Section 109 – Acts – APPEALS AND REVISION – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 109 – Constitution of Appellate Tribunal and Benches thereof. 109. (1) The Government shall, on the recommendations of the Council, by notification, constitute with effect from such date as may be specified therein, an Appellate Tribunal known as the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal for hearing appeals against the orders passed by the Appellate Authority or the Revisional Authority. (2) The powers of the Appellate Tribunal shall be exercisable by the National Bench and Benches thereof (hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as Regional Benches ), State Bench and Benches thereof (hereafter in this Chapter referred to as Area Benches ). (3) The National Bench of the Appellate Tribunal shall be situated at New Delhi which shall be presided over by the President and shall consist of one Technical Member (Centre) and one Technical Member (State). (4) The Government shall, on the recomme
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constituted under the Jammu and Kashmir Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017:] 3[Provided further that] the Government shall, on receipt of a request from any State Government, constitute such number of Area Benches in that State, as may be recommended by the Council: 4[Provided also that] the Government may, on receipt of a request from any State, or on its own motion for a Union territory, notify the Appellate Tribunal in a State to act as the Appellate Tribunal for any other State or Union territory, as may be recommended by the Council, subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed. (7) The State Bench or Area Benches shall have jurisdiction to hear appeals against the orders passed by the Appellate Authority or the Revisional Authority in the cases involving matters other than those referred to in sub-section (5). (8) The President and the State President shall, by general or special order, distribute the business or transfer cases among Regional Benches or, as the case m
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tional Bench, Regional Benches, State Bench or Area Benches differ in opinion on any point or points, it shall be decided according to the opinion of the majority, if there is a majority, but if the Members are equally divided, they shall state the point or points on which they differ, and the case shall be referred by the President or as the case may be, State President for hearing on such point or points to one or more of the other Members of the National Bench, Regional Benches, State Bench or Area Benches and such point or points shall be decided according to the opinion of the majority of Members who have heard the case, including those who first heard it. (12) The Government, in consultation with the President may, for the administrative convenience, transfer- (a) any Judicial Member or a Member Technical (State) from one Bench to another Bench, whether National or Regional; or (b) any Member Technical (Centre) from one Bench to another Bench, whether National, Regional, State or
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