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Compounding of offences
Section 97
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PROSECUTION AND COMPOUNDING OF OFFENCES
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
97. Compounding of offences
(1) Any offence under the Act may, either before or after the institution of prosecution, be compounded by the Competent Authority on payment, by the person accused of the offence, to the Central Government or the State Government, as the case be, of such compounding amount in such manner as may be prescribed:
PROVIDED that nothing contained in this section shall apply to –
(a) a person who has been allowed to compound once in respect of any of the offences described under clause (a) to (g) of sub-section (1) of section

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erson who has been accused of committing an offence specified in clauses (h),(k) or (l) of sub-section (1) of section 92; and
(f) any other class of persons or offences as may be prescribed:
PROVIDED FURTHER that any compounding allowed under the provision of this section shall not affect the proceedings if any, instituted under any other law:
PROVIDED ALSO that compounding shall be allowed only after making payment of tax, interest and penalty involved in such offences.
(2) The amount for compounding of offences under this section shall be as may be prescribed under the rules to be made under sub-section (1), subject to the minimum amount not being less than ten thousand rupees or fifty per cent of the tax involved, whichever is gr

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Offences by Companies and certain other persons
Section 96
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PROSECUTION AND COMPOUNDING OF OFFENCES
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
96. Offences by Companies and certain other persons
(1) Where an offence committed by a person under this Act 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) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where an offence under this Act has been committed by a

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Relevancy of statements under certain circumstances
Section 95
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PROSECUTION AND COMPOUNDING OF OFFENCES
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
95. Relevancy of statements under certain circumstances
(1) A statement made and signed by a person before any gazetted officer of CGST/IGST/SGST during the course of any inquiry or proceeding under this Act shall be relevant, for the purpose of proving, in any prosecution for a

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Presumption of culpable mental state
Section 94
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PROSECUTION AND COMPOUNDING OF OFFENCES
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
94. Presumption of culpable mental state
(1) In any prosecution for an offence under this Act which requires a culpable mental state on the part of the accused, the Court shall presume the existence of such mental state but it shall be a defence for the accused to prove the fact that he had no

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Cognizance of offences
Section 93
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PROSECUTION AND COMPOUNDING OF OFFENCES
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
93. Cognizance of offences
No Court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable except with the previous sanction of the designated authority, and no Court inferior to that of a Magistrate of the First Class, shall try any such offence.
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Prosecution
Section 92
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PROSECUTION AND COMPOUNDING OF OFFENCES
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
CHAPTER – XX
PROSECUTION AND COMPOUNDING OF OFFENCES
92. Prosecution
(1) Whoever commits any of the following offences, namely-
(a) supplies any goods and/or services without issue of any invoice or grossly misdeclares the description of the supply on invoice, in violation of the provisions of this Act, to intentionally evade tax;
(b) issues any invoice or bill without supply of goods and/or services in violation of the provisions of this Act, or the rules made thereunder leading to wrongful availment of credit or refund of duty;
(c) collects any amount as tax but fails to pay the same to the credit of the appropriate Government beyond a period of three months from the date on which such payment becomes due;
(d) collects any tax in contravention of the provisions of this Act but fails to pay the sa

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e rules made thereunder;
(j) receives or is in any way concerned with the supply of, or in any other manner deals with any supply of services which he knows or has reason to believe are in contravention of any provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder;
(k) tampers with or destroys any material evidence or documents;
(l) fails to supply any information which he is required to supply under this Act or the 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
(m) attempts to commit, or abets the commission of, any of the offences mentioned in clauses (a) to (l) of this section;
shall be punishable –
(i) in cases where the amount of tax evaded or the amount of input tax credit wrongly availed or utilized or the amount of refund wrongly taken exceeds two hundred and fifty lakh rupees, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five year

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every subsequent offence with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years and with fine:
PROVIDED that in the absence of special and adequate reasons to the contrary to be recorded in the judgment of the Court, the imprisonment referred to in sub-sections (1) and (2) shall not be for a term of less than six months.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), all offences under this Act, except the offences referred to in subsection (4) shall be non-cognizable.
(4) The offences specified in clause (a),(b),(c),(d) or (e) of sub-section (1) relating to taxable goods and/or services where the amount of tax evaded or the amount of input tax credit wrongly availed or the amount of refund wrongly taken exceeds one hundred lakh rupees shall be cognizable and non-bailable.
Explanation: The Commissioner concerned shall be the competent authority to take cognizance of the offence.
(5) A person shall not be prosecuted for any of

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Confiscation or penalty not to interfere with other punishments
Section 91
Bill
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
91. Confiscation or penalty not to interfere with other punishments
No confiscation made or penalty imposed under the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder shall prevent the infliction of any other punishment to which the person affected thereby is liable under the prov

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Confiscation of goods and/or conveyances and levy of penalty
Section 90
Bill
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
90. Confiscation of goods and/or conveyances and levy of penalty
(1) If any person –
(i) supplies or receives any goods in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act or rules made thereunder with intent to evade payment of tax; or
(ii) does not account for any goods on which he is liable to pay tax under this Act; or
(iii) supplies any goods liable to tax under this Act without having applied for registration; or
(iv) contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or rules made thereunder with intent to evade payment

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owner or the person in-charge of the conveyance, an option to pay in lieu of confiscation such fine as the said officer thinks fit:
PROVIDED that such fine shall not exceed the market value of the goods confiscated, less the tax chargeable thereon:
PROVIDED FURTHER that the aggregate of such fine and penalty leviable shall not be less than the amount of penalty leviable under sub-section (1) of section 89:
PROVIDED ALSO that where any such conveyance is used for the carriage of the goods or passengers for hire, the owner of the conveyance shall be given an option to pay in lieu of the confiscation of the conveyance a fine equal to the tax payable on the goods being transported thereon.
(3) Where any fine in lieu of confiscation of g

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Detention, seizure and release of goods and conveyances in transit
Section 89
Bill
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
89. Detention, seizure and release of goods and conveyances in transit
(1) Where any person transports any goods or stores any goods while they are in transit in contravention of the provisions of this Act or rules made thereunder, all such goods and the conveyance used as a means of transport for carrying the said goods and documents relating to such goods and conveyances shall be liable to detention or seizure and after detention or seizure, shall be released,-
(a) on payment of the applicable tax and penalty equal to one

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Power to impose penalty in certain cases
Section 88
Bill
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
88. Power to impose penalty in certain cases
Where the proper officer is of the view that a person is liable to a penalty and the same is not covered under any proceeding under sections 59, 60, 61, 62, 66, 67, 89 or 90, he may issue an order levying such penalty after giving a notice and after giving a rea

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General disciplines related to penalty
Section 87
Bill
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
87. General disciplines related to penalty
(1) No tax authority shall impose substantial penalties for minor breaches of tax regulations or procedural requirements. In particular, no penalty in respect of any omission or mistake in documentation which is easily rectifiable and obviously made without fraudulent intent or gross negligence shall be greater than necessary to serve merely as a warning.
Explanation.- For the purpose of this sub-section –
(a) a breach shall be considered a 'minor breach' if the amount of tax involved is less than five thou

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General penalty
Section 86
Bill
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
86. General penalty
Any person, who contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or any rules made thereunder for which no penalty is separately provided for in this Act, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to twenty five thousand rupees.
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Offences and penalties
Section 85
Bill
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
CHAPTER – XIX
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
85. Offences and penalties
(1) Where a taxable person who –
(i) supplies any goods and/or services without issue of any invoice or issues an incorrect or false invoice with regard to any such supply;
(ii) issues any invoice or bill without supply of goods and/or services 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 credit of the appropriate Government beyond a period of three months from the date on which such payment becomes due;
(iv) collects any tax in contravention of the provisions of this Act but fails to pay the same to the credit of the appropriate Government beyond a period of three months from the date on which such payment becomes due;
(v) fails to deduct the ta

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ubstitutes financial records or produces fake accounts and/or documents or furnishes any false information or return with an intention to evade payment of tax due under this Act;
(xi) is liable to be registered under this Act but fails to obtain registration;
(xii) furnishes any false information with regard to registration particulars, either at the time of applying for registration, or subsequently;
(xiii) obstructs or prevents any officer in discharge of his duties under the Act;
(xiv) transports any taxable goods without the cover of documents as may be specified in this behalf;
(xv) suppresses his turnover leading to evasion of tax under this Act;
(xvi) fails to keep, maintain or retain books of account and other documents in accordance with the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder;
(xvii) fails to furnish information and/or documents called for by a CGST/SGST officer in accordance with the provisions of this Act or rules made thereunder or furnishes f

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or short-paid or erroneously refunded, or where the input tax credit has been wrongly availed or utilized for any reason, other than the reason of fraud or any wilful misstatement or suppression of facts to evade tax, shall be liable to a penalty of ten thousand rupees or ten percent of the tax due from such person, whichever is higher.
(3) Any person who
(a) aids or abets any of the offences specified in clauses (i) to (xxi) of sub-section (1) above;
(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 reason to believe are liable to confiscation under this Act or the rules made thereunder;
(c) receives or is in any way concerned with the supply of, or in any other manner deals with any supply of services which he knows or has reason to believe are in contravention of any provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder

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Officers required to assist CGST/SGST officers
Section 84
Bill
INSPECTION, SEARCH, SEIZURE AND ARRES
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
84. Officers required to assist CGST/SGST officers
(1) All officers of Police, Railways, Customs and those of State/Central Government engaged in collection of goods and services tax and all officers of State/Central Government engaged in the collection of land revenue, and all village

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Access to business premises
Section 83
Bill
INSPECTION, SEARCH, SEIZURE AND ARRES
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
83. Access to business premises
(1) Any CGST/SGST officer authorized by the [Additional/Joint Commissioner of CGST or SGST] shall have access to any place of business of a registered taxable person to inspect books of account, documents, computers, computer programs, computer software (whether installed in a computer or otherwise) and such other things as he may require and which may be available at such place, for the purposes of carrying out any audit, scrutiny, verification and checks as may be necessary to safeguard the interest of revenue.
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Power to summon persons to give evidence and produce documents
Section 82
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INSPECTION, SEARCH, SEIZURE AND ARRES
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
82. Power to summon persons to give evidence and produce documents
(1) Any [CGST/SGST officer], duly authorised by the competent authority in this behalf, shall have power to summon any person whose attendance he considers necessary either to give evidence or to produce a document or any other thing in any inquiry which such officer is making for any of the purposes of this Act.
(5) A summons to produce documents or other things may be for the production of certain specified documents or things or for the product

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Power to arrest
Section 81
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INSPECTION, SEARCH, SEIZURE AND ARRES
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
81. Power to arrest
(1) If the [Commissioner of CGST or the Commissioner of SGST] has reason to believe that any person has committed an offence specified in clause (a),(b),(c),(d) or clause (e) of sub-section (1) of section 92 and punishable under clause (i) and (ii) of sub-section (1) or under sub-section (2) of t

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Inspection of goods in movement
Section 80
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INSPECTION, SEARCH, SEIZURE AND ARRES
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
80. Inspection of goods in movement
(1) The Central or a State Government may require the person in charge of a conveyance carrying any consignment of goods of value exceeding a specified amount to carry with him such documents as may be prescribed and also to carry with him such devices in such mann

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Power of inspection, search and seizure
Section 79
Bill
INSPECTION, SEARCH, SEIZURE AND ARRES
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
CHAPTER- XVIII
INSPECTION, SEARCH, SEIZURE AND ARREST
79. Power of inspection, search and seizure
(1) Where the CGST/SGST officer, not below the rank of Joint Commissioner, has reasons to believe that –
(a) a taxable person has suppressed any transaction relating to supply of goods and/or services or the stock of goods in hand, or has claimed input tax credit in excess of his entitlement under the Act or has indulged in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act or rules made thereunder to evade tax under this Act; or
(b) any person engaged in the business of transporting goods or an owner or operator of a warehouse or a godown or any other place is keeping goods which have escaped payment of tax or has kept his accounts or goods in such a manner as is likely to cause

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herwise deal with the goods except with the previous permission of such officer:
PROVIDED FURTHER that the documents or books or things so seized shall be retained by such officer only for so long as may be necessary for their examination and for any inquiry or proceeding under this Act.
(3) The documents, books or things referred to in sub-section (2) or any other documents, books or things produced by a taxable person or any other person, which have not been relied on for the issue of notice under the Act or rules made thereunder, shall be returned to such person within a period not exceeding thirty days of the issue of the said notice.
(4) The officer authorised under sub-section (2) shall have the power to seal or break open the door of any premises or to break open any almirah, box, receptacle in which any goods, accounts, registers or documents of the person are suspected to be concealed, where access to such premises, almirah, box or receptacle is denied.
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shown, be extended by the proper officer for a further period not exceeding six months.
(8) The Central or a State Government may, having regard to the 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 disposed of by the proper officer in such manner as the Central or a State Government may prescribe.
(9) Where any goods, being goods specified under sub-section (8), have been seized by a proper officer under sub-section (2), he shall prepare an inventory of such goods in the manner as may be prescribed in this behalf.
(10) The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), relating to search and seizure, shall, so far as may be, apply to search and seizure under this section subject to the modifica

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Continuation and validation of certain recovery proceedings
Section 78
Bill
DEMANDS AND RECOVERY
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
78. Continuation and validation of certain recovery proceedings
(1) Where any notice of demand in respect of any tax, penalty, interest or any other amount payable under this Act, (hereinafter in this section referred to as “Government dues”), is served upon any taxable person or any other person and any appeal, revision application is filed or other proceedings is initiated in respect of such Government dues, then –
(a) Where such Government dues are enhanced in such appeal, revision or other proceeding, the Commissioner shall serv

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Provisional attachment to protect revenue in certain cases
Section 77
Bill
DEMANDS AND RECOVERY
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
77. Provisional attachment to protect revenue in certain cases
(1) Where during the pendency of any proceedings under section 60, 61, 62 , 66, 67 or 79 the Commissioner is of the opinion that for the purpose of protecting the interest of the Government revenue, it is necessary so to do, he

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Tax to be first charge on property
Section 76
Bill
DEMANDS AND RECOVERY
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
76. Tax to be first charge on property
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law for the time being in force, any amount payable by a taxable person or any other person on account of tax, interest or penalty which he is liable to pay to the Central or a State Government shall be a first charge

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Transfer of property to be void in certain cases
Section 75
Bill
DEMANDS AND RECOVERY
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
75. Transfer of property to be void in certain cases
Where a person, after any amount has become due from him, creates a charge on or parts with the property belonging to him or in his possession by way of sale, mortgage, exchange, or any other mode of transfer whatsoever of any of his properties in

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Payment of tax and other amount in installments.
Section 74
Bill
DEMANDS AND RECOVERY
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
74. Payment of tax and other amount in installments.
On an application filed by a taxable person, the [Commissioner/Chief Commissioner] may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, extend the time for payment or allow payment of any amount due under the Act, other than the amount due as per the liabil

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Bar on recovery proceedings
Section 73
Bill
DEMANDS AND RECOVERY
MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016]
73. Bar on recovery proceedings
(1) Where a person has filed an appeal under section 98 or section 101, as the case may be, against the order of demand, the proper officer may not enforce the payment of demand until the appeal is resolved.
(2) Nothing in this section shall stay any proceedings by the proper officer for

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