person,lia?le.tQ3PV .? interest W penaJty'underthis Act,dies,

thf:.p-. ?

V

? '.. ':I' .,/·.,

• .•; .. ' .

·._.;_.,_,:

·,.,. : .•.·:

(a) ifa business cal.lied on

?

the person

is

?ptimied after hisdeath

by,his legal representative Ol'·:fIIY other person, such

legal representative

or other person.

shallbe

liable·w

payt-.,

interestdt

penalty due

from

such

persoll under

this·A?

and Liabilityof

partners am firm to

pay

tax. Llabilityof

guardians. trustees etc. LiabilityofCourtof Wards etc.

Specialprovisions regarding liabilityto

pa, tax, interest or

penalty iJ! certain cases.

31

of2016

31

of2016

,

31 of2016

103

(b)

.

if the

b?ss !.?ied

on

by

the ;?rson

is discontinued.. ?ther.

before. or aftei

.l.J.j.sdeath, his1eg? J'.9)?e? be?? to pay,

out of the estate of the

deceased, to the extent to which

• - -

I

the

?·li5

????g the?e,

the tax, interest, ?I"p?@ty;dµ.e from such person

under

this Ac4

.•... '

'

,, l ,

.

a··.·:

whether such tax. lnte?for

penalty hasbeen deterrliined ? his death buthas remained

unpaid

or is determined after-. his death. ',:- .

(2) 1Save -as

oth? pro?(,1¢d in

tile Insolvency and B?ptcy

q,de,,20?

wb.?fe.a

?e person.

liable to

pay tax,

ipterest ?

?ty

?r

?i??

is a Hindu ?vid.ed

4miJy 01'

an:asspciatiBn qt ?ns andthe ?pertyoftlleHin?uundivu¥df.aniwsrrw-e?on

.

of

persons

is

parti.tion??ongst tlisXH!ous members or.

?up$,, '?f m?bers. .. ?,n,_

each

-?

?

group Jlf

J):Jembers_,?, JOintly,ai,id ?.-?

liableto

pay the tax.

?t

or

penf}ty due froin

the,jaxable person ·

under_Jlj_i?),\ct'W ? the

ti?? oftlie?on

whether such

tax.

penalty<>!inte.test?

l>eeniete:rmined before partition buthasreinairled

uft'paidorisdefermined after ·

the

partition.

(3) ·_s.e .as.,-???- .prQl'i? tht:J;??cy .?

,!;'=!?Yi?:r??ii???;t;?d:::?·?n?=·

.

?d

the firmjs

diswfyf!d. ffi?.,?ery

persop who was a .•

shaDi{MS??£; penaltylias been

determined before the

dissolution,_but ?as remainedunpaid orisdeti!i-mined

·a,ftel: dissolution.r ?.

_::rr·· ;- _

_

_

)t5

(4)

Save. as otherwise

?,-•

1-J,lnsolvency and Bankruptcy

Code, 2Ql(;, wh,«a taxable person liableto i,ay: tax.interestor

pelMJlty,µnder this

Act.?.

(a) isthe

guarCllilll·.··??a,1\\1ari{_<>ll_wbose behalfthe business is camed'on

?Y theptdiail;

or ,f; ,.\,.

(b) isatrustee

wl}.o carries onthebusiness

under a trust for a

beneficiary, then, ·if

tl'legti?rdfanshlp or

ttust. U

terminated,. the

-ward or the beneficiary' shall'beliable·to

·pily'the

tax,

interest·or

penalty due from the taxable

person 1.ip te·1tlie time of tluvtenriination

of the guardianshipor

trust, whethersuch?interestor

penalty hasbeen deter,:µ?'4, befor?,the?tlllin,ation of

?ardiatla.lup-qr

trust·but has remained

unpaid

or is determined thereafter.

7430£2012

104

94.

(l)

'W}lerea

'taxable p rso?' ?

·

a'rum,·or an association

of Liability in other

a4 personsora.Hindu unaivided

familyand such

firm, association or

familyhas:discontinued business- ,'.}\-;,j{:j .::·

.

'f t,,

. ...

(a):''?etax;interat,?r,?payable.underthisAct

.

'

by

such

mm,

associatirlrt'br

family up

to the date of such discontinuance may be determinedasifno such

disconnnuance

?d?en

p]ace;and

•',)!fl'l':I' ,,·f •;, ; (b). everypersonwho,atthetimeofsuchdiscontinuance, was a

partner

of-such

firm,

ota

m?ber

of such association or

family, shall,

notwithstanding such ·?discofitmuance, jointly and

severally,'

'[o? the

...payment of tax and ·

..

iriterest determined ana??

imposed and

payable btsucli firm, ?bdationorfamily, whethei?uclimrandinterest t':::?j?

determinedor

penaltyhtlposedpriortoor

.

Wf suchdiscon?uance and

subjectas

af9,:-esaid,

.

'Uteprovjsions

of

.

this

Act

shall, so

far

as

triay

be. apply?·ifeverysuchperson of

partn?r or

niember i?re)ilinscl(a taxable,?1Lr ·,. '

(2) W];lere.a

cbang?

has

occurred inthe

constitutionofa firfflftt.' .·

usodatioWof?ns, thepartners finnorllje?fsof assoaatiBn,'as·itmstedbefore and as it ·

?

1fflerthe

tec<>nsti?tt,?11, f11a1J, wtth?Jf prtjudice to thi provisions of

?on'?,

jointlyan4 severally, be li,?leto

pay? interest"?r?@tydue from su? firm or

?oda,tion;for any periq? before

i?,reconsU??on. l

(3) The

p?mons·.??J!\>:section(1)sh?,sora;as 'may be,

apply

where thetaxable

person, being afirmpr associati

ofpersons isdissolvedorwhere thetaxalJle person, beingaHindu t1n&vided

Family,haseffected partitionwith

respect

.

t6 ·t1ie •.

business carried}on

by it and ·.

accordingly references in.thatsub-section to discohtinuan?shall

..

'

be construed

.

as reference to dissolutio?;i.asthe?? may be,

to

partition. Explanation:-Forthe

purposesof

this?hap?er,- .

(a) · a

?LinutedLiabilityPartn?ip" formeqanq,J?gi?re?

,

under, the

provisi<.>nsof

?JJmited

Li.abilityPat:tn?p. Act,

2012. shall

alsq

?- cQS$d,eredasafirm;,,

II::.

(b) ?court'"? theDistrid Court.

PlighCourtor

Supfeme Court. ·

· .·

..

·

··· 1

105

95.

105

(a)

"a?vance ruling\fil?

?

decisio.n provided by

the

..

,,, ·

Autliority ot the' Apptllat¢ iutli<>rity to an

applicant on matters or

on

questions ipecified in; ,uo?section (2)

of se??on97toU?sectjPP. {?)}<>f?gn

100,inrelation to the

supply of

g?Bf,S??-ifib?undertaken or

proposed

to be

undertaken by the

applicant;

4 (b)

"AppellateAutho?-means the

Appellal!.t\l.rthority for Advance

Ruling constituted

undersectlo?.99. (c)

"?t··?1tµy,person

registered,otdesm,us of obtainingregis?tiol).QDdel'this

Act; ( d)

"application" mtans'an

applicationmadetotheAuthority under

sub-section, {l)

of

section

97; __

?

.:t?fi?

1·-?Jr.<:

r,,_ :>"-? :

.r·.:J-r.-(::.z:

-1..,,., (?)

'"Alitliority"fu?$the.Aiith,orityfqr

Advance

Ruling. constituted

under section 96; Definitions.

96.

(l)

The,:Government

shall,

,by

,notification, constitute an Constitution of

Autli Authority tobe

Jui.ownasthe

ManipurAuthorityfor for

Advance

Ruling. Advance

Ruling:

I>rovided ?.the Qpvenunent piay, on-the recommendation of

the

Council,

noµfy

ani,??ority.lqcated

in another

.Sµte

to act as the

.I\Jlthority for

?s1' •. ,; {2) The

Authority snallctiri?ist. of-

.

. .

.. .

. .

"'

(i) one member from

am?ngstdieofficers or'central ?and ,

(ii) one

memheLf;romamongst the

officer&ofState wr, ·i,; L,

-

.

to be

appointed

by

the

Central

Government

and

the. State Government

respectively. ?:;

(3) The

qualifications, -the

DJethpd;ofappointment

of

the members and

the terms and

conditions

of

their services shall hesuch as

may be

prescribed.

97. ·

(1)

An

applkanNiesirous of

?btainfug ari

a?vance ruling

Applicationforadvance under this

CHaptetma·yr iriili''an

applicatiQn in such tilling. form and manner and

accompaniedby

such fee as

may be1prescribed, stating.the4Ueslionon whichthe

advance nwng is

soughttir,

106

(2) The

question on

wHith'1the advahce ruling is

sought under this

Act.

slillltWfh'?bf,

- (a)

classification ofany goodsorservicesorboth;

(b) ·,

-applicab?ia

notifi.ution ·Issued

under the provisions ofthis Act; ''.' - - ::':JP'· 'J? {\'- ..:? .

,-?"_:[?-:;,:-.'• (c)

determination

of??-

?4

value.9fsupRlr,gf

goods Of services

or??; ·

"

·

·

· f>i(d) admissibility'of

inputtax

?t

of tax

paid

or deeined1foHavebeen

paid;" . ':.' . . ..•..

.

,J .

.

; r

--?-· (e)

determinationofthe

liabilityto

pay taxon

any ·; go9ds'or serriceaorboth;

(f) ?heiti?applicantis

required tobe

registered;

(g) ··

whether any particulaf.thingdone·bythe

applicant with

respect

to

any goods

or services' or both amdunts to or results in a

supply

of

goods

or services or both,

within

the

meaning

of

that

term. ;

;!_

..

:)

98.

(1)

On

receipt

of an

application.·· the

Authority

shall cause a

copy

thereof to be

forwarded

to

the

CCP,!Cepted ofij.cer and, if

necessary,call

ttp<,,n,him

to?

'the

.relevant records: ,,i' Provided. that

wh.-.anyrecords

have been,caJled.for

by

the Authority in.

any

case,sudi

records

shall,?ss.sccn as.

p<>ssµ,Ie,be returned to the said concerned officer.

(2) The

Autb:ority·may, after

examining theiapplicationand tht?record& called for

and

after

hearingthe'applicant or' his authorised

representative

ana

the· concerned officer or his

authorised

representatiye, ;by order,

either

admit or

reject

the

application: ..•:

)L

Provided that

.the

Authority

shall not admit the

appli?tion where

the

question

raised in the

application is'

alreadypending

or decided in

any proceedings in the case of

an,applicant under any of the

prd+isions of this Act: "

,.

Provided

further

that no

application shall

be.rejected un4?r this

sub-section unless an

opportunity

of

hearing has been

given:to the

applicant» L · · ·

.

Provided

alsQ that. where,?

,appli?o.n

?

?ected,

the ·

,,:11eason,

for such

reje,¢on ?-? specifiedin.the

order, l

(3) '",A

copy ofevery

order

'9,adt.µrider

sub?sectio(l

(2)

shall be sent to the

applicant and to the.ronceffled officer. Procedure on

receipt '1 application.

107

(4)

Wherean

application is·adni'itted under sub-section

(2),

the

A¥thoritysliall; aftei- mmtningsuchfurther?erial as

may

be

placed

?fore·

Why the

applicant

or obtalned by the

Authdrftyand

after"providingan

opportunity1· of

being

heard

to the

applicant

or

.

his authorised repres?I!tative aswellas

.

to. the

ionq!rned_ officerorhis author?a

'representative,pronounce

its

acfv?nce ruling on the

question specified in the

application.· -'.C .:?

. C. '

(5)

Wb,eiethe m?mbers ·of the

Aµthorlt,y differon

any on

wpich.theadvance

nµfug is

sought.they snail

state.?

poptt

or

points

on

wJuch they differ and make a reference to the

Appellate Authority for

hearing anp

decisj.ononsuch

question. ·

(6) 'lhe

Authority'-shall.j,rono,urice its advance

ruling

in writing

within

ninety days 'fromthedateof

receipt of application. ·

(7) A

-?PY.·.of the

advance

ruling pronounced

by the ?erity duly signedby

the·? andcertified in such manner

as

niay be.

prescribed s}wl

be

sent tothe

.

applic:ant,the

concerned

officer·· and the

judsdictional officer after such

pronouncement.

";: ?

f ? -?

99. The

Government shall, bynotificatiOil, constitutean

Authority to be

know.p.as

ManipurAppellateJ\uthoritr for

Advance

,

.

R.Wingfo,rGQods andServices Taxfor

hearing appeals against the

a?, Juling _pronounq!pby theMvance

Ruling Authorityconsistmg of- · · ·· · ·

(i)

?e r?¥

-??.rn!¥<>nei'

.

of Central. tax as n ·

t&i'bythe

Board; and

.

.

· · :, ..,'8P··

.. ·,:

(ii)

"'tlieeommtssioHerhfstatetiJt ._, ,.,1 < fr .,,

Pi?vid??f'thatthe

G?tlml?t?Y, 1.>nthe recommendations of the

Council,

notify any Appellate· Authority' locatedinanother State.or

Uni<>? ltrJ#oryto &;ctasthe

Appellate Authorityforthe State. .

. .

·.· ·.··

.

11·· .

• · ·' 1:f·, Constitution of

Appellate Authority forAdvance Ruling.

100.

(1)

-,

1iii'lco11?e%ed?fficer, the jurisdictional ?tJker of an Appeal to the

AppcDate applicantaggrievedby any advance

rtiling'p'ronounced"

·

·-Authority. Qndt;r sub-?ction(4) of

sectio1198, may appealtothe Appr.illate A':1?Q.rtty.·.:i;,·,

.

.

:

.

.

? .... ;;;

(2)

E\Teryappeal

under thissection shall befiled withina Tpei:?od,p(???

f'l;9.nithe

d?teo.J,1 which theruling squp\ tp?i\P?aleg1?t.iS; cqnun?catedtothe concerned

officer,

tqc:

.,j\J,ri$;ru?!i,onal.. ;Officerand the applicant: .

·

'"-'

·

' "

·

108

Provided

that the

Appell? Au?ity·may,jf

it.is satisfied that the

appellant.wasprevented by asp.fficient? from

P!esenting the

appeal with41thf: said

period of

thirty

da,s,

allow it

to.\:>epresented within.A

furthef period not

exceedingthirty

.

'

(3)

Every appeal??thissectirin ·shallbe

i11,!ucli form, accompanied by_such _feeandverified i.µ:s\lch manner as may be

prescribed. ·

·,;.

101.

(1)

1Jie App?te

Authority

may,after, giving ??-partiesto Orders of

Appellalel the

appeal OJ." referencean

opportunitycfbtjng

heard, Authority. p? such

Qrder asitthink

fit,. co?

or,,m?g. the

ruling

appealed against<>rrefth'? to... · ·

\j2) Theorder referred toinsub?secti?n(If

shallb?;passed \ withina

period ofninety'days from the date

9{'1ing

of the

appeal

under

section 100 orareference.\lllder

sub- section (5)

of section 98.

(3) \.yherethemembers ofthe

Appellate Authority

differon arlr point or

points

referred toin

appeal otreference, it shall bedeemed

tbaOio advance

rulingcanbeissued in respect of

thetquestion

underthe

appealorrefeience. .Applicabilityof?

ruling.

Rectification of?

.

ruling. ! ?

·;

"· __ \,. -·-

.

.

.

\ ·; __

':

\_"·:-c:· '..,-?- --_. ;,;-??,-;;·-: ;.__ .;:, Provided

tfiatno

rectification whichnas

the effect of

enhancing.. the tax

liabilityorredudng

the

amountofadmissible

input taxcredit shall be

made

??? the

app??t.orthe

appellap.1?as .b??:givei,.an opportunity ofl:iein??eard....·_ · · · ·

103.

(1)

?::-?p=U=??i:::

only- · ...·\

(a) onthe

applicant? '?d?ugiit'it'br?ctof

.

? mattei1?toJri

sii.1,?se'ction{2)of

?on

97'fot

a?vanet roling;1 ·"·fW

(4) Acopyoftheadvancerulingpronount:4:

duly signed by theMembert, and

certifiedin such manner·umaybe

prescribedslwl

l?e sent? the app?cax,it,theconcerned

officer, the

;?Ucti?nal officer and

to?

Authority-aftersuch

pronoun?

102. '!he

Authority orthe

Appellaw.t\p.thoritymay amend any order passedby it

undet,?OA.?'or .section

lOh,sP,asto

rectify any

error

apparent onthe face

of

the reconl itsucherroris noticed

by the

Autho,rityor

the APB?te ?rity

c.:,11itsown accord, oris

brought to itsnotice

by theconcerned

officer; the jurisdictional officer

o,:.the

appUcant withina

peiiodof six ?onthsfro111the?1?t?f ?r,d?:

··

...

,,.

,,

5ofl908 2ofl974 45ofl860

109

(b) ontheconcerned

offic&.orthe?jurisdictional officer in

respect

of

the

appliomt. ·

(2)

The. advance

ruling referred to

itl sub-section

(1)

shall be bindfuguitl?the law.

factsof

firtumstancessupporting the

origttt;il advance

rolinglmtch?. -,?H.

·,cc.,.

104.

{I)

WheretheAuthorityorthe.Appellate.Authoiityfinds

that

Advance

ruling

to be void advance

ruiintJprpnou.nced

hysit

under

sub-section

(4)

in

certain

circumstances. of section

98ol:

.lfflder

suo-?on

(l)

ebectioa lOlhas been

obtained

by

the

applicant

or the

appellant

by

fraud or

?uppression

of

m?alfacts

or?-??on

of facts, it

?y. by order.

c}epare such

rulingtqJ>e:r,oid ab- initio

.;tnd th.ereup<>Jl. al

tli.e,,PfOvi$ions of

this

Aft QI'

the rules

made there

.uncie? sqaµ.. $ply,tp

the

?cant

as if s?ch?ce

ruling ha been

made; .

.

?t,"ovidegthatno order

shall ?epa$Sep uq?r? sµi;?on

.

unless an

oppo?ty ofb?J ?eard has

been

given to

the

am>licant. ' I

Expla?on:- The

period

begiririmgWith

rfie .date

of

s?

advance ruling and

endingwiththe

date of-order under

?sub-?onmallbe

excluded

.while·

computing the

period'ijJeafieWin 'sul,.:sections

(2) and

{10):of

section 73

orsub,.section

(2)und (lO)ofsection 74.

(2) A

copy of

the order made

under

sub-section

(1)

shall be sent

tQ the

,i>P'Ucant,?e

concerned

officer and

the jurlsqicti9nal offi??r

105.

(i) \)

The

Authority

or the

Appellate

.Auth?rity shall;

for the

Powers of

Authority and puij,ose of

exercising its

powers reg?ding -. ·

AppellateAuthority. ? .?

.. ,':i.;._,.·,., .

.

(a)

?pry and

inspectiont

.

.

(b) ·

enfofcirigth?attendan?

examininghimon

oath; ' ( c)

issuing

?oibnli$$ions.sa.nd

cc:tmp,IUingprodiicti°'1 of books

of .accoµnt

an?l: Qtber ,

?r?.

have ·

all th?.powus.of,a,civil?W!.:?er

the??itlCivil Protedllf?. lc?-

(2) The

Authority

or 'tlie

Appellate

Authority'??

be deemed to be a civil court for the purposes of

section

195,

but notfoi the

purposes

of

Chapter

XXVl.ofthe Code of.

Criminal ·

Procedure,

,

1973,

and

·?·· proceedings before the

Authority

or the

AppellateAuthority

shall be deemed to be a

judicial

proceedings within the

nit!aning •. of sections 193

and

228,

and

for the

putj,me'of

section

196

of

the Indian Penal

Code. ,:-: ,:L::

_.

--

_

;(,

... ,

R1 -?_:}lfJ-1 ,•,_-??:: ·

·:_'f, ,._

'"t:

<

-<-t,-; -

• 106.

Tuei?VtWg?.o,?Jhe.,A,pp?t?Authqr!n,,sqall•.

??je?

to the

Procedand Apurepellaofte??provisions ofthis

ehapter,

have J?OWer t9-.regula,te

Its OWll

n••- ...

,.

procedure. ,,,

,d.,"

·

·

·

·

, •

110

CHAPT:sR"".?11

APPEALS AND

REVISION

:(

'".'

107.

(1)

Any pmon?eved by any decision

e>rorder

passed under this

Aq:11,2:rJbe. Central

Goods

an4 Services Tax Act

by

an adjudicatingauthority may appeal tosuch Appellate?rity as

mayhe

presmhed

within three months fromthe

dateron whidr

the'

said

decisionor order is communicatedto·such

person:

(2) TheCommissioner may; 011hisownnfotion, ·or upon request'fromtheCommissionerof

central.tax, call for and

examinethe

record of

any

proceedmg,in

which =d==?

:::;:le?n?c!:Z ?j?J:?:

Tax

Act.

for the purpose of

satisfying himselfastothe legality or.proprietyof the

said. decisi()nororder and may, by

'drder, ·

direct any officer subordinate

,

to him to

apply to

? Appellate.Authority within

six months ?the? of

communication of-the said

decisionor order

..

for the

determination ofsuch

points arising out of the

$aid

decision or order.as may be

specifiedby

the Commissioner inhis order.

(3)

Where, in

pursuanceofan

or?

under, .sub-section (2), the

authorised officer makes an

applicationtothe Appellate Au.fh()rity, sucli•

..

application sball

.,!>e·dealt with

by

the.??

4uth9rityas_if it.were ? appeal made

against thedecision or order

of the

adjudicating authority andsuchauthorised oflicer·werean

appellant and the

provisions

of

thisAct

relating to'

appeals

shall applytosuch

application. '

(4) 'lhe

Appellater: l'\uthority May; ifheissatisfied that the

appellant was··

prevenredby''sufficient cause from ·

pi'tsentmg the

appeal• within··the

aforesaid·

period of three

months or six

months, othe

casemafbe,

allowit ,?],le presented withinafurther

periodofonemonth.

(5)

Everyappeal under thissecti.Qn shall be

,inauch formanc ·

sh.all be

verified insuchmanneras

may he-prescribed

(6) No

appeal shall

be

filed

under

sub-section (1),

unlessth, appellut has

paid-

(a) in

full, such

part ofthe

a,mount ,<>ft?, interestfin fee

and'j,enalty arisingfrom

th??p?ed'order;:

is admitted

by him;

arid ·

" ·· '

AppealstoAnndlll Authority.

-

-r,..-.

111

(p) asum

equal to

t.cm.A?

cent. of the

remaining amount of tax

..,.:

flispute arising

from the said order,

i9-.relatio,.to whichthe

?ppealhas beenfiled.

(7)

Wherethe

appellant has

'paid

.the

amount under sub- section

( 6),.

the recovery proceedings

for the balance amount shall be

?¢..tq,h?\stt.yed.

(8) The

Appella? A\ltlltttiiy.??.give

an

opportunity tothe appellant of

being

heard

(9) The

Appellate Authoritytnar,ifsufficient causeis

shown at

any·stage

ofheariWg.of'an?.granttill)e

to the parties or

anyofthemand

adjourn the

hearing ofthe appeal forreasonstobe

recorded in

writing:

PttMded that no, such

adjournment

shall be

granted

more than

three times to a

party dming,heari.ng

of the

appeal. ·

.

(10) The

Appellate

Autbo?,JUY,

at.the timeof

hearing ofan appeal.

allow

all-appellant. tc>addany ground of

appeal not

specified .ill·

the

grounds

Qf

app?

if it

is satisfied 0

,

.· that the

omissi.o? .of that

gro,??-4Jrom

the

grounds

of , appeal wasnot

willfµlor

?nal>le.

.

.. ,,, ,,

(11) The

Appellate

Autho?shall,

lifter lll?

.? farther mquiry as

may be. ne? ••pass.such

order,asitthinks ·

just and

proper

•.. ?onfuln?g,

modifying or

annulling the decision or order

a?ea against

but shall not refer the case bade

to .the

adjudicating

authority

that

passed

the said

decisi<>rt or order:

·

Provided

that

an?rder enhancing any fee or

penalty

orfinein lieu

of

?nfiscat,ion or

5pnfiscmng?

of

greater

value or

reducing the

amount

_of refund or

input

tax credit shall not be

passed

unless the

appelll:Qthasbeep

pen

a reasonable opportunity of

showing. cause

againstthe proposed

order:

Provided

further

that. where.? Appellate Authority is of the opinion thatany taxhas

no?

b?en paid or

short-paid or

erroneously refunded, or where

input·

tax credithasbeen

wrongly

availed. or utilised. no order

requiring the

appellant to

paysuchtaxor

input

.

. .

.

'

.

. .

tax

credit shall

be

passed

unless the

appellant

is

given

notice to show cause

against

the

proposed

order and

the

order is

passed

within the time limit

specified

under section 73orsedia.ri74.

112

{12) The

orderof

tht'f1PPellatc Authority disposing ofthe appeal

shallbe

lii"itti? and

shalh?ate the

points for determination, thededsfbn thereonand thereasonsfor ·such decisioh.

{13)

·-·t-_?- .

·_r

:J';s·,1·t\.' ;:-·-_

..

-__ :; The

Appellate Authority 'sliall

where

it is

possible

to do so, hear

and decid? ev?Q'?Pl'? w_!thina

period

ofone year from

the dareon

wtifc:lritISfiled:

·

.•..

,

.....

··

Provided that

W'herethe

?\ijlllC?.o,f orderis

stayed by

an order ofa court

pr '!'rib? :tJi,=perfud:of,sugistay ? be

exc1uaedin C91l1Putjngth? p#iod ofone

year. <

(14) On

disposal ofthe

appeal, the

Appellate Authority

shall communicate·the.

order

passedby ittothe

.appellant, respondent

and:tothe

adjudicating

authority. ?15) A

copyofthe

order

passed by the

AppellateAuthority ··

shall

also be sent to the Commissioner

or the

authority designated by'himiri thisbeHalfandthe

jurisdictional Commissioner of

central·ta:x

·or an

authority designated by himinthisbehalf.

.

.

1os.·

cf) ·-:, ."

Eyecy order

passed,1J!i4erthissection

shall,.

subject to the

provisi?.

of

?011

lµB

or section 113 or section 1?7orsection

118be? ..and

bindingo,11the parties. Subjecttothep?iri? ?f?mJJ2J andany

rules made

thereunder,

the Provisional

Authority may

on his

.

own motion,

or

??ff inf<>rmation received

by

himor on

requestJioin,.??fommis5ior,i?r of

?tral

tax.

cal,\?u for

and

exain,.).Qe tli?J:?rd

of any procee

considers

that

.?y .q?qmon.oJ' Q{(\?i: ,p?

w,,der this Act or under the Central

Goo4s an,(?,ervic? Tax.Act J.>y any officer subordinateto

him. iserroneousinsofaras it

iJ

prejudicial to

the

int?i:?st

<>fr?enu? imd

ismegal or Impreper.or hasnot

tak#J?,.Jn.toaccount. certain

material ?,

whether

availableat the·

til:neof.

?µan?e of th.e sai.dorder

or not Of in

a)JlS?,quence of an ob??tion by, the,

CompuyU?

all<\ ,.f\\lrutpr, Gen?

<>(Jpd? ..he may, ..if

nc;cessai:y, stay ?e

9peration

of

such

deQsion or order for

,sudl

period

as,bedeemJ,fit·and

after

giving the person cbncerned an

opportunity

of

being

heard ahd after

making

such

further

inquiry

as

may be necessary, pass such

order,ashe

thinks

just

and proper, including enhancing or

modifying or

annullingthesaid

decision, or order. Powers of RevisiOI Authority.

(2) Toe

Revisional

Authority

shallnotexercise

any

power under sub-section

(1),

if-

113

(a),

.?e .order.has

be?n subif..Cf,,?

,?an.. "pea,! .under ,section 107orsection! 12tit"sectton117orsection ·118;or

·

···

'!·'

·· (\?) the

pqiod.

?tjfi?

un9?

s?b-?!,i<>? ,(2) of ?F?101

hafiiotyetexp?d or mote

,ffi,iit;tee .··

years have

expirepaftef1lJ:?P?ll!S

of

th?.,Qecision or order

sought to

?:?d? 9r

, ..

(c) theorderhas

alreadytbeen:??'fof?on

under this section

at an earlier

stage; of·' ,:, ·''

(cl),'theorder has??

inextr?ofthepowers ,>

under sub-section

(11:...

./ .. '

.;;

?-\l'f

?;'.';:·· .... .

-?

Provided•that'.flie Revwonal ·

Authorify4nay ?nan·

order under sub-section.

(1)

on

any point

which

has nof'l,een

flOsed and decided in an

appdl·

referred to

ia:·? .. (a)

ofsab-section

(2),

before the

expiry ofa

perit>G'ofone}'ftl' ftotn thedatehfthe

order insuchappealerbeforetheexpiry$J)dti8d?threeylmsrefe.tred to. in clause

Cb) of that

sub-section,

wlii?etislaten,, ·'"'

,;.,

(3)t,, Bvery·Older·passed•in revi$ion·:under.sulJ..sedion· i(l)

,:

1

shall,

su1Ject to the

provisions

ofsedfon·

t,J.,3-c,r ?on 117 or sectio11·118"be·final

and

bitldmgonthepartie,s. f

,!qt

:'}

.\(>J,:

1\.;;".? '• ·

(4)··: Iftke?dec:;isionor.order

mvolffl.1anissue on which ,. ·, · ·

the

Appalate

'liibunal or the

High

Court has

given

its decision in'som.e o?r

proceedings andan

appeal tothe High

Courtorthe

Supreme

Court

against such

decision ·

of

tbe,•AJ>pellate Tribunal or the

High

Court

is

pending. ·

the

·penod,sttent between

the date of

the

decision

of

the Appellate ''Iribunal. and.the

dateof lhe:

decision.of the HigWCourtorthe date ofthededst

High Court and the date of

the

decision"oftheSupreme Courtshallbe

11,;

.

txcluded in

com.pt)ting

the

periocloflirnttaoon

referred to ·in clause

(b)

of suh--secti<>n

(!)

whe,:e;?

for revision have

been

initiat-1

by wa? 0,f ?

ofa,notice under thissection. · "

) ·1

·

(5)

Where the

issuatlceof

an,order

:under,??on (1) is

stayed by,the

order.

ofa

?

1iibunal, ,i. the

period,of

such

stay shall????.,in

computing the

period oflimita'tion reforted toin:daU# (b)

ofsub- sectio?(?). ., .,. '??:

(6) For

the.purpo$CS of.this

section,the

?:rDl,-;- (i)

"record· shall include allrec'ords

'relating to any lcp?

dlider this.A£t.>Miblbleat theJime of :·,,.,,aamtnation·bythe R?

A\Jthority;

114

Procedure

before Appellate 'Iiibunal. President and

Qf Appellate Tribunal., their

qualification, ·

appointment. con ·

df service. etc. .1h!.1)';,?i?.''.'?4,??op,??s??1i'fuqµae intimation

?? ?yany officer lower in ran1c thanthe

Revisioajif Authority.

109 .

U.J,. -?Sutif?E ? lie

p?io?

o..:f.f¥¥t}l??t,'?...? Goods

and

Appellate

Tribunal aal ' · ..••<Se?·· Tax'fn1>unal

<;oristttj.tted' . un?f theCentral

Benches thereof. ··? r"'.iGb? and seitim

.?·.

!4.cf',shallbe tnl! 'Appellate Tribunalfor

Hearing'appeilsagainst theorders

passed by w.,eAppe?

Authori,ty orthe

ltevisional

Auth4>rity under this A.cl. '

..

.

• (2) The

co?tutu>? and,.-jsq.i,ction,,,of th?

.State.,Bench and the Area Benches

? .•iJ\7?,;.;State:,?

bein accordance with

the

provisions ofsection109of the Ge;t,.g\??.Services Tax

Ast?the rul? made ,th.qe\J.D.?.: . ,; ' 110. The

rqualifications,

appeiatment, salary

anil ,.Uowances,., terms of<>ffice,

re$ignatiae 1'Dl4 ?oval;of

tbe Ptesident

and Members-of-the .State?Be¥ltrand AreaBenches shall be·in accordance

with ..

e

provisi9ns.of section

.11,0 'of th?-Ce? Goods andServices TaxAct. 111.

(

1)

The

Appellate

Dibunal shall not. while

disposing

of

?y uit

proceedings

before

itoran

appeal before

tt; ,\)e bound

by th?? down

ip.,-1Qode ofCivil

Procedure. 1908, butshall

be

guided

by the

principles

of natural justice and

subject totheother

provisions ofthis Abtand theJUl.es made·thereunder, 'the

Appellate;'.?i?

shall have

power:40 regulate.its o?ure. 5ofl908 Sofl908. 1 of 1872. .,-_,. !?f "1_

:n. . (2-)r Thei·?·:Tribunal

$hall..

fQJJtMq?s of ·

dischaqpng.,it&&mcti9ns llll

this

?y.ethe.sam.e \;,.PQWer?.)S ?ve? ina

?yj.J, court \lllder

.dte.C?deof Givil??? ...?apng a

suitilli;:?pf the .foJJp)ring?. namelyt- ·

·c ,'{a)

summoning and

enforcing·.?

attendanc:¢,Q{any ::il)mon and

epmioing

himoil

path; (b} :1

feqUiring ··the

discovery and

produdtion of documents; (c)

receiving

evidenceonaffidavits; "

rr?(??ecfnSthe provisions ofsections

123 and124 of ,L <' rtr :

,fue

1ndiarr

Evidence

Ac:tl,tl872, requisitioning any ··

p?td·dr?toracopy·ofsuchrecord ,,,,:.

Mdoaimentfroriianyoflice;

.. U "' (e)

issuing

commissionsfortheexmilnation of witnesses or documents; (0 dJsmissingarepres?rl'tati<)jj fot'detadli'-br

deciding ·::., C t!t·e;lJ'.!,r:e;i ffr, '

.), l :.t ·Jg) settiogi.r.ati ,of.:diSIQj_s?l of any ·r??t4?fQi;,4e,fi11Jlt PJi?U)Y¥,?,passed by it ex

parte;

and

45of 1860 2of1974

115

j ?r_ f, ""'f (hl any other matter

whidi may be,piescrihed.

(3)

·Any order

made'

by

tlie?te·Tribunal may be enforced by it in the

same mahget B.fl_it,_wefe a decree :::i?::?;i:t¥???t1=:

of its

orders to the court within

the

local

liwts

of whose ju,r??on,-

•, N '

1

''-.

(a) in the-caseof,an order

against· a.

company,·

the :registered office

•• of

the

company is

si?red; or {b)

?Jh?-?of aii·? aga?Jny Qtberp?the

.

person cc:,n?

voJ?resi9es or carries on ::

l>usiaessor

persoaally.work.$Jorgain. "

(4) All

?gs

beffirtthe

Appellate TiibunaUhallbe deemed to

?.judi?j?dirlas,m:thin ??r?:?· of

sections"l93

and

m:

and for tlie

purposes'of section · 196 of the Indian

PenaiCode, and the

Ap??.'fBI>W'lal shall

be·deem$(l·tobe_fivilco? -, for

thep?

of section 195

and

Chap?µvl

otthe Q>d,eof9?. Procedure, 1n-?. )

.

112.

(I)'

Any?n ?eved·by?order

passt.d-?-him ?toAppellate under section 107 or section 108

of this Actor the

Cmtral

Tribunal.. Goods and Services Tax Act

may appeal to the

Appellate Tribun,1-agahlstsuch

order

within.tht:eempnt}is from ,tqedateon

w}licb,the order

sougbitobA? against is

communicated to the person preferring the.?

(2) The

?e

Tribunal ?y? in

its

discretlen, refusF_to admit any stach appeal wlierethe tax or

input,tax gedit involved or the

difference in tax or

input., faxcredit involved or the amount of

fine, fee orpen?detennlned bysuch

otder;cloesnot exceed fifty tho?rupees. ·

(3) The

Commissioner may,

on his own

motion, or

upon re??est from.the

,Co?_missionei:io,f??tNJ·.?- for

8=Ild examine

tile

record

o(ant oi;ci?pass? by t}if Appellate Authorityor

..

the

Revis19?,,Mltpority,¥D4er this Act or under the Central GooclsAnd SeryifesTax Act for the

purpose

of

satisfying himselfas to the

legality or:proptietyof

the.aid orclerand

may,by•,

direct. any officersubordimiteu. himto.

applylo :the>Appeliattf"( Tribunal within six

months froin the

dafe'.onwhich the said

order

has

been

passed for

determination of sdi:h pointsl;risingoutofthe

?d

orde??

111ay be

spetjfiecl bfthetommissio:trer'in tiisordJ?.11 ?t>.6Ul;_;;..)' 1·,,\J

(4)

Wherein

pursuanceofanorder under sub-section

(3) theauthorised

officer· ·makes an

.•apPlication tDthe Appellilte Tribunal.

such;??cation

shall be

dealt with by the

Appe??

..

Tri\,u,nal.? ifit were anappeal made against the

orderunder sub?section.(11) ofsection .107 or under sub-section.(i,)'of section 1Q8

and

t?e pi;ovisions of this Actshall

apply tosuch

application, as'tb:eyapply in relationto

appeals

filed under

sub-section

(1).

(5) On

receipt ofnoticethatan

appeal hasbeen

p1eferred under this section, the

party against

whom the

appeal has been

prefared may, notwithstanding ?t,·.hemay not have

api:,ealed against

such

o.rderor

any pa,t

thereof, file,

within .

forty-five diys ()f

the receipt

'of notice. a memorandum

of

aoss-dbjectfons.

'verified

.

in the prescribed

manner,

against anypart ofthe

orde?appealed against andrs?,?emorandum.?

be.·dispo,edof

by the

AppelJ?e

'InbunaL

asJf.it wer?.? appeal presented within tlie

time

specified in

sub-?on

(1).

.

-

?

.. '

.....

··,

;;:,.

,:

·: ' .(6) The

Appdla?,.,1\il>? may, ?J?it

?.·· appeal

within three

mo11tM?

the

expiry

of

the

period

referredtoin sub-section

(1 ),.or

permit

the

filing

ofa

.ineJnorandum.of cross-objections

within

forty-five days

after the

expiry of the

period

referred toin

sub-sectio? (?),

if it

ls sapsfied that

there? ..

dent.cause

for

n6fpresenting

it within that

period. ·· · ·

? ··

(7) An·

appeal to· the ·

Appellate

Tribunal shalt beinsuch form, verified?;inannefand

shall

beaccompanied by such fee,

as·?ay be

prescnbed,

(8) Noapp?a1. shall?

filed under s?b-section O.t\inl?sthe appellant has

gaid- ·

·

(a) in

?1Uch,partof theamountoftax,interest, fine. fee

an4?arisingfrom

the

µnpugnedorder. as is admitted

by

him. and

:

·4)• }K,fff.

a.

L .

(b) a sum

eq?l,to twen..ty per

cent. of the

remaiqing amount

or?

µi dispute?in

addition to

the ?ount paid

uriC,er

•.stil:,??dion .(6)

.

of the

section

.

107,

arising fromdie

?a

order, inrelation towhich the appeal hasbeen

filed. '

(9)

Wherethe

?t has

paid

thei;am<>unt as per· sub- section

(8),

.?·?feovel'Y ?p ... for

the·.?ce amount shall

?.??ed

to be

stayed

till

the

disposal

of the

appeal

(10)

£very application ??fore.theApp?? Trib1'A'1• - .. ,: :.1 ,)·.-., ...

-

.•. ,.,,-,-_,.,,__ .,

118

,118

114. The State President

shall

exe:tciseqsuch 1::,financial

and administrative powers

over the State.BenchandArea Benches of

the.App?te

Tribunal

in

a State,

as

may be

prescribed:

;

.

.' :.

:??'. ' ..{-; '?'. Pr9yi(,led

,

that

tile

State

Jlr1??nt

.sliall}bm'.e the

auth9l'ity,Jp delegatesuchof

hisfinantjilAOd administrative powers ashemay think fit to

any other

Member or

anroffkeroftheState Bench 1tti Area

??nches, subJecf to the condition· that

sucbMembe?.or officer shalt;wh??1exercising'such delegatedpowers, continueJfact under the

'direction,

control

and

supervisiQn of the State President. \ ,,

11?. ,Wherean amount

paid.1->y.the

appellant

..

un4"

sub-section (fl).;0f section 1()7 orunder

sult,5'Ctioo (8).·ofsection 112 lsrequired tobe

refunded

consequent to·any,ffrd.er?f the Appellate Authority orof the

Appellate Tribunal,

interestat the rate

s?ed·undet?n

56 shall

befayablein:respect of

suck

reflmd

fro?

the date

of

payment

of

the amount till the date of refund

of

such amount.

116.

(1)

Anyperson who

js

entitled or

required to

appear before an officer

appointed

under

this

Act,

or ·the

'Appellate Authorityorthe

Appellate Tribunalinconnectionwith ·-any proceedings. under J:hisi

Ad, may, o$erwise than ·::when

·required

under this· Act to

appear personally dor·examioation on oath or affirmation;

subject to the

.

other

provisi@ns,of this

section, appear by an authorised representative, .Im

(2) Forthe

purposes ofthis,A.d,'the

expression "authorised representative" shall

..

mean

..

a

person

authorised

by

the person referred;lo uf

sub?sectfon (l)

18 appear onhis pehaff;'beingL'l• i

. . ..

'"

(a) his

relative,orregular,empioyee; or

(b) anadvocatewhoisentitledto

practice in

any

court in

India;

Md

wbo

has. - been debarred

from pr?ticipg

betoreany

court m

India;or

(c) llny chartered

accountant a cost

accountant or a

C()D.tpany.,??retary,

whQ

holds a certificate

of practice

atl9· who has ·

notbeen

debarred from practice, or

(d) a

retiredoffi?er.pfthe

Gorvm?r(ftfl,JM?partment of any State Government or

U(;l}An:teJ',ntfry

or of the Board

who,

during

his service unou-

the

,

G.q?ernme:qt.,had

wQTke.dina

pqst not

?ow

tl\e ,_,, rank

than tbat,of a

Group-B G.azett?41?ffi.?r for a periodofnot le? th@ntwo

years:

Financial administrative

·power_ State President. Interest on refund of amount

paid for admission of

appeal. Appearanceby authorised

represen...,

119

provided'that

'sttlb' officer, .?. nof.be

entitled:appear before any

proeeedingsundef tJns·Actfotla'period ofont

year

from the

dateofhi:s

retirementorresignation;or·· :" , ··t (e)

.?Y,Pe?nj?-·?·1??fn ii?thoris?d't?·?as a goods and

SC?rvi??rac!f?oner qiibe]wf

of the concerned

registeredpersorl': '· ··?.. ''

(3)',:No'l)erson,- r:w (a},???i? ..J.??'

.

'

(b) whoisconvictedofan offence connected

with any proceedingscundedlusAct,

the)Central Goods

atld .. Services

Tax

A.¢,tb.d:lntegratedGood&and Services Tax Actorthe

Union,Terdt?Goods

and Services

•.tu ·.Act.

orUJlder. tb.e

qisUng

MON.ind.er any of the Acts

passed

by

a State

Legislature

dealliig with ··the

imposition-of

taxes on sale

ofg()()()s or

supply of

..

goods or

seryj? ,9r ppµt;

or ·

- " .... ..._ ·_.

f

,,, .

.4'l A. >.f.J, ·' I , .... ( c) whoisfound

guilty of

miscOJ¥l\l!rtP}'.theprescribed ·"' .aµthority;

' ·,

,; .

.

.

(cl} ?JiohaJ??juned.?an?e?t, shall be

cpi:Mfied tb

r??r?entany ?rsonunder

sub:

?on (1)-.-.,,,. '

.·..,

?, ?

,,

•(i)

for all times in case of persoas refmdd to in ,dauses{ah(b)and(c);

and•<) ii

(ii) for .the

peritill durlrig which' the

insolvency continues in

the case of a

perscn

referred to in clause

{d).

(4)

Any

penon,•who

has been

disqualified

under the provisio?

o'hhe Central GoodsandServices Tax Act or the Goods and Services Tax Act of

any other State or tbddaion

T?

Goods and Services Tax Act shall be deemed tobe

disqualified under this Act.

117.

(1)

Any person aggrieved

by any order

passed

bythe

State Bep.9}gr Area

.13el1Ch?s.of

th!! ??

Tribunal ma;,, ije an? to?e High

Go\Jltap? the

l¥gb

Caurt

may J?*uch appeal, ifJt

i?.r,uisfjep.th,attb.ecaseinvolves a substantial

question

of law.

.

(2) An

appeal

under sub-section (1)

shallbefiled within a t·,peq.OJIIof!OMtiurutredand

eipty days

from·the date 1c,n wja•Jhe.o,der -,p.Ied·?:-is recd.ml.by

the , agg??dpeffim g.c\Jt sllalbe in such

fonW"wrified in such manner as.maybe PJ'?Cribedt : .. Provided that

the

High

Court

may

entertain an

appeal

after the

expiry

of

the saW

petiod

iHt.ris

satisiiecHltaUhere'W'a&8Uffideitt cau? ??

?t?fiPf!lt,?

?':l'W-P,?npd.

120,

q)

Where ?e,HighC?W, is"?s?g thata

.,$Ubstantial question of la.w

u,J.nv<>lv.e4,in

?y-?,it sh?Jprm$te, that

question

and the

ap?,sh;ill

1;,e heard only;onthe ,iuesp.onso

.fwp1ul?ted, ?dffle respQ,n?ents shall, atthe .·, ??mgofth?.appeal,

?e

?owed

to

?e

that the case 'does not

involvf?1Nesti<>n?

.

?..l\;

l.

.... ·, Provided that

nothing inthis sub-section shall be

deemed to take

aw?y

or. abridge

the power of thecourt to.hear, forreasonsto be

recdrded,

the

appealOn

any oth?r

?iiostantial not formulated

by

it, ifitis

satisfied? thatthecaseinvolvessuch

_question. (4)r

;'The·

High'

Court shall,

decide: ,the

question of law i'.! ···

so fonaulated'

and racdfver:

such.

judgment

thereon. containing the

groundli,1on

which·such

decisionis

" founded

and.may.award such cost as,it \'.teems fit. ':>!: ii ,"; __,:};_-( ,,,.

(?) 'Ihe

High

Court may 4etermine any isSIJf:bWhich-

(a) hasnotbeen

detenninedbytheState BenchorArea Benehes; ot ...1. s, ·

.

.

(b) hasbeen

wrongly

determined

bf the.State Bench of Area

Benches.

by

? ofadecisiononsuch question

oflaw3:5

herein f?ed

1'?in. sub-section.

.,

,<'

•• J';a,? •. ,Ji •

.. ·"

?; ···

• "-,.·· .· •

(6)

Wherean

appeal hasbeenfiled before the

Kigh Court, it shallbeJieard

by

a Bench-ofnotlessthantwo

Judges

of the

High

Court; and

shall·.be decided inaccordance with the

o:einiqn of

such

Judges

or

<,>f the

majority,

if any, of

I ,

such

Ju?es. -: t,

• '; ,·

,

(7)

Where thereisnosuch

majority,the

Judges shall statethe point

oflqw upon wbich they

dttfer and thecaseshall, then. be-heard upon tllat;

point otiy, l,y one or moreof the

other

Judges

of

the

High

Court and

such

point

shall be decided

according

to the

,opinion of.tb.e,majority

of the

Judges

who have heard the case

including

those who first heard it · Ji.e

Where

?e·?. Court?ers

a'judgtndlt'ih an

appeal filed btfdre it

un?er tru?'sectloft, efe?iffialH,egiven to such

judgment by

either

side.onthe hims df l certified copy of

the

judgment." 1 ·•·•0"1>' '

.

? ?r (9.} Saveasotherwise

provided :in

this-A-ct

the"prQVisions.of \ dl1e

.oftCi¥QIProcedute,

1908,

relat4lgto,appeals to

"

the

shalt,

as far as

rMyt'ierapply:in

the case of

appeals

under this section, ' ,x•, L,J

(8)

Sofl908 ?1

lf 'i

1 1 8.

(l)

.An

appeal

shaJllietoth¢

Supteme£ourt.- (a) fromany order'

passedby lli? ·1'i!ti8ttit;Bertcknr Regional

Benchesofthe

Appellate

Tribunal;or Appeal to

Supreme Court.

5

ofl908

121

(b) fromany judgment

.

or

•order passed by

the

High Court in an·

appeal made

under section

117 in

any case which, on its own motion· or on an

application made

by

or on

behalf

of·

the

party aggrieved, immediately after

passingofthe

judgment or

order, the

High

Court

certifies'fu lfe a fit one for

appeal

to the

Supreme

Court.

(2)

)he provisions of theCodeof

Civil

Procedure, 1908, relating to

appeals tothe

Supreme

Court

shall, sofaras may be,

apply inthecaseof

appeals

under this sectionas they apply inthecaseof

appeals fromdecreesofa

High Court.

(3)

Wherethe

judgment ofthe

High

Court is varied or reversed in the

appeal,

effect shall

be

given

to the order of the

Supreme

Court in the manner

provided

in section 117 in the case of a

judgment

of the

High

Court.

119.

Notwithstanding that an

appeal has been

p?qerred

to the

High Court or the

Supreme Court, sums due to the Government as a result of an order

passed by

the National or

Regional

Benches of the

Appellate Tribunal under sub-section

(1)

of section 113 or

an order

passed by

the State Bench or Area Benches of the Appellate

Tribunal

under

sub-section

(1) ofsection113or an order

passed by

the

High

Court under section

117,

as the case

may be,

shall he

payable

in

accordance

with the order so passed.

Sums

due to be

paid notwithstanding appeal etc.

·

120.

(1)

The

Commissioner may,

on the

recommendations of the

Appeal

not

to be

filed in Council. fromtimeto

time,

issue orders or instructions

certain cases. or directions

fixing

such

monetary limits, as he

may deem

fit,

for the purposes of

regulating

the

filing

of appeal or

application

by theofficerof theStatetaxunder the

provisions

of this

Chapter.

(2)

Where, in

pursuanceoftheorders or instructions or directions issued

under

sub-section

( 1 ),

the officer

of the State tax has not filed an

appeal

or

application against any decisionororder

passed

under

the

provisions

of this

Act,

it shall not

preclude

such officer of

the State

.

tax from

filing appeal

or

application

in

any other case involvingthesameorsimilar issuesor

questions

oflaw.

(3)

Notwithstanding thefact

that no

appeal

or

application has been filed

by

the officer of

the

State tax

pursuant

to the

orders or instructions or directions issued

under sub-section

(1),

no

person, being

a

party

in

appeal

or application

shall

contendthattheofficerof theStatetax has

acquiesced

in the decision on the

disputed

issue

by not

filing an

appealor application.

122

(4)

The.?

Trib.\Ulal or court

hearing

such.appeal or appl;.catipn shall

.?'WC reprd tothe

circumstances under whichappeal or

applicatio? wasnotfiled

byJhe

officer of theStati tax in

pursuance of the orders or instructions or directions issued

under

?\lb-section (1).

121.

Notwitqstandinganythin.g t&,:die contrary

in

any provisions of this

Act. no

appeal

shall lie

against any deciston

t;lken or order

passed

by

an officerofState tax if

such decision taken or order

passed

relates to

any

one ormoreof the

follO'Whlg matters.

namely:?

·· ·.

(a) anorderof the

Commissi9neroiother

authority empowered todirect

transferof

proceedings fromone officer to another

officer; or en··

(b) anorder

pertaining to

t:!ie. seizure or

retentionof

1>9oks of account,

r?

and other

documents; or

(c) anorder

sanctioningprosecution

underthisAct;

or

(d) an

order? hdersection80. Non

Appealable decisions and orders.

123

C?pTER XIX .a..,·,.,-,l .._..Jt,a ,·

" ·

,·',

OFFENCES

AN:Q

PENALTIES

1:22.

(1)

Where a taxable

pers?m who- (i)

suppliesany goods Qr services or both

wifbput issue of any

invoice or issues an

incorrect or fafse invoice with

regard

to

any such

supply; (ii)

issues

any int?ice oi'biq\Vithout supply

of

goods or services or both in

violation of the

provisions

of . this,Act or the

rules

made

thereunder; (iii)

collects any

amount as tax but fails to

pay the same to the

Government

beyonda period

of

three months

from the

:date, on which such

payment becomes

duer (iv)

collects

anytax'in

contravention of

theptovisions

of this Act but

fails to

pay

the same to the

Government _

beyond a

peried-ofthree

months fromthe date on ·

which such

payment

becomes due; (v)

failstodeductthetax in terms of

sub-section

(I)

of section Sl, 01: d¢ducts all amount which is less- than

the; amount

required to be

deducted under the

said

sub-section, or where he

fails to

pay

to the Government

under,

..

sub-section

(2)

thereof

the amount

de4qc?das' tax;

..

(vi)

failstocollect tax

in terms of sub-section

(1)

of section

52, or collects an amount which is less than

the

amount , required

to

he. collected

under th,esaid

sµb-s?orio?fhere he

failsto

pay tothe Government tn:· amount collected as tax under sub-section.

(3)

efseetion 52; (vji)

takes or, µtilizes

input

tax credit

without

actual ·

receipt of

goods or

services or both.

either

fully

or partially, in

contr.wentio.n

,Qf;the

provisions ofthis ·

Act; or the

.rules

made

thereunder: ;, (viii)

fraudulently obtains

refund

of tax under this

Act; (ix)

takes

Of'distributes

inpunax credit

in

contravention of section

20',,ar

the

rules made

thereunder; (x)

falsifi?:-<>rsubstjµii.tesfinancial

records or

produces ·

fake aceeunts cQJ:documents or furnishes any false informatiQ.Q Ol· return·

with??

intention to evade payment

ofaax-:due.under thi4> · Act:

Penalty forcertain

offences.

(xi) (xii) '(xiii) «.\i.' (xiv) (xv)

(xvi) (xvii)

124

is liable to be

regi,$feize$i under

this

Act.

but

failsto obtain

registration; ·

furnishes any false

information with

regard

to registration partlculars,

eitheratthe timeof applying for

registration, or

subsequently; obstructs or

prevents any officerin

discharge

of his duties· under this

Act; transports any taxable

goods

withoutthecoverof documents as

may be

specified inthis

behalf; suppresses his .turnover

leading toevasionoftax under this

Act; fails to

keep.

maintain or retain books ofaccount and

other·

·documentsinaccordance

with the provisionsof thisActorthe

rulesmade

thereunder; fails to furnish

information or documents called for

by

an officerinaccordancewith

the

provisions of thisAct orthe

rules

made thereunder or furnishes false information or documents

during any proceedings

under

this Act; (mil)

supplies, transports orstores

any goods

whichhe has reasons to believe are liable to confiscation under this

Act; (xix)

issues

any

invoiceordocument

by using the registration

number·of

another

registered person;

(xx) tampers with,

ordestroys any material evidenceor documents;

(xxi)

disposes offor

tampers withany goods thathave been

detained,

seized,

or attached

under this

Act. he

shall

be

liable to pay

a

penalty

of ten thousand rupees

or

an amount

.

equivalent

to the tax evaded or the

tax not deducted under section 51 or short

deducted or deducted

butnot

paid tothe Governmentor tax

not collected

under

section

52 or short collectedorcollected

but not

paid

to the Government or

input

tax credit availed ofor

passed on or distributed

irregularly,

or the refund claimed

fraudulently, whichever is

higher. ·

(2)

Any registered personwho

supplies any goods orservices or both on which any

tax has nQt been

paid or

short-paid or

erroneously

refunded, or where the

input

tax credit has been

wrongly availed or utilised fur any

reason, other than the reason of fraud· or

any

willful misstatement or

suppression

of

facts to evade tax, shall be

liable to a penalty

often thou.sand

rupees or ten

per centof'thetax due from such person, whicheveris

higher.

125

(3)

Any person who- ( a) aidsor abets anyofthe

offences

specified

in

clauses

(i) to

(xxi) ofsub-section

(l};

(b) acquires possession

of, or in

any way

concerns himself in

transporting. removing,

depositing, keeping, concealing, supplying,

or

purchasing or in

any other manner

deals with any goods

which he

knows or has reasons to believe are liable to confiscation under this Act or the rules made thereunder;

/

(c)

receives oris in

any way

concerned

with the

supply of, or in

any other manner deals with any supply of services which he

knows or has reasons to believe are in contravention of

any provisions

of

this Act or the

rules made

thereunder; (d)

failsto

appear beforethe

officer of

State tax, when issued with a

summon for appearance

to

give evidence or

produce

a document in an

inquiry; (e)

failstoissue

invoice in accordance with the provisions of thisActorthe

rulesmadethereunder or fails to

account for an invoice in his

books of account, shall be liable to a

penalty

which may extend to

twenty

five thousand rupees.

123. If a

person

who is

required

to furnish an information return under section 150 fails to do so within the

period specified in the notice issued under

sub-section

(3)

thereof,

the proper officer may direct,

that such person shall be ·

liable to

pay a

penalty

of one hundred rupees for each

day

of the

period during

which thefailuretofurnishsuchreturn

continues:

Provided that the

penalty imposed

under this section shall not exceed five

thousand rupees.

124. If any

person required

to furnish any information or return under section 151-

(a) withoutreasonablecausefailstofurnishsuchinformation or return as

may

be

required

under

that

section,

or (b)

willfully

furnishes or

causes to

furnish any information or return which he

knows to be

false, he shall be

punishable

with a fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees and in case of a

continuing

offence to a further

fine. which may

extend to one hundred rupees for each

day

after the

first

dayduring

which the offence continues subject toamaximum limitof

twenty-five

thousand rupees.

125.

Any person, who contravenes

any of the

provisions

of this Act or

any rules

made thereunder

for

which no

penalty. is separately provided forinthis

Act,

shall beliable to a

penalty which may extend to

twenty

five thousand rupees. Penahy forfailureto furnish infonnation return.

Fine for failure to furnish statistics.

General

penalty.

126

126.

(1)

No officer under this Act shall

impose any penalty for minor breaches oftax

regulations. or

procedural requirements andin

particular,anyomissionormistake in documentation which

is

easily

rectifiable

and made without fraudulent intent or

gross negligence. Explanation:-For thepurposeofthis

sub-section--

(a) abreach shallbe

considereda'minor breach'ifthe amount oftaxinvolved

is

less.

than five thousand rupees;

(b)

·

an omissionormistake in documentation

shall

be considered tobe

easily

rectifiable ifthesameisan error

apparent onthe face

of

record

(2) The

penalty imposed

under thisActshall

depend on the facts and circumstances of

each case and shall

be commensurate with the

degree

and

severity

of the breach.

(3) No

penalty

shallbe

imposed on

any person without giving himan

opportunity of

being heard. {4) Theofficer under thisActshall while

imposing penaltyin an order for a breach

of any law,

regulation or

procedural requirement, specify thenatureofthe

breachand the applicablelaw,

regulation or

procedure under which the amount of

penalty

for the breach has been

specified.

(5) Whena

person voluntarily

disclosestoanofficer

under this Actthecircumstancesofa breach ofthetaxlaw, regulation or

procedural requirement

prior tothe discovery ofthebreach by the

officer under this Act, the proper officer may consider thisfact as a

mitigating factor when

quantifying

a

penalty

for that person.

(6) The

provisions of thissection shallnot

apply insuch cases where the

penalty specified under this Act is either a fixed sum

or

expressed

as a fixed

percentage.

127. Where the proper officer is of the

view that a

person

is liableto a

penalty

and

the same is not covered under any proceedings under section 62 or section 63 or section 64or section73or section 74 or section

129 or section

130,

he may

issue an order levyingsuch

penalty

after

giving areasonable

opportunity of being

heardtosuch

person.

128. The Government

may, by

notification,

waivein

part

or full, any penalty

referredtoinsection 122or section123orsection 125 or

any late

fee referred to in

section 47for such class

of taxpayers andunder such

mitigating

circumstancesas maybe specified

thereinontherecommendations of theCouncil. General

disciplines related to

penalty. Power to

impose penalty in certain cases. Power to waive

penalty

or fee or both

127

129.

(1)

Notwithstandinganything

contained in

this

Act,

where any person

transports any goods

or

stores

any goods

while they arein

transitin

contravention of the

provisions

of this Act orthe

rules made

thereunder,

all such

goods

and conveyance usedasa

means o.f transport

for

carrying

the said

goods

and

documents

?elatingto such

goods

and conveyances shall be liabletodetention or seizure

and after detention or

seizure.

shall

be released,-

(a) on

payment ofthe

applicable

tax and

penalty equal to one hundred per

cent. of the tax

payable

on such goods and, incaseof

exempted

goods.

on

payment of an amount

equal

to two

per

cent of

the

value of goods or

twenty five

thousand rupees, whichever is less,

where the owner of the

goods comes forward for

payment

of

such

?ax

and

penalty;

(b) on

payment ofthe

applicable

tax and

penalty equal tothe

fifty per

cent.of

the value of

the

goods reduced

by

the tax amount

paid

thereon

and,

in case of

exempted

goods,

on

payment

of an

amount equal tofiveper centofthe

valueof

goods

or

twenty five· thousand

rupees,

whichever is

less,

where the owner of the

goods

does

?ot

come forward for payment ofsuchtaxand

penalty; (c} upon furnishing a

security

equivalent

to the amount payable

under

clause

(a) or clause

(b)in

such form and manner as

may be

prescribed:

Provided that no such

goods

or

conveyance

shall

be detained or seized

without

serving

an order

of detention or seizure on the person

transporting

the

goods.

(2) The

provisions

of

sub-section

(6)

of section

67shall, mutatis

mutandis,

apply

for detention and seizure of goods andconveyances. ( 3) The

proper officer

detaining or

seizinggoods or

conveyances shall issue a notice

specifying the tax and

penalty

payable and

thereafter, pass

an order

for

payment

of tax and

penalty under clause

(a) or clause

(b)or

clause

(c). ( 4) No

tax, interest or

penalty

shall be

determined under sub-section

(2)

without

giving

the person concerned an opportunity of

being

heard

(5) On

payment ofamount referred in

sub-section

(1),

all proceedings in

respect of thenotice

specified

in sub- section

(2)

shall be

deemed to be

concluded. ·

(6)

Wheretheperson

transporting any goods

or the owner of the

goods

fails to

pay the amount of tax and

penalty as

provided

in

sub-section

(I)

within seven

days

of such detention or

seizure, further

proceedings hall be initiated in terms of section 130:

Detention, Seizure and

release of

goods

and conveyances in

transit

128

Provided that

where thedetainedorseized

goods are perishableorhazardous innatureorare

likelyto

depreciate invalue with

passage

of time,thesaid

period

of seven

daysmaybe reduced by the

proper officer.

130.

(1) Notwithstanding anything

contained inthis

Act,

if any person- (i)

supplies orreceives anygoods incontraventionof any of

the

provisions

of

this Actorthe rules

made thereunder withintent toevade

payment oftax; or

(ii) doesnotaccountforany goodsonwhichheisliable to

pay taxunder

this

Act;or

(iii) suppliesany goods

liableto taxunder this Act without

having appliedfor

registration; or (iv)

contravenes any·ofthe

provisions of this Actor the

rules made thereunder

with intent toevade payment oftax; or

(v) uses

any conveyance asameansof

transport for carriage of

goods incontraventionof the

provisions of thisActortherules made thereunder unless the owner

of

the

conveyance proves

that it was

so used without the

knowledge orconnivance of theowner himself, his

agent, ifany,andtheperson in

charge of theconveyance, then, allsuch

goods or

conveyances shallbeliabletoconfiscation and the person shall be liableto

penalty under

section 122.

(2)

Whenever confiscation ofanygoods or

conveyance is authorised

by thisAct, theofficer

adjudgingitshall

give to the owner of

the

goods an

opµon

to

pay

in lieu of confiscation, such fineasthesaidofficer thinksfit:

Provided thatsuchfineleviable shallnotexceed themarket value of

the

goods confiscated,

less thetax

chargeable thereon:

Provided further that the

aggregate

of such fine and

penalty leviable

shall notbeless thanthe amount of

penalty

leviable

under sub-section

(1) ofsection 129:

Provided alsothatwhere

any such conveyance isused for the

carriage

of the

goods or

passengers for

hire,

the owner of the conveyance shall be

given an

option to

pay inlieu of the confiscation of the

conveyance

afine

equal tothetax

payableonthe

goodsbeing transported

thereon.

(3)

Where anyfineinlieuofconfiscation of

goods or conveyance is

imposed under

sub-section (2),

the owner of such

goods

or

conveyance orthe person referredto in sub-section

(I),

shall,

in addition,

be liableto

any

tax, penalty and

charges payablein

respect ofsuch

goods or conveyance. . Confiscation of

goodsor conveyances arid

levy of penalty.

2ofl974

129

(4) No

orderfor confiscation

ofgoods 1orfc::onveyarlce or for imposition of

penalty

shallbe'

issu.ed withou.t

givi11g1the pef5'41f an

opportunit)t.of being'l?d. ·

.

., .,

-

?

.

.i:: ? ;: {_i:J i.,.;

(5)

Where any goods

or

COllVCfaI!£C:.. are confiscated under this

.

Act,

the title·

of

sudf;

? or

conveyance

shall thereuponvestinthe ?t ('6) Theproper· officer

adjudging

confiscation shaH .take and· hold

possession

of the

things .eenfiscated and every officer

of.Police,

()ll_tbetffi!llisiµQn of

?uch proper officer, shall assist him

in

taking ari

(7)

Theproper rifficerm?. ?r

?ti,Lj,ing,hµnsel(th.at. the confiscated

goods

or.

conveyance. are not .. required..•in any other

proceedings under thisAct

and after

giving reasonable

·time··not··

exceed.ing'three months to

pay fine in lieu of

confiscation, dispose

,of

such

goods

or conveyance and

deposit

the

sale

proceeds

thereofwith the

Government

131.

Without

prejudice

to the

profuions c6htaihed]n the

Code

of Criminal

Procedure, '1973, no·,confisatton:

made or

penalty imposed

underthe

provisions ofthis·Actor:therules

made thereunder?all

prev?tthe

intliction,J>fany otper punishment to

.which

the person affected

therF?Y.}sliable

under

the provisions ofthisActorunder any

oiji$?w for'thetime

being in

force. ····

132.

(1)

Wh,oever:

commits

any of the

rJollowing

offences, namely:-· (a)

.

suppliesany goods or

s.efVic?o,rbothwithout issue of any invoice,

in violation. of

the

provisions

of

this Act, withtheintention to mile tax; (b)

issues

any

invoice or bill without

supply

of

goods orstM.ces or both

irniolattotn,f?provisioll$

of this

Act,

or the

rules

made

thereunder

leading to wrongful availmentorvtiliu.tion of

inputtax

credit or refund.

cf tg; (c)

avails

inpuf tu?c??di.{usijig uch invoice or bill referred to in clause

(b); (d)

collects ;iny amount

as. tax

but,

fails to

pay the same to the

Government

beyon,d ;period

of three months· from

the

date ·OJ). which

such

payment becomes due; · ·

{e)

·ewdes tax,

fraudulently avails

input

tax credit or fraudulently obtains refundandwhere such

offence is not covered under

clauses

(a)

to

(d); Confiscation or

penalty not to .interfere with other

punishments. Punishment for certain offences

130

(f) falsiij??.or.§µbsti?tes.fina,w;ial records

or

produces fake accounts

oi;,,documen?,?rfurnishes any false information

with,an tntention-to

evade-payment

of tax due under

this Act; (g)

obstructs,or

p??y

officerinthe

discharge of his duties

underthis Act; (h)

»acquires possession

·of,orin

any, way.

concerns himself in

transporting, removing, depositing, keeping,

concealing, supplying, or

purchasing or in

any other:

manner deals

with, any goods

which he knows or has reasons to believe are liable to confiscation -under

this 'Act· or the rules made thereunder;

·:. r·? ':,:

.

(i)

receivesorisin

?y

way concerned

with the

supply of, orin

any other.manner

dealswithany supply of services which

-be

knows or has reasons to believe are in

contravention of any provisions

of

this Act or the

'rules

made

?ereunder; {j) tampers

with«

destroys any material evidenceor documents;

·

(k)

failsto

supply h?y

information

.

which he is required

t?_supprilliiderthisActorthe

rules made thereunder or (unless

with a reasonable

belief.

the burden of

proving

which shall be upon him,

that the information

supplied

by

him

is;

true)

supplies false

information; or

(l) attempts tocoinfuit;ijr.abetsthe commissionofany of the

offences.

iW.entfonedin.

clauses

(a)

to

(k)

of this

section, shall be

punishable-

(i) incases where.the' amount of-tax evadedor the amount of

input

tax credit

wrongly

availed or utilised·or•the amount of refund

wrongly taken

exceeds five hundred lakh rupees. with imprisonment foratermwhich may extendto five years ana with

fine;

..

(ii) incases wheretheamountoftaxevadedor the amount of

input

tax

credit

wrongly

availed or utilised or the amount of refund

wrongly taken exceeds two hundred lakh rupees but does not exceed five hundred lakh rupees, with imprisonment foraterm·

whi?h may extendto three

years anciwith

fine;

(iii) (iv)

131

in the case of

any

other

offence where 'the amount oftax evaded or the·amount of

input tax credit

wrongly

availed· or utilised or the amount of

refund

wrongly taken exceeds one hundred lakh rupees bu?4oes not exceed two mndred lakh

rupees;witl(miprisonment for a term

""'hichmay extend· to' ope year

and with fine;

·

·

in cases where

he commits or abets the commission of an offence

,specified in clause

(f) orclause

(g)

or clause

(j), he

.shall be punishable with

imprisenment' ···foraterm which may extend to six months or with

fine or with both. '

iofl974

(2) Ifany person convictedofan

offence underthissection is

again

convicted of an o:ffem:e under this

section, then, he shall be

punishable

for the

second and

for. every subsequent offencewith

imprisonment foratermwi.h may extendtofive years and with fine:

.

(3) The

imprisonment

referred to in

clauses

(I), (ii)

and (ill)

ofsub-section

(I) and

sub-section (2).shall,

in

the absence of

special and

adequate reasons to the

contrary to be recorded in the

judgment

of

the-Court,

be for a term

not less

than six

months.

(4)

Notwithstandinganything

contained in 'the Codeof Criminal Procedure, 1973, all

offences under this

Act, except the

offences referredtoinsub-section

(5)

shallbe non-cognizableand

bailable. ·

(5) Toe

offences spec ·

e

· ·

·'

-··?<

' or clause

(b)

or clause

(c) orclause

(d) of

sub-section

(1) and

punis

a e

• clause

(i)

of that

sub-section

sl)all

be

cognizable and non-bailable. ·

(6) A

person shall not

be

prosecuted forany offence under this section

except

with the

previous

sanction of

the Commissioner. ·

Explanations-For thepurposesofthis

section, theterm"tax"

shall include

the amount of tax evaded or

the amount of

input

tax credit wrongly

availedorutilisedorrefund

wrongly

taken under the provisions ofthis Act, theCentral

Goods and

Serviees Tax Act, the Integrated

GoodsandServices'fax Act, andcesslevied underthe Goods

and Services Tax

( Compensation

to

States)

Act ·

132

133.

,(1)

If

any p?on

engage? In

e9nnection widl

the collection of

stati&tics under

seqtion 151or

compilation or

,

compµt?risation thereof or. if

any officer

of State tax having..accesstoInformation

specified

undersub- sectiQn.Jl) of

?ction 150,

or

any person engaged in c<>nn%ti9;n,with provlsio11$of

seiytceonthecommon portal o? tlie

agent of

comnion, p<>rtal, wilfully discloses

.

any informationorthe contentsofany

return furnished under this Act or rules made

thereunder otherwise than in execution of

his duties

under the said sectionsorfor the

p?oses

of the

prosecution

ofan offence

under this Act or under any other Actfor thetime

beingin

force.

he smill be

punishablewith

imprisonment foratermwhich may extendtosix

momhsorwitMine

which may extend to

twenty

five thousand rupees, orwith both.

(2) Anyperson-

(a) whqjsaGove;mmentservant

shallnotbe

prosecuted f?r any oifcnFe under thissection

except with the previous

sanctionoftheGovernment; (b). whois notaGovemment

servant shallnotbe prosecmqi1? any offence

under thissection

except with the

previous

sanction of the Commissioner.

134. No court shall

take

cognit.a,nce of any offence

pmtishable under this Act or the rules made thereunder

except with

the

previous

.

sanction of the

Conunissiotier,

attdnocourt inferior tothat of aMagisttate,oftheFirst

Class,

shall

try,anysuch offence.

135. In

any prosecution

for an offence

under this"Act which

requires a

culpable mental state on the

..

pllrl of the

accused, the

court shall

presume th! existence

?f suchmentalstate

.butit shallbe a defence for the accused to

prove the fact

thathe

bad no such mental state with

respect·tothe

act. charged asanoffence in that

prosecution. Explanation:- FOIJhep??·?secnon,«

(i) the

expre?ion ·c?pabfe mental

state" includes

intention, motive,

knowledge ofa

fact, and

beliefin,orreasonto believe, a fact;

(ii) afactissaidtobe

provedonly wltenthecourt believes it •·

to exist

beyond

reasonable

doubt ·and·.not

merely when its

existenceis

established

by

a

preponderance of ·

probability.

136. A statement made and

signed by a

person

ob

appearance

in response to

any

sumtnons issued

under section 70

during

the course

of•y ,inquiry

or

proceedings under

this

Act shall

be relevant, for thepurposeof

proving,

in.any prosecution foran offence under this

A,ct,thetruthofthe

factswhich it

contains,- Liabilityofofficers and certain other persons. Cogni7.anceofoffences. Presumption of

culpable mental state. Relevancyofstatements under

certain dr?umstances.

133

(a) when thepersonwhomade

the statement is dead or cannot be

found, or is

incapable

of

giving

evidence, ,.or ;iskept outof the.way by theadverse

party, or whose presence

cannot be obtained without an amount of

delay

or expense which,

under the circumstances

of.

the case, the court considers unteasoriable;or

.

O

.

,;;.·. justice.

(b) whentheperson ·?ho mad?'the statement is examined as a witness in the case before the court and the court is of

the

opinion

that,

havingregard to the circumstances of

the case, the statement should. beadmitted in

evidence in the interest of

137. · ·.

(1)

Where an offence committed

by

a

person under

this Act

Offences

by

Companies, is a

company, every person who,

at the time the offence was committed was in

charge of,

and was

responsible

to, the

company

for

the conduct of

business

of

the company, as well as the company, shall

be deemed to be

guilty of the

offence and

shall be liable to be

proceeded against and

punished

accordingly.

(2)

Notwithstandinganything

contained in sub-section

(I),

where an offence ·

under this Act has

been committed by a

company anditis

proved thatthe

offencehasbeen committed with the consent or connivance

of, or is attributable to

any negligence on

thepart

of, any director, manager, secretary orother

officer of the company, such director, manager, secretary

or other officer shall also

be deemed to be

'gllilty of that

offence and

shall

be

liable to be

proceeded against

and

punished

accordingly.

(3)

Where an offence

underthis.Acthas

been

committed

by a taxable

personbeing

a

partnership

firm or a Limited LiabilityPartnership ora.Hindu

undivid?

familyora trust, the

partner

or karta or

managing

tfUstee shall

be deemed to be

guilty

of

that

offen?

and

shall be liable to be

proceeded against

and

punished

accordingly and the

provisions

of sub-section

(2)

shall mutatis mutandis apply tosuchpersons. ·

(4)

Nothing

contained inthissection shall render any such person

liableto

any punishment provided inthis

Act, if he proves that

the

offence was committed· without his knowledgeorthathehad

exercisedall

duediligence to prevent thecommissionofsuch

offence. ·

Explanation:-For thepurposesofthissection,-

2 of 1974

134

(i)

"company"

means a

body corporate and

includesafirm or other

association of

individuals;

and .(ii) "dlrector'; inrelation,toafirm, means'a partner inthe firm.

·

138.

(1)

Any

offence under

this

_Acfrnay{either beforeorafter ·

the

institution of

prosecution,

be

compounded.

by

the Commissioner on

payment,

by the. person .accused of the

offence,' tothe Central

Government orthe State Government, asthecase

may be,

'of such

compounding amount in such manneras

may

be

prescribed:

Provided that

nothing

contained inthissection shall

apply to -

(a) a

personwho hasbeenallowedto

compound once. in

respect

of any of the offences

specified

in clauses(a) to (f) of

sub-section (1) of

section 132 and,theoffences

specified inclause (1)

whichare relatable tooffences

specified inclauses (a) to (f) of

the

said sub-section;

(b) a

personwho has beenallowedto

coinpound once in

respect

of any offence,

other

than those in clause (a),

under thisActorunder the

provisions ofany State Goods

and

Services Tax Actorthe Central Goods and ServicesTax

Actorthe

Union

Territory Goods and

Services Tax.

Ac,t orthe

Integrated Goods andServices Tax Act in.

respect

of

supplies of

value

exceeding

one crore

rupees;

(c) a

person whohasbeenaccused of

committing an offence under this

Act·· which .isalsoanoffence under any other

law for thetime

being in

force; (9:) a

personwho. has beenconvicted foranoffence ·

under this

Act,,by a

court; (e)

.?tperson who'hasbeen'accusedof

committing ·a:\ioffence

specified In

clause

(g)

or clause

(j) or '.'d,ause(k) ofsub-section (1) ofsection 132; and

(f) any

other .classof

persons oroffencesas maybe prescribed:

Provided

further,

that any compounding

allowed under the provisions of this

section

shall.notaffect the

proceedings, if

any, instituted under any other, law:

Provided also that

compounding

shall.

be. allowed

only

after making payment oftax,

interestand

penalty

involvedinsuch offences.

Compounding of offences.

135

(2) Theamountfor

compounding ofoffences under this section shall

be

such as

fll&Y be

prescribed.

subject

to the minimum amount

not

being

less than ten thousand rupees or

fifty per centof thetax

involved.

whicheveris higher, and

th? rnaxtmum

amount· not

being less than thirty

thousand

rupees or

ortehundred and

fifty per cent of the tax. whichever is

higl'ier:"

(3) On

payment ofsuch

compounding

amount as

may be determined

by

the

Commissioner. no further proceedings

shallbeinitiated

und.fL,r this Act

against the accused person

in

respect

of

the same offence and any criminal

proceedings.

if

already

initiated in

respect

of the said

offence.

shall

stand abate&. ·

136

CHAPTER XX

TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

139.

( 1)

On and

from

the

appointedday,every person registered

Migrationof

existing under

any of the

existing

laws ·

and

having a valid

taxpayers. Permanent Account Number

shall

be

issued a certificate

.

of

registration on

provisional basis,

subjecttosuch conditions and insuch form

and manner as

may be prescribedand,

unless

replacedby afinal certificate of

registration under

sub-section

(2),

shall

be

liable to be cancelled

if

the

conditionsso

prescribedarenot complied with.

(2) Thefinal

certificate of

registration shall be

grantedin such form and manner and

subjecttosuch

conditions as may be

prescribed. {3) The

certificateof

registration issuedtoa

person under sub-section

(1)

shall be deemedtohavenotbeen issued if the said

registration is cancelled in

pursuance ofan application filed bysuch

personthat hewasnotliableto registration under section 22orsection24.

140.

(1)

A

registeredperson, other than a

person optingto

pay tax under section

10, shall be

entitled to take,

in his electronic

credit

ledger credit of theamountofValue Added

Tax, and

Entry Tax, if

any, carried

forwardin the return

relating tothe

period endingwiththe

day immediatelyprecedingthe

appointed ay, furnished

by him under the

existing law,

not later

than

ninetydays after thesaid

day, insuchmanner as

mayhe

prescribed:

Provided that the

registeredperson shallnotbe

allowedto take

credit in the

following circumstances,

namely:-

(i)

where the said

amount ofcreditisnotadmissibleas input taxcredit

under this Act; or (ii)

wherehehasnotfurnishedallthereturns

required under the

existing law

for the

period ofsixmonths immediatelyprecedingthe

appointeddateor (iii)

where thesaidamountofcredit relatesto

goods sold under notification No.

5/6/2002-FD(TAX) Pt-1 and dtd. 08/06/2016

claiming refund of

value added tax

paid thereon

(whereverapplicable):

Transitional

arrangements for

input tax credit.

74ofl956

137

Provided

further

that so much of

the said

credit as is attributable to

any

claim related to section

3,

sub-section

(3) ofsection 5,

section 6, section 6Aor sub-section

(8)

.of.section

8of

the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956thatisnot substantiatedinthemanner,andwithin the period, prescribed in. rule 12ofthe

C:;:?!Jtral Sales Tax

{Registration and

Turnover) Rules,

1957 shall not be

e1igible to be

credited to the electronic

credit

ledger:

Provided alsothatan amount

equivalent

tothecredit

specified in the

second

proviso

shall

be refunded under the

existing

law

when the said claims are substantiated in the manner

prescribed

inrule

12 of the Central Sales Tax

(Registration

and

Turnover)

Rules,

1957.

(2) A

registered person, otherthana

person opting to

pay tax under

section

I

0,

shall be entitledtotake,

in his electronic credit

ledger,

credit of

the

unveiled

input

tax credit in

respect

of

capital goods,

not carried forwardin a

return, furnishedunder the

existing

law

by

him,

for the period ending withthe

day immediately

preceding the appointed day insuchmanner as

maybe

prescribed:

Provided that the

registered person shall ·

not be

allowed to take credit unless the said

credit was admissible as

input

tax credit under the

existing

law and is also admissible as

input

tax credit under this Act. Explanationv- Forthe

purposes of this

section, the

expression

"unveiled

input

tax credit" means the amount

that

remains after subtracting theamountof

input taxcredit

already

availedin

respect of

capital goods by

the taxable person under the

existing lawfrom the

aggregate

amount

ofinput

tax credit

to which

the said person was entitled in

respect

of

the said

capital goods

under.

the

existing law.

(3) A

registered person,whowasnotliabletobe

registered under the

existing laworwhowas

engaged inthesaleof exempted ortaxfree

goods, by

whatevernamecalled,or goods

whichhavesufferedtaxatthe

first

point oftheir sale intheStateand·

the

subsequent.

sales. ofwhich are not

subject

to taxin the

State under the

existing

law

but which are liable to tax under thisActor where the

person was entitled to the credit of

input-tax

atthe time of sale of

goods,

if any, shallbeentitled to

take, inhis

electronic credit

ledger,

credit of thevalue added taxand

entry tax in

respect

of

inputs

heldinstock" and

inputs

contained in semi-finished or finished

goods

held in stockon the

appointed day

subject

to the

following

conditions namely:-

(i) such

inputs or

goods areusedorintendedtobe used

for

making

taxable

supplies

under

this

Act;

(ii) the

said

registered person is)Iigiole for input tax credit on such

inputs under thi_s ?c:t;

138

(iii) the · said

registered person is in

possession of invoice or other

prescribed documents

evidencing payment oftaxunderthe

existing lawin

respect of such

inputs;

and

(iv) suchinvoices-0rt>ther

prescribed documentswere issued not 'earlier thantwelve

months

immediately preceding the

appointedday:

Provided that

wherea

registered person,

otherthana manufacturer or

a

supplier

of

services, isnotin

possession

ofan invoice or

any other

documents evidencingpayment

oftaxin respect of

inputs,

then, such

registered person shall,

subject to such conditions,

limitations and

safeguards as

may be

prescribed, including thatthe

said

taxable person shall pass onthebenefit of such credit

by way of reduced

prices tothe

recipient, beallowedto take creditatsuchrateand insuch manner as maybe

prescribed.

(4) A

registered person, whowas

engaged inthesaleof taxable

goods

aswellas

exempted

goods ortaxfree goods

under the

existing lawbutwhichareliable to tax under this

Act, shall beentitledtotake, inhiselectronic credit

ledger-

(a) theamountof

credit ofthevalue addedtaxand

entry tax, if any, carried forward

inareturn

furnished under the

existing law

by him inaccordance

with the

provisions

of

sub-section

(1

);

and

(b) theamountofcreditof thevalue added taxand entry tax,ifany,in

respect of

inputs heldin.stock and

inputs

contained insemi-finishedorfinished goodsheld instockonthe

appointedday,relating to such exemptedgoods ortaxfree

goods, by whatever rtam,lcalled, inaccordance. withthe

provisionsof sub-section

(3).

(5) A

..

registered person shall beentitledtotake, inhis electronic credit

led!cr.

-credit

of

vaiue addedtaxin ·

respect of

inputs

receivedon orafter the

appointed day but the. taxin

respect

of

whiql

has been

paid

by the supplier. under the

existing law,

?llbjectto

thf

condition that

.

the

invoiceor

any other tax

paying

documentof the same·

was recorded inthe books of accountofsuch person withina

period

of

thirty,days from

the

appointed day:,i

Provided thatthe

period of

thirty days may, onsufficient

ca'lfse being

shown, beextended

by the

Commissionerforafurther

period not

exceeding thirty

days:

Provided further thatthesaid

registered person

shall furnisha statement, in

$U£h:rnanneras

m:ay

be

prescribed,

in

respect

of credit that hasbeentaken under this sub-section.

139

(6) A

registeredperson, who was either

paying

tax at a fixed rate or

paying a fixed amount in lieu of

the tax payable underthe

existinglawshall be

entitled to

take, in his

electronic· credit

ledger, credit of

value added tax in

respect

of

inputs held in stock and

inputs contained in

semi-finished or finished

goods held in

stock on the

appointed day subject to the

following conditions, namely:-

{.i) such

inputs

or

goods are used or

intended

to be used for

making taxable

supplies under this

Act;

(ii) thesaid

registeredperson

is not

paying tax under section

10;

(iii) thesaid

registered person is

eligible for

input

tax credit on such

inputs under

this

Act;

(iv) thesaid

registeredperson

is

in

possession

of invoice or other

prescribed documents

evidencing payment oftax

under the

existinglawin

respect of inputs;and

(v) suchinvoices or other

prescribed documents were issued not earlier than twelve months

immediately precedingthe

appointedday.

(7) Theamountofcredit under sub-sections

(3),(4)

and

(6)

shall be

calculated in such manner as

may

be

prescribed.

141.

(1)

Where any inputs

received at a

place of business had been

despatched as such or

despatched after

being partiallyprocessedtoa

job workerfor

further

processing, testing,repair,

reconditioningor

any other purpose in accordance with the

provisions of

existing law

prior

to the

appointed day and

such

inputs

are returned to the said

place on or after the

appointed day, no tax shall be payableifsuch

inputs, after

completionofthe

jobwork or otherwise,are returned

to the

said

place within six months from the

appointed day:

Provided that the

period of six months may,

on sufficient cause

being shown,

be extended·

by the Commissioner

for a further periodnot

exceeding two months: · Provided

further

that

if such

inputs

are not returned

within a periodofsixmonths ortheextended

period from

the

appointed ay, the

input

tax credit shall be

liable to be recovered in

accordance with the

provisions of

clause

(a)

of

sub-section

(S)_ofsection 142. Transitional

provisions relatingto jobwork.

140

(2)

Where any semi-finished

goods hadbeen

despatched from any place

of business to

any other

premises for

carrying outcertain

manufacturing processes in accordance with the

provisions of

existing law

prior to the

appointed'1ay,-and such

goods (hereafter

in this sub-section referred to..as"the said

goods")arereturned to the said

place on orafter the

appointed day, notax shall be

payable if

the said

goods;' after

undergoing manufacturing processes orotherwise, arereturned to the said

place within sixmonths

from the

appointed day:

Provided thatthe

period ofsixmonthsmay, onsufficient cause

being

shown,

be extended

by

the Commissioner for a further period not

exceedingtwomonths:

·

Provided further

that if the said

goods are not returned

within a

period specified in this sub-section,

the

input

tax credit shall be liable toberecovered inaccordance

with the

provisions

of

clause

( a) of sub-section (8)

of

section 142:

Provided alsothat the

person despatchingthe

goodsmay, in accordance withthe

provisions

of the

existing

law,

transfer thesaid goods tothe

premises ofanyregistered person forthe

purpose of

supplying therefromon

payment oftaxinIndiaorwithout

payment of taxfor

exports

within sixmonthsorthe extended

period, as the

case

may be,

from the

appointed day.

(3)

Where any goods had been

despatchedfromthe

place of

business without

payment

oftaxfor

carrying out

tests or

any other

process,

to

any other

premises, whether registeredornot, inaccordancewith the

provisions of existing law

prior tothe

appointed day and such

goods, are returned

to the said

place of business

on or after

the appointedday, notaxshall be

payableif thesaid

goods, after

undergoing testsor

any other process, arereturned to such

place within

six months from

the

appointed day:

Provided thatthe

period ofsixmonthsmay, onsufficient ·

cause

being

shown,

be extended

by

the Commissioner for a further period not

exceeding twomonths:

Provided further thatif thesaid

goodsarenotreturned

within the

period specifiedinthis sub-section,

the

input taxcredit shall be

liable toberecovered inaccordance

with the

provisions

of

clause

(a) of sub-section

(8)

of section 142: Provided also thatthe

person despatching the

goodsmay, in accordance

with the

provisions Of

the

existing

law,

transfer

the said

goods

from

the said other

premises on

payment

oftaxin India or without

payment

of tax for

exports

within

six months orthe extended

period, asthecase

may be, fromthe

appointed day.

141

(4) Thetaxunder

sub-sections

(1),

(2)

and

(3}ihall not be payable

only

ifthe person despatchingthe

goods andthe job

worker declarethe

detailsofthe

inputs

or

goods

held in stock

by

the

job

worker on behalf of the

said person on the

appointed

day

in

su?hJorm

and manner and within

such time as

may be

prescribed.

142.

(1)

Where any goods

o:ri

which

tax,

if any, had been

paid under the

existing

law at the time of

sale. thereof,

not being

earlierthansix

months

prior tothe

appointed day, arereturnedto

any place ofbusinessonorafterthe appointed

day, the

registered person shallbe

eligible for refund

of the tax

paid

under

the

existing

law

where

such goods arereturned by a

person, other thana

registered p?rson, tothesaid

place of

business

withti;t.? period of six

months

from the

appointed

day

and such

goods ?1'e identifiable to the satisfaction of

the proper officer:

Provided thatif

the said

goods

are returned

by

a

registered person, thereturn of such

goods

shall

be deemedtobea

supply.

(2) (a)

Where,· in

pursuance ofa contract enteredinto prior tothe

appointedday, the

price ofany goods is revised

upwards

on or after

the

appointed

day,

the registeredpersonwho hadsoldsuch

goods may

issue to the

recipient

a

supplementary

invoice or debit note, containing such

particulars as

may be

prescribed, within thirty days of

such price

revisionand forthepurposesof this

Act, such

supplementary

invoice or debit note

shall. be

deemed to have

been issued in

respect

of an outward supply madeunder thisAct.

(b) :Where, in

pursuance ofa contract enteredinto prior tothe

appoin?d day, the

price ofany goods is revised

downwards on.

or after

the

appointed

day,

the registeredperso:q .whohadsoldsuch

goods w,ay

issueto the

recipient

a credit note,

containing

such

particulars as

may·

be

prescribed,

within

thirty days

of such

price revision and for the

pµrposes

of thisAct

such

credit note shall be deemed to have been issued in

respect

of an outward

supply

made

under

this Act:

Provided that

the

registered person shall be allowed to reduce histax

liability

on account of issue of the' credit note

only if

the

recipient of the credit note has reduced his

input

tax credit corresponding tosuch

reductionoftax

liability. ..

(3)

Every

claim.for

refund

filed

by any

person before, on or after

the

appointed

day,

for

refund

of any

amount of input taxcredit,tax,interestor

any other amount

paid under the

existing

law,

shall be

disposed

of in

accordance with

·

the

provisions

of

existing

law and any

amount eventually accruing tohimshallbe

refundedtohimin cash in accordance with the

provisions of the

said

law:

Miscellaneous transitional

provisions.

142

Provided thatwhere

any

claim for refund of theamount of input taxcreditis

folly or

partiallyrejected,theamountso

rejected shall

lapse:

Provided

further thatnorefund

claim shallbeallowed ofany amount of

input taxcredit wnerethe balance of

the said amountas on the

appointedday has

been

carried

forward under

this Act.

(4) E??ry claimforrefund filed

after the

appointedday for refund of any

tax

paid

underthe

existinglawin

respect of the

goods exported

beforeorafter the

appointed day shall be

disposed ofinaccordance with the

provisions

of the

existing

law:

·

Provided thatwhere any claim for refund of

input taxcredit is fullyor

partiallyrejected,·theamountso

rejected shall

lapse:

Provided

furtherthatno refund

claim

shallbeallowed ofany amount of

input

tax credit where the

balance

of the

said amountas on the

appointed day

has been carried

forward under this

Act.

(5)

Notwithstandinganything tothe

contrary

contained in this

Act, any

amount of

input taxcredit reversed

prior to the

appointedday shall not be admissibleas

input

tax credit under thisAct. ·

(6) (a) every proceeding of

appeal,

revision,

reviewor reference

relating to a claim for

input taxcredit initiated whether

before, on or after the

appointed day under the existing law

shall be

disposed.ofinaccordance withll'P provisionsofthe

existing law, andany

amountofcredit found to be admissible to the claimant shall

be refunded to him in cash in accordance

with the

provisions

of the existing law, andtheamount

rejected,ifany,shallnotbe admissible as

input

tax credit

under thisAct:

Provided thatno refund

claim shallbeallowed ofany

amount of

input

tax credit

wherethebalance ofthesaid amountasonthe appointeddayhas beencarried forward

under thisAct. (b)

Every proceeding of

appeal,

revision,

reviewor reference

relating to

recovery of

input taxcredit

initiated whether

before, on or after the

appointed day, under the existing lawshall be

disposedofinaccordance withthe provisions of the

existing law, andifany

amountofcredit becomes recoverable as

a result of such

appeal, revision, review or ·

reference,

thesameshall,

unless recovered under the

existing

law,

be recoveredas anarrear oftax under this Actand

the amountso

recovered shallnotbe admissible as

input

tax credit

under

thisAct.

143

(7) (a) every

proceeding

of

appeal,

revision, review or reference

relating

to

any

output

tax

liability

initiated whether

before, on

or after the

appointed

day

under the existing law,

shall be

disposed ofin

accordance with the provisions ofthe existing law: aµdif any amount becomes recoverable as a result of

such

appeal,

revision,

review or

reference,

the same

shall,

unless

recovered under the existing law,berecoveredasan

arrearoftax under this Act and amount so recovered shall not be

admissible as input taxcredit under this

Act.:

(b)

Every

proceeding of

appeal,

revision,

review or reference

relating

to

any output

tax

··

l4ibility

initiated whether

before, on or after the

appointed

day

under the existing law,

shall be

disposedofin

accordance withthe provisions ofthe

existing

lawi · andany

amount found to be

admissible to the claimant shall be

refunded to him in cash in

accordance with the

provisionsoftheevJ;fo:g?w ---

and

the amount

rejected,

if

any,

shall not be

admissible as

input

tax credit

under this Act.

(8) (a)

Wherein

pursuance of

an.assessment

or

adjudication proceedings

instituted;

whether before,onor

.

after the appointed

day,

under the

existing

law, any

amountof tax, interest,

fine or

penalty

becomes

recoverable

from the person, the same shall,

unless recovered under the ?ti?"' 1...

---,

\..,.- Act

and

the amount so recovered

shall not be

admissible as·

Input fax credit under this Act. (b)

Wherein

pursuanceofan

assessment or

adjudication proceedings

instituted,

whether

before, on

or afterthe appointed

day

underthe

existing

law, any

amountof tax,

interest,

fine or

penalty

becomes refundable to the taxable person,thesame shall be

refunded to him in cash

under the

said

law,

and

the amount

rejected,

if any, shall not be admissible as

input

tax

credit

under

this Act.

(9)

(a)

Where any

return, furnished under the

existing

law, is

revised

after

the

appointed

day and

if, pursuant

to such revision, any

amountis

found tobe

recoverable or.

any amount of

input

tax

credit. is found to be

inadmissible, the same shall,

unless recovered

under

the

existing

law, be

recovered as ab arrear of tax under this Act· and

the amount so recovered shall not be

admissiblqas input'tax credit under

this .Act. ·

144

(9)

Where

any

return, furnished

underthe

existing law, is revised

afterthe

appointed day butwithin thetimelimit specifiedfor suchrevision under the

existing lawand if,

pursuant tosuch

revision,. any

amountis

foundtobe refundable or

input tauredit is

fou?dto beadmissible to

any taxable

person,

thesameshall ?e refunded to him in.

cash,

underthe

existing law,

and

the

amount

rejected, if

any,

shall not be admissible as

input taxcredit

under this Act.

(10)

t1I) Save as otherwise

provided-

in this

Chapter,

the

goods or servicesorboth

supplied

on or after the

appointed day in

pursuance ofacontract enteredinto

prior tothe appointedday

shall beliableto taxunder the

provisions ofthisAct. (a}

"Notwithstandinganything

contained in

section 12, no taxshall

be

payableon

goods

under

this

Act tothe ?;xJent theJaxwas

leviableonthesaid

goods

underthe Mau;??,r Value

Ad4?Tex Act,

2004.

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32 of i'.,\94

(b) Notwithstandinganything containedinsection 13, no tax shall

be

payabl? on services under this Act to the extent the tax was

'ltviableonthe said services under Chapter Vofthe

Finance Act,

1994.

·

(c)

Where

tax was

paid

on

any supply, both

ttndei

the Manipur

Value Added

T;;yA\ct, 2004and

under

Chapter _)[. 9f

tit,??-? l?,

··t!...?.·shall be

leviable

wider

.

mis Act andthetaxable person. sh.all'be entitled totake credit of value

added tax.Qr s.:ervicretaxpaid

under

the existing lawtothe extentof

supplies made

afterthe appointeddayandsuchcredit shallbe.calculated insuch manner as

may

be

prescribed.

(12)

Where

any goodssenton

approval basis,

not.earlier than six months before

the

appointed day,are

rejectedornot. approvedby the

buyer andreturnedtotheselleronor after the

appointed day,

notaxshall

be

payable thereon if

such goods

are returned withinsixmonths from

the appointedday:

Provided that the said

period ofsi:x:months may, onsufficient ause

being

shown,

'be extended

by

the Commissioner

for a further. ieriod nof

exceedingtwomonths:

? P.rgyidedfurther

that the

tax.

shall

be. payable by

the

person re?1armngthe

goods if such

goods are

liaJ?µ:w taxunder .this Act, and are returned

after the

period specifiedin

this sub-sectlon;

145

Provided also that tax shall be

payable

by

the person who has sent the

goods

on

approval

basis

if

such

goods

are liable to tax under this

Act,

and are not returned within

the

period

specified

in

this sub-section.

(13)

Where a

supplier

has

made

any sale of

gooils

in

respect of

which tax was

required

.

to be deducted at source under the

Manipur

Value Added

Tu,

20CK and has also issued an invoice for

the same before the

appoinkd day. no deduction of tax at source under section 51 sbaB be made

by

the

deduct or under

the said seclion wbc:R payment tothesaid

supplier is

m84le onorala-the appointed

day. Explanation;- · Forthe

purposesof this

Chapter, the -

apmon

"capitalgoods"

shall havethesame

meaning

as

assigned

to it in the Manipur

Value Added Tax,

2004.

146

CHAPTER XXI

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

143.

(1)

A

registeredperson {lter?after in this section referred to as the

"principal")may, under intimation and

subject

to such

conditions as

may be

prescribed, send any inputs

or capitalgoods,withoutpaymentoftax,to a

job

worker for job work andfromthere

subsequentlysendtoanother job

worker and

likewise, and

shall,- (a)

bring back

inputs,

after

completionof

job

work or otherwise, or

capitalgoods, otherthanmoulds and dies,

jigs and

fixtures, or tools,

within one

year and three

years, respectively, of their

being

sent

out,

to any of

his

place of

business,

without

payment

oftax; (b)

supply such

inputs,

after

completion

of

job ·

work or otherwise, or

capital

goods,

other than

moulds and

dies,

jigs and

fixtures, or tools,

within one

year and three years, respectively, of their

being

sent out from the

place

of business

of a

job

worker on payment oftaxwithin

India,orwithorwithout payment oftaxfor

export, asthecase

maybe:

Provided

that the

principal

shall not

supply the

goods

from the

place of

business

of a

job

worker in terms of clause

(b)

unless the said

principal declares tne

place of business

of the

job-worker as his additional

place of business

except

in a

case- (i)

wherethe

job

workeris

registered

under section

25; or (ii)

wherethe

principal is

engaged inthe

supply of such

goods

as

may be

notified

by

the Commissioner.

(2) The

responsibilityfor

keeping proper

accountsfor the inputs or

capitalgoods

shall lie withthe

principal. (3}

Wherethe

inputs

sentfor

job workare not received back

by

the

principal

after

completion

of

job

work or otherwise in

accordance with

clause

(a)

of

sub-section ( 1) or

are not

suppliedfromthe

placeof

business of the job

workerin

accordancewith

clause

(b) of

sub-section

(1)

within a

period ofone

yearof

their

being

sent

out,

it shall be

deemed that such

inputs

had

been,supplied by the

principal

to the

job-worker on the

day when the said inputs weresent out. Job work

procedure.

147

(4)

Where the

capitalgoods,

other than moulds

and

dies,

jigs and

fixtures, or

tools, sent for

job

work are

not

received back

by

the

principal

in

accordance with

clause

(a)

of sub-section

(I) or are

not

snpplied

from the

place

of business of

the

job

worker in

accordance with

clause

(b) of

sub-section

(1)

within a

period

of three years of

their being sent

out, itshallbe

deemed that such

capital goods had been

supplied

by

the

principal

to the

job-worker on

. the_ day

when the said

capital goods

were sent out.

(5)

Notwithstanding anything

contained in

sub-sections

(1) and

(2), any

waste and

scrap generated

during

the job workmaybe

supplied

by

the

job

worker

directly from his

place· of business on

payment

of tax, if such

job worker is

registered,

or

by

the

principal,

if

the

job

worker -

is not

registered.

· Explanation :'-For

.

the purpose

of

job

work,

input

includes intermediate

goods

arising

from any

treatment or

process carried

.

out on the

inputs

by

the

principal

or the

job

worker.

144.

Where any document-

(i) is

produced by any person.under

this Act or

any other law for the time

being in

force; or

(ii) has beenseized

from the

custodyor control of any person under thisActor

any

other

law for the time

being in

force; or (iii)· hasbeenreceived

from any place

outside India in the course of any proceedings

under this Act or

any other law for the time

being

in

force, and

such

document is

tendered

by

the

prosecution

in

evidence against himor

any other person who is tried

jointly

with

him,

the court

shall,- · (a)

unlessthe

contrary

is

proved by

such person, presume

-

(i) thetruth ofthe contents of such

document;

(ii) thatthe

signature

and

every

other

part

of such document which

purports

to be in

the

handwriting of any particular person

or which tlle court

may reasonably

assumetohavebeen

signed

by,

or to ·

be in

the

handwriting

of, any particular person,

is in

that

person's

handwriting, and in the case of a document executed or attested,

that it was executed or attested

by

the person by

whom it

purports

to have been so executed or

attested; Presumption asto documents in

certain cases.

148

(b)

admitthedocumentinevidencenotwith

standing that. it isnot

duly stamped, if such docuinentisotherwise admissible in evidence.

145.

(1)

Notwithstandinganything

contained in

any other law for the time

being

in Iorce; --

(a) amicrofilmofadocumentorthe

reproductionof the

image

or

images

embodied

in

such micro film (whether

enlargedornot); or (b} afacsimile copyofadocument;or (c)

a statement containedinadocumentandincluded in a

printed

material

produced by

a

computer, subjecttosuch

conditionsas

maybe

prescribed;or ( d) any Information stored

electronicallyin

any device or media,

includingany hard

copies

made

of such information, shall bedeemed to be a document for the purposes of thisAct and the rules made thereunder

and shall be admissiblein

any proceedings thereunder,

without further

proof or

productionofthe original, asevidenceofany

contentsofthe

originalorofanyfact stated therein ofwhich direct evidence would be

admissible.

(2) In

any proceedings underthisActandorthe

rules made

thereunder,

where it

is desired to

gi?e a statement in evidence

by virtue

of

this

section, a certificate, - (a)

identifyingthedocument

containing thestatement and

describing

the manner in which it was produced;

(b}

givingsuch

particularsofany device

involvedinthe productionof thatdocumentas

maybe

appropriate for the

purpose of

showing that the document was producedby a

computer, shall be

evidence of any

matter stated in the certificate and

for the purposes. of

this

sub-sectionitshall be

sufficient

foramattertobe stated to the best of the

knowledge and

belief of the person stating it. Admissibility ofmicro

films,

facsimile

copies of documents and

computer printouts asdocuments and as evidence.

146. The Government may,

on the recommendations of the

Council,

Common Portal. notify theCommon Goodsand

Services TaxElectronic Portal for

facilitatingregistration, payment of

Jax, furnishing of returns,

computation

and

settlement.

o(

integrated

tax, electronic way bill and

for

carrying

out

such 'other functions and for

such purposes

as

may be

prescribed.

43 of 1961

2 of 1934 36 of2003

149

147.

The Government

.

may, on.the

recommendations ofthe Council,

notify

certain

suppliesof

goods

as "deemed

exports':

where

goods supplied

do not leave

India,

and

payment

for

such supplies is

received eitherinIndian

rupees

orin

convertible foreign exchange, ifsuch

goods aremanufactured in

India.

148. The Government

may,

on the

recommendations

of

the Council, and

subject

tosuch

conditions and

safeguards

as may be

prescribed, notify

certain classes of

taxable persons, and the

·

special

procedures tobe.followed

by suchtaxable persons including

those With

regard to

registration, furnishing of return,

payment

of tax and

administration

of

such taxable persons.

149.

(1)

Every

registered person

may

be

assigned

a

goods

and services tax

compliance rating

score

by

the Government based on his

record

ofcompliance

with

the

provisions

of this Act

(2) The

goods andservicestax

compliance rating

score

may be

determined on the basis of such

parameters

as

may be prescribed. (3} The

goods andservicestax

compliance rating score

may be

updated

at

periodic

intervals and

intimated to the registered personandalso

placed inthe

public

domain in such manner

as

may be

prescribed.

150.

(1)

Any person, being-

(a) a taxable person; or

(b) a local

authority

or other

public body

or

association; or

(c) any authority oftheState Government

responsible for the collection

of value

added tax or sales tax or State excise

duty

or an

authority

of the Central Government

responsible

for the collection of excise duty orcustoms

duty; or ( d) anincome tax

authority

appointed

underthe provisions oftheIncome-tax Act,1961; or (e)

a

banking company

Withinthe

meqning ofclause

(a) ofsection45AoftheReserveBank of

India Act, 1934;or

(f) -aState

Electricity

Board or

an

electricity distribution or transmission licensee under the

Electricity

Act, 2003, or

any other ·

entity

entrusted With such functions

by

the Central

Government· or the State Government; or

Deemed

Exports. Special

Procedure for certain processes. Goods and services tax compliance rating. Obligation tofurnish information return.

16 of 1908

(g) (h) 18of2013 (i)

59ofl988 (j)

30of2013 42of1956 22 of 1996 2 ofl934 18 of2013

150

the

Registrar

or Sub-

Registrar appointed

under section 6of the

Registration

Act,

1908;or a

Registrar

within the

meaning

of

the

Companies Act,

2013;or the

registering authority empowered to

register motor vehicles under

the

Motor Vehicles

Act, 1988; or

the Collector referredtoinclause

(c)

of section 3of the

Right toFair

Compensation

and

Transparency in Land

Acquisition,

Rehabilitation andResettlement Act, 2013; or

(k) the

recognised

stock

exchange

referredtoin clause

(0 ofsection 2of the

Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act,1956; or

(l) a

depository

referredtoinclause

(e) ofsub-section ( 1) ofsection 2ofthe

Depositories Act,1996;or

(m) anofficerofthe

ReserveBankoflndiaasconstituted under section 3ofthe ReserveBankofIndia

Act, 1934;or

(n) theGoodsandServicesTaxNetwork,a

company registered

under the

Companies Act, 2013; or

(o) a

person towhoma

Unique Identity

Number has been

granted

under sub-section

(9)

of section

25;or

(p) any

other

person as maybe

specified, on the recommendations

of the

Council,

by the Government, who is

responsible

for

maintaining

record of

registration orstatement of accounts or

any periodic

return ordocument

containing

details of payment oftaxandother detailsoftransactionof

goods orservices or both or transactions related to a bank account or

consumption

of electricity ortransactionof

purchase, saleor

exchange of

goods or property or

right orinterestina

property

underanylawforthetime being inforce, shall. furnishaninformation. returnof thesamein respect ofsuch

periods,

withinsuchtime, insuch formandmanner and to such

authority

or

agency as

may be

prescribed.

(2)

Wherethe

Commissioner, oranofficer authorised by him inthis

behalf,

considers thattheinformation furnished intheinformation

returnisdefective, hemay intimate the defect to the

person

who

has furnished such information

returnand

give himan

opportunity of

rectifying

the defect

withina

period

of

thirty days from thedateof

such

intimationorwithin such further period

which,on an

application madeinthis

behalf, the said

authority may allowand ifthedefectisnotrectified within the said

period

of

thirty days orthefurther

period so allowed, then,

notwithstanding anything

contained

in any other

provisions

of this

Act,

such

information return shall betreated asnotfurnished

and. the

provisions of this Actshall

apply.

151

(3)

Where a

person whois

required tofurnish

information return has not furnished the same within the time specified insub-section (1) orsub-section

(2), the said

authority may

serve

upon him a notice

requiring furnishing ofsuchinformation return withina

period not

exceedingninety da,s

from,the

date of service of the notice. and

such-person

shall furnish the information return.

151.

(1)

The Commissioner may, if he

considers

that it is necessary soto

do,

by

notification,

direct that statistics may be collected

relating to

any

matter dealt

with,.

by or in

connection with this Act.

(2)

Upon suchnotification

being

issued, the

Commission?. or

any

person authorised

by

him in this

behalf,

may call uponthe

concerned persons tofurnishsuch information or

returns,

in such form and manner as

may be

prescribed, relating

to

an.y

matterin

respect

of which statistics is to be

collected. ·

152.

(1)

No information of any individual return or

part

thereof with respect

to

any

matter

given

for the purposesof section 151

shall,

without

the

previous

consentin writing of theconcerned person orhis·authorised representative, be

published insuchmannerso asto enable such

particulars

tobeidentified as

referring

to a particular personandnosuchinformation shallbe used for the

purpose of any proceedings

under thisAct. (2}

Except for the

purposesof

prosecution

under this Act, or

any other Act for the time

being

in

force, no

person who is not

engaged

in the

collection of statistics under this Actor

compilation

or

computerization

thereof

for the

purposes of this

Act, shall

be

permitted ?

see

or have access

to.any

information or

any individual return referred to in

section151.

(3)

Nothing inthissection shall

apply tothe

publication of any information

relating

to a class of taxable persons orclass of

transactions,

ifinthe

opinion

of the Commissioner, itisdesirableinthe

;ublic

interestto publish suchinformation.

153.

Any

officer not below

the

rank of Assistant

Commissioner

may, having

regard tothenature and.

complexityofthecaseand the interest of revenue, take assistance of any expert at

any stage of

scrutiny, inquiry, investigation

or

any other.

proceedings before him. Power to collect statistics Bar on disclosure of infurmation

required under section

151.

Taking · tw:rfmau expert

45ofl860 1 of 1872

152

154. The Commissioner

?ran officer

authorised

by

him may take samples of

goods from the

possession ofanytaxable person, where

he considers it

necessary, and

provide a

receipt

for any samples sotaken.

155. ,r\'here any person

claims thaf lieis

eligible far

input taxcredit under this

Act, theburden

of

proving suchclaim shall lieon such person.

156. All persons discharging

functions under

thisActshall be deemed tobe

public

servants withinthe

meaning ofsection 21 of theIndian

Penal Code.

157.

(1) No

suit,

prosecution orother

legalproceedings

shall

lie against the

President,

State

President, Members,

officers or other

employees

of the

Appellate Tribunalor

any other

person authorised

by

the said

Appellate Tribunal for

anything

whichis in

good

faith doneorintendedto be done under this Actorthe rules made

thereunder,

(2) No

suit,

prosecution orother

legalproceedings shall lie against

• any officer

appointed orauthorised

under this Act for

anything

whichisdoneorintendedtobe

done

in good

faith underthis Actorthe

rulesmadethereunder.

158.

(1)

All

particulars

contained in

any

statement made,

return furnished or accounts or documents

produced in accordance withthis

Act, orin

any record

of evidence given inthecourseofanyproceedings

underthis A,ct (other than

proceedings

beforeacriminal

court), orin any record

of any proceedings

under

thisAct

shall,save as

provided

in sub-section

{3),

not be disclosed.

(2) Notwithstanding

anything

containedinthe

Indian Evidence

Act,

1872, nocourt shall,save · asotherwise providedinsub-section (3),

requireanyofficer

appointed or authorised

under

this Act to

produce before

it or to give

evidence before itin

respect of

particulars

referred to in sub-section

(1).

Power to take

samples. Burden of Proof. Persons deemedtobe public

servants. Protection of action taken under

thisAct Disclosure ofinformation by a

public

servant 45 of1860 49of 1988

(3)

Nothing contained inthissection shall

apply tothe disclosure

of,-

(a) any particulars in

respect ofany

statement, return,

accounts, documents. evidence,

affidavit or

deposition;

for the· purp9se of any prosecution under the

Indian.

Penal Codeorthe

Preventionof Corruption Act,

1988,or anyotherlaw for the time being in

force;or

153

(b) any particulars

to the

Central Government or the State

Government or to

any person acting

in

the implementation of-this Act, forthepurposes of carrying outthe

objects of thisAct;or (c)

any particulars whensuchdisclosure is

occasioned by the

lawful exercise underthisActofany process for the service of any

notice or

recovery

of

any demandj or

(d) any particulars

to a civil court in

any

suit or proceedings, towhichtheGovernment

.

or

any authority

underthisActisa

party,

.

which relates to

any

matter

arising

out of any proceedings

under this Act or under any other law for the

time

being in force

authorising any such

authority

to exercise any powers thereunder; or (e)any particulars to

any officer

appointed forthe purpose of

auditoftax

receipts orrefundsofthe tax

imposed by

this Act; or

(f) any particulars

•where such·

particulars

are relevant for

the purposes of any inquiry

into the conduct of. any officer

appointed orauthorised under

this Act, to

any

person

or

persons appointed

as an

inquiry officer under any

law for the time

being

in

force; or

(g) anysuch

particulars toanofficeroftheCentral Government or of

any

State

Government, as

may be necessary

for the purpose of

enabling

levy

or realise any

tax or

duty;

or

(h) any particulars when suchdisclosureisoccasioned by thelawful exercise·

by a

public

servantor

any other

statutory authority,

of his or its

powers under any law for thetime

being in

force;or

(i) any particulars

relevant to

any inquiry intoa

charge of misconduct

in

connection with any proceedings under

thfs .

Act against

a

practising

advocate,

a tax

practitioner..,·

a

practising

cost

accountant, a

practising.

chartered accountant,

a

practising company secretary to

the.

authority empowered to take

disciplinary

action

against

the

members practising the

profession ofa

legal practitioner, a cost accountant, a chartered accountant or a company secretary. asthecase maybe;or

154

(j) any particulars to

any agency appeinted for the purposes ofdata

entry on

any automated

system or for the

purpose of

operating, upgrading

or maintaining any automated

system

where such agency is

contractually bound nottouseordisclose such

particulars

except fortheaforesaid purposes; or

(k) anysuch

particularstoanofficer oftheGovernment as

may be

necessary

for the

purposes

of any other law for the time

being in

force;

and

(l) any information

relating to anyclassoftaxable persons orclass of transactionsfor

publication, if, in the

opinion

of

the

Commissioner,

it

is desirable in the

public

interest, to

publish such

information.

159.

(1)

If the Commissioner, or

any other officer authorised

by him inthis

behalf, isof the

opinion

thatit is

necessary or

expedient

in the

public

interest to

publish

the name of any person

and any other

particulars relating to any proceedingsor

prosecution

under thisAct

tnrespect of such person, it

may

causetobe

published suchnameand particulars insuchmanner asitthinks fit

(2) No

publication

under this

section shall bemade in relation to

any penalty imposed under thisActuntil the time for

presenting

an

appealtothe

Appellate Authority under section107has

expired withoutan

appeal having been

presented

or the

appeal,

if

presented,

has

been disposedof. Explanation:- Inthecaseof

firm, company orother

associationof persons, the names of

the

partners

of the

firm,

directors,

managing agents,

secretariesandtreasures or

managersofthecompany, or the members

of the

association,asthecase

may be, may also

be publishedif, in

the.opinion of theCommissioner, or anyother

officer authorised

by him

.in this

behalf,

circumstancesof thecase

justifyit.

160.

(1)

No assessment,

re-assessment,

adjudication,

review, revision,

appeal, rectification,

notice,

summons orother proceedings done,

a\:cepted, made,

issued, initiated, or purported tohave been

done,

accepted, made, issued, initiated in

pursuance of anyof the

provisions of thts Act shall

be invalid or deemedtobe invalid

merelyby reason of any mistake,

defectoromission therein,

if such assessment,

re-assessment,

adjudication,

review, revision,

appeal, rectification,

notice,

summons orother proceedings areinsubstanceandeffectin

conformity with or

according tothe intents,

purposes

and requirements of this Actor anyexisting law. Publication of

information

respecting persons incertain cases. Assessment

proceedings, etc. not

to be invalidon certain

grounds.

155

{2) Theserviceofany notice,

order or communication shall not be

called

in

question,

if

the

notice,

order or communication, asthecase

may be, has

alreadybeen acted upon by

the person

to whom it

is issued or where such service has not been called in

question a.tor in the earlier

proceedings commenced,

continued or finalised ·

pursuant tosuch

notice,

orderorcommunication.

161. Without

prejudice

to· the

provisions

of section

160,

and

Rectificationoferrors notwithstandinganything containedin

any other

provisionsofapparent fromrecord. this

Act, any authority, who

has

passed or issued any decision or order or notice or certificate or

any other

document; may rectifyany

error which·is

apparent onthefaceofrecord in such decision or order or notice or. certificate or

any other document,

either onitsown motion or wheresucherroris broughttoitsnotice

byany officer

appointed underthisActor an officer

appointed under

the

Central.Goods

and Services Tax Act or

by

the

affected person within a

period of three months from the date of issue of such decision or order or notice or certificate or

any other

document, as the case

may be:

Provided that no such rectification shall be

done after a

period of six months from the date

of issue of such

decision or order or notice or certificate or

any other document:

Provided further that

the

said

period ofsixmonths shall not apply insuchcases wheretherectificationis

purelyinthenature of correction of a clerical or arithmetical error,

arising fromany accidental

slip or omission:

Provided also

.

that where

such· rectification

adversely affects any person, the

principles of natural

justice

shall

be

followed

by

the authoritycarryingoutsuchrectification.

162. Save as

provided in sections 117 and

118, no civil court shall

Baron

jurisdictionof have

jurisdiction todealwith or decide any question arising

civil courts. from or

relating to

anything done or

purported

tobedone ' under

this Act.

163.

Wherever a

copy of any order or document isto be

provided to

any person

on an

application made

by him for

that purpose, there shall

be

paid

such

fee as

may be

prescribed. •

164.

(1)

The Government

may,

on the recommendations

of the Council,

by notification, make

rulesfor

carryingoutthe ' provisionsofthisAct. Levyof fee.

Power of Governmentto make rules.

156

(2)

Without

prejudicetothe

generalityof the

provisionsof sub-section (1),

the Government may make rules for all or

any of the matters which

by this

Act are required to be, or

may be,

prescribed or in

respect

of which

provisions are to be or

may be

madfby

rules.

(3) The

power tomakerules conferred

bythissection shall include the

power to

giveretrospective effecttotherules or

any of

them from a date not earlier than thedateon

which the

provisionsof this Actcomeintoforce.

(4) Any rulesmadeunder sub-section(!)may providethat a contravention thereof

shall be liable to a

penalty not exceedingten

thousandrupees.

165. The

Government

may, by

notification,

make

regulations consistent with

this

Act and the rules made thereunder to carry outthe

provisions of

this Act. 166 .. Every

rule made

by

the

Government, every regulation made by the

Governmentandevery notification issued

by the Government under

this

Act,

shall

be

laid,assoon as

may be after itismadeorissued,

before

the State

Legislature, while it

in

session, foratotal

period ·of

thirty days which. may

,,

be

comprisedinonesession or

in two

or more successive sessions, and

if,

before the

expiryofthesession

immediately followingthesessionorthe

successive

sessions aforesaid, the State

Legislatureagrees

in

makingany modification inthe rule or

regulation orinthe notification,asthecase maybe, or the

State

Legislatureagrees that the

ruleor

regulationor the notification shouldnotbe

made,

the ruleor

regulationor notification, asthecase

maybe,

shall thereafter

have effect

only in such modified

formorbe ofnoeffect, asthecase

may be; so, however,

thatany

such modificationorannulm?nt shall

be without

prejudicetothe

validity of

anythingpreviouslydone under that

rule or

regulationornotification,asthecase

may be. ·

167. The

Commissioner

may, by notification,

direct

that

subjectto such

conditions,

if any,

as

may be

specifiedinthe notification, any· power exercisable

by any authorityorofficer under this

Act

may be exercisable

also

by another

authorityorofficer·as may be

specifiedinsuchnotification. Power tomake

regulations.

Layingof

rules, regulationsand notifications. Delegationofpowe

157

168. The Commissioner

may, if he considers it

necessary

or expedient·so.todoforthepurposeof

uniformity inthe implementationof

this.Act,

issuesuch

orders,

instructions or direcuons.to.the .•State

tax officers as it

may deem

·fit,

and thereupon all suchofficersandall

other.persons employedin the

implementation of this Act

shall

observe and follow such orders,

instructions or directions.

169.

(1)

Any

decision,

order, summons, notice or other communication under

this Act or the rules made thereunder shall

be

served

by any

one of the

following methods,

namely:-

(a)

bygiving or

tendering it

directlyor

by a

messenger including acouriertotheaddresseeorthe taxable person

or to his manager

or authorised representative oranadvocateoratax

practitioner holding

authority to

appear inthe

proceedingson behalf of thetaxable person

or to a

person regularly employedby himinconnectionwith the

business, or to

any adult member of

family residing with

the taxable person;

or (b)

by registered post or

speed post orcourierwith acknowledgementdue,tothepersonforwhom it is intended or his authorised

representative, if any, at his last known

place of business or residence-er (c)

by sending a communicationtohise-mail address providedatthetimeof

registration orasamended from time to time; or (d)

by making itavailableonthecommon

portal;or (e)

by publication ina

newspaper circulating inthe localityinwhichthe

taxable person ortheperson to whom it

is issued is last

known to have

resided, carri?,donbusinessor

personally worked for

gain; or

(f) ifnoneofthe

modes aforesaidis

practicable, by affixirtgit insome

conspicuous place athis Jast known

place

of' business or· residence

and if such mode is not

practicable for any

reason,then

by affixingacopy thereofonthenotice boardofthe office oftheconcerned

officer or

authoritywhoor which

passed such decision or order or issued such summons or notice.

Power to issue

instructions or directions.

Service of notice in

certain

circumstances.

158

(2)

Every decision, order, summons, notice or

any communication shall be deemed to have been

served on the date on which it is tendered or

published or a

copy thereof is'affixed

in

the manner

provided in sub-section

(1).

(3) Whensuch

decision, order, summons,

notice or

any communication is sent

by

registeredpost

or

speed post, it shall

be deemed to have been received

by

the addressee at the

expiry

of the

period

normally'talcenby

such

post in

transit unless the

contrary

is

proved«: ..

170. The amount of tax, interest,

penalty,

fine or

any other sum Roundingoffoftaxetc. payable,and theamountofrefundor

any othersumdue,

under the

provisions

.of this

J\ct sll.all be

rounded

off to the nearest rupee and,

for

this purpose, where

such amount containsa part ofa

rupee consisting of

paise,

then, if

such

part is

fifty paise ormore, itshallbeincreasedtoone

rupeeandif such · part islessthan

fiftypaise itshallbe

ignored.

171.

( 1)

Any

reduction in rate of tax on

any supply

of

goods or services or the

benefit

of

input

tax credit shall be

passed on to the

recipient byway of commensurate reduction in prices.

(2) TheCentral Government

may

on recommendationsof the

Council,

by

notification,

constitute an

Authority, or

em?wer

an

existing A?ority

constituted

under any law for thetime

being in

force, toexamine whether input · taxcredits

availed

by any registered person or the

reduction in. the tax

rate have

actually

resulted in a commensurate reduction in the

price

of

the

goods

or services or both

suppliedby

him. ( 3) The

Authority

referred to in sub-section

(2)

shall exercise such powers an?

discharge

such functions as

may be prescribed. J_,:

172.

(1)

if any difficulty atises in

giving effectto

any provisions

of this

Act,

the Government may,

on the recommendations of the

Council,

by

a

general

or a

special order

published

in the

Official

Gazette,

make such

provisions

not inconsistent with

the

provisions

of

this Act or the rules or

regulations made

thereunder, as

may be necessary

or

expedient

for the purpose of

rep:ioving the

said

difficulty :

Provided

Jhat

nosuch

order

shallbe

K,lade after

the

expiry

of a

period of three years from the

date of

commencement

of this Act. Anti-profiteering Measure.

Removal of difficulties.

43ofl994

159

{2) &aycmkr madeunder this

section

spall be: laid,as soon

•maybe,

after itismadibefore the

State

Legislature.

173. Sa'Rasolhtnrise

providedinthis Act,onand

from the date of

Amendmentof

certain

• ,_,..,.. rmeot of

this

Act- Acts ill lhr

Manipor Municipalities Act, ,1?

in section 75, in sub-

Kdion (1).

clauses

(c),

and

(i)

shall

be omitted; 6of200S

145-? ... 03101ntil 8of200D

174.

(1)

Saftasotherwise

provided in this

Act, onand from the date of

commencement

of this

Act,.

(i) the

Manipur

Value Added TaxAct,2004,

except in

respect of

goods included inthe

Entry 54 of the

State List of

the Seventh Schedule tothe Constitution,

(ii) the

Assam Amusementand

Betting Tax Act, 1939(as

extended to

Manipur),

(iii) the

Manipur TaxonLuxury (Hotel &

Lodging Houses) Act. 2000

(hereafter

referred toas the

repealed Acts) arehereby repealed.

(2) The

repealofthesaid Actsand theamendment of the

Acts

specified in section

173 (hereafter

referred to as

"such amendment'' or"amended

Act':asthecase may be) tothe

extent mentioned insub-section (1) or section

173 shallnot-

(a)

revive

anythingnotinforceorexisting at the

time of such

repeal;or (b)

affect the

previous operation of the

repealed Acts

and orders oranything

duly done orsuffered thereunder; or (c)

affectanyright, privilege, obligation, or liability

acquired, accruedorincurred

under the

repealed Acts or orders under such

repealed Acts:

Provided that

any tax

exemption granted-asan incentive

against

investment througha notification

shall notcontinue as

privilegeifthesaid

notification is rescindedon orafter the

appointed day; or' Repealand

saving

IO of 1897

160

(d)

affect any

tax,

surcharge, penalty,

interestasaredue or

may

become

due or

any

forfeiture or

punishment incurred or inflicted in

respect

of any offenceor violation

committed

against

the

provisions ofthe repealed

Acts; or (e)

affect any investigation,

inquiry,

assessment proceedings,

adjudication andany other

legal proceedings or

recoveryofarrearsor

remedy in

respect

of any such tax, surcharge, penalty, fine, interest,

right, privilege, obligation,

liability, forfeiture or

punishment,

as aforesaid, andanysuch Investigation,

inquiry,

assessment

proceedings, adjudication and

other

legal proceedings or recovery ofarrears or

remedy may be

instituted, continued or

enforced, andany such tax,

surcharge, penalty,

fine, interest, forfeitureor

punishmentmay be levied or

imposed

as if theseActshadnotbeen so

repealed;

or (f)

affect any proceedings

including that

relating to an

appeal,

revision,

review or reference,

instituted before, on

or· after·the

appointed

day

underthe said

repealed

Acts and

such

proceedings

shall

be continued under thesaid

repealed Actsas if

this Act had not come into force and

the said

Acts had not been

amended or

repealed.

(3) Thementionofthe

particular n;i,atters

referredtoin section 173 and

sub-section

( 1)

.

shall not beheldto prejudice oraffect the

general

application ofsection6 of the

Manipur

General Clauses

Act,

1897

(Act

No.IO of 1897) with

regard tothe

effect of

repeal.

161

..

SCHEI>mffil {See-section ·7tl

ACTIVITIES TOBE

TREATEDASSUPPLY

EVEN IFMADEWITH-

OUT

CONSIDERA'lfflN iC.:: ...,,

Jr'

\

1.

??rmanenf transferor dispos?

o{

b?ess

assets where

input

tax ?redithas been availed on such assets

.

.

2.

Supply

of

goo

or between

distificipersons'aSspecified in section

25,

when

made in the course

or furtherance of

business; Provided that

gifts n.ot exceeding fifty thousaiid

rupees in value in a financial year by

an

employer

to an employee: shall not be

treated as

supply of

goods

or services or both.

3.

Supply of

goods-! (a)

by

a prin?ipaltohis

agent whiie'theagent undertakes to

supply such

goods on behalf

of the

principal; or ·

(b)

by an

agenttoh'

principal wherethe

agent

undertakes t6receive such

goods

on behalf of the

principal.

4.

Import

..

of. services by ataxable person

.

from a related person

or from

any

of his other establishments outside

India,

in the course

or furtherance or business,

162

SGHEDULEII

[See

section7J

ACTIVITIES TO BETREATED

AS SUPPLY

OF

GOODS OR

SUPPLY OF SERVICES

1. Transfer

(a) any transferofthe

title

.in goods isa

supply of

goods;

(b) any transfer

ofright in

goods

orof

undivided sharein

goods without the transfer of

title

tlteteot .•• a

supply of

services;

(c) any transfer oftitlein

goods und?;an

agreement

which stipulates that

property in

goods

shall pass ata

fu.ture date upon payment of

full

considerationas.

agreed, isa

supply

of goods.

2. Land and

Building

(a) any lease,

tenanc;>i,easement,lice.nee to

occupy. land isa supply of

services;

(b) any leaseor

letting outof the

building including acommercial, industrial or residential

complex

for business or

commerce, either

?holly

or

partly, isa

supply ofservices. ?,-

.·.·'

;,"

··',·.·.. ,?-- ·•..

.

.

. ,.. .

_., .

·,. ·. ·,.

'

3. Treatment or

process Any

treatmentor

process

whichis

appliedto

another

person's goods isa

supply ofservices. ·

4. Transfer of business assets (a)

where

goods

fo{,;ningpart of

tne as.?ts ofa.business are transferred or

disposed

of

by

or under

the

directions ofthe person carrying onthe

businesssoas no

longer toform

part of

those assets, whether or not for a consideration, such transfer or

disposal

is a

supply

of

goods

by

the person; · (b)

where,

by orunderthedirectionofa

person carrying ona business,

goods heldorused forthepurposesofthebusiness are

put

to

any private useor

are used,ormade available to any person foruse,foranypurpose other thana

purpose of the

business,

whether or not for a consideration, theusage

or making

availableofsuch

goods isa

supply ofservices; (c)

where any person

ceasestobeataxable person,

any goods forming part oftheassetsofany business

carriedon by him shall be

deemed to be

supplied by

him in the course

or furtherance ofhisbusiness

immediately

before heceases to be a taxable person, unless-

(i) thebusinessistransferred asa

going

concernto another person;

or

(ii) thebusinessiscarried on

by

a

personal representative who is deemed to be a taxable person.

5.

Supply

of services The

following

shall be treated as

supply ofservice,

namely:-

(a)

renting ofimmovable

property;

20of 1972

83

163

(b)

constructionofa

cowplex, building. civil structureora part

thereof,

including a

complex or

building

intendedfor sale to a

buyer, wholly

or

partly, except

where

the entire consideiilion has

beep .received

after

?ce of

completion certificate,

}wh?te ·

ri!quired,by the

competent authority or after its first

occupation,

whichever is-earlier. Explanation:-Forthe

purposes.'ofthisclause-

(1)

th?,?ression

"competent authority" meanstheGovernmentor any authority

authorised toissue

completioncertificate underanylaw for thetime

being inforce andincase

of

non-requirement

of such certificate from

such

authority, from any or the

following. namely>

(i) an.

?chitect .·.

regist?red wltt the

Councilof

.

A,.rchitecture constituted

underthe

ArchitectsAct,1972;or

(ii) achartered

engineer registe;e.d w:thtb? mstitution of

Engineers (India);or

(iii) alicensed

surveyor ofthe

respective

local

body of the

city or town or

villageor

development or

plati.ning authority;

(2) th?.

?tession

"constrµction"inqudes.additions,. alterations, replacementsor

remodelling.?fany

,exisWi1S?ivil structure,

(c) temporary transferor

permitting theuse or

enjoyment of any intellectual property right; (d)

development,design,programming, customisation,

adaptation,

"·.: upgradation,

enhancement, . implementation

of information technology software; {e)

agreeing tothe

obligation to

ref?11 froman act, ortotolerate an actor asituation, orto do an

act; and (ff '

fransfer'ofthe

rightt<>tJst any goodsfo? any

purpose(whether or not fora

specifiedperiod)

f()r

cash,

deferred

payment

or other

valuable

consideration.

6.

.

Composite supply The

following composite supplies shall betreatedas a

supply of services, namely:-

(a)

works contractasdefinedinclause

(119) ofsection 2; and (b)

supply, by wayoforas

part ofany

serviceorin anyother manner

whatseever; of

goods, being

food or

any

other article for

human

consumption or

any drink

(other thanalcoholic liquor forhuman

consumption),

wheresuch

supply orservice is' for

cash,

deferred

payment

or other valuable consideration.

7.

Supply of

Goods The

following shall be

treated as

supply of

goods,namely:-

Supplyof

goodsbyany unincorporated associationor

body of persons .toamember thereof

for

cash, deferred

payment orother valuable consideration.

164

'\_ ... -·_.,

.... ,.,

SCHBDutB Ill· (See

aectJoa

71

AClttttDS ORTRANSACI'IONS.WHIOHSIIAU,BBTRBATPll

M81THBR AS

A

SUPPLY OP GOODS

·NOtlA ftmttldP 81lllVld!S

1. Service,

by an

employee

to

theemploye,ln

..

c.ou.r,eofor

In relatlon to

hli'em,ployment.

2.

Servlcea

by any

courtor1\ibunal e1tabU.bed ?er any law fbr

tfle tlme

being

tmf&•ce. ··.

.

3.

(a)

the fimotlollt

pc,,folmff

by

the Me•• ,Qf;,PadlmMmt, ?ben ofState

Le8k]ature, M?er1 of.; }tanchapb. Memben of

M,umofpaUtle.sandMembers

.

of ·

6ther local authbrlUes, ·

(b) theduties

rperform?dby'any peradn whoholdi

any polt In pursuance of

theprovlalomof

the

ConsUtuUonInthat

c:apadt)1 or

(c) the

d?tle,

p.-forjp.ed

by any peraon q a

Chalrpe? ora ¥ember or..Dlre.ctor lna, body

established by theCentral Governmtnt or a

State·G<>venunent o,r local

authorityandwho Is· not deesnectuan

emplc,yee before

the

commencement of thlt-clause?

4. Services of

funeral, burlaJ,

crematoriumor

mortuary including transportation ofthe

4eceued. s. Sale ofland

and.

subject

toclatise

(b) .of

paragraph 5 of Schedule

Il, ule

ef"buiU:llng.

6 . Actlonable-.dilms,.other Jh?

Jotteqi?ettlns and

gambling. 1; ,

.. :,. ; .C,· .. .?·:?- , I

.- .; BrJ>la?tlOf',t-Porthepurpo•e•gf

pmgnph2 theterm«court"

lndU? District

Court,

High G"m-t

apd.Su_p.remo Court. . .

.

_·-,

u

. . Tc?. KAMTh.U

KlJMAR SINGH, Secretary (Law) tothe

Goyt.of

Manipur, \ Printed at the Directorate of

Printing

&

Stationery,

Government of

Manipur/405-C/19-06-2017.

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