Power of Settlement Commission to grant immunity from prosecution and penalty
Section 20
Bill
SETTLEMENT OF CASES
Draft – Integrated Goods And Services Tax Act, 2016 ( IGST Act) – Draft June 2016
20. Power of Settlement Commission to grant immunity from prosecution and penalty
(1) The Settlement Commission may, if it is satisfied that any person who made the application for settlement under section 15 has co-operated with the Settlement Commission in the proceedings before it and has made a full and true disclosure of his tax liability, grant to such person, subject to such conditions as it may think fit to impose, immunity from prosecution for any offence under this Act and also either wholly or in part from the impositio
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visions of this Act shall apply as if such immunity had not been granted.
(3) An immunity granted to a person under sub-section (1) may, at any time, be withdrawn by the Settlement Commission, if it is satisfied that such person had, in the course of the settlement proceedings, concealed any particular material to the settlement or had given false evidence, and thereupon such person may be tried for the offence with respect to which the immunity was granted or for any other offence of which he appears to have been guilty in connection with the settlement and shall also become liable to the imposition of any penalty under this Act to which such person would have been liable, had no such immunity been granted.
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