Goods and Services Tax

Section 156 – GST – States – MISCELLANEOUS – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – Persons deemed to be public servants. 156. All persons discharging functions under this Act shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (Central Act No. 45 of 1860). – – statute, statutory provisions legislation, law, enactment, Acts, Rules, Regulations, Taxation Tax Management India – taxmanagementindia – taxmanagement – taxmanage

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Burden of Proof. – Section 155 – GST – States – MISCELLANEOUS – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – Burden of Proof. 155. Where any person claims that he is eligible for input tax credit under this Act, the burden of proving such claim shall lie on such person. – – statute, statutory provisions legislation, law, enactment, Acts, Rules, Regulations, Taxation Tax Management India – taxmanagementindia – taxmanagement – taxmanagementindia.com – TMI – TaxTMI – TMITax

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Section 154 – GST – States – MISCELLANEOUS – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – Power to take samples. 154. The Commissioner or an officer authorised by him may take samples of goods from the possession of any taxable person, where he considers it necessary, and provide a receipt for any samples so taken. – – statute, statutory provisions legislation, law, enactment, Acts, Rules, Regulations, Taxation Tax Management India – taxmanagementindia – taxmanagement –

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Section 153 – GST – States – MISCELLANEOUS – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – Taking assistance from an expert. 153. Any officer not below the rank of Assistant Commissioner may, having regard to the nature and complexity of the case and the interest of revenue, take assistance of any expert at any stage of scrutiny, inquiry, investigation or any other proceedings before him. – – statute, statutory provisions legislation, law, enactment, Acts, Rules, Regulati

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Section 152 – GST – States – MISCELLANEOUS – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – Bar on disclosure of information. 152. (1) No information of any individual return or part thereof with respect to any matter given for the purposes of section 150 or section 151 shall, without the previous consent in writing of the concerned person or his authorised representative, be published in such manner so as to enable such particulars to be identified as referring to a particula

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Section 151 – GST – States – MISCELLANEOUS – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – Power to collect statistics. 151. (1) The Commissioner may, if he considers that it is necessary so to do, by notification, direct that statistics may be collected relating to any matter dealt with by or in connection with this Act. (2) Upon such notification being issued, the Commissioner, or any person authorised by him in this behalf, may call upon the concerned persons to furnish

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Section 150 – GST – States – MISCELLANEOUS – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – Obligation to furnish information return. 150. (1) Any person, being- (a) a taxable person; or (b) a local authority or other public body or association; or (c) any authority of the State 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 or customs duty; or (d) an income tax authority appointed under the provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (Central Act No. 43 of 1961); or (e) a banking company within the meaning of clause (a) of section 45A of the Reserve Bank of India Act,

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ensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (Central Act No. 30 of 2013); or (k) the recognised stock exchange referred to in clause (f) of section 2 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (Central Act No. 42 of 1956); or (l) a depository referred to in clause (e) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Depositories Act, 1996 (Central Act No. 22 of 1996); or (m) an officer of the Reserve Bank of India as constituted under section 3 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (Central Act No. 2 of 1934); or (n) the Goods and Services Tax Network, a company registered under the Companies Act, 2013(Central Act No. 18 of 2013); or (o) a person to whom a Unique Identity

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gency as may be prescribed. (2) Where the Commissioner, or an officer authorised by him in this behalf, considers that the information furnished in the information return is defective, he may intimate the defect to the person who has furnished such information return and give him an opportunity of rectifying the defect within a period of thirty days from the date of such intimation or within such further period which, on an application made in this behalf, the said authority may allow and if the defect is not rectified within the said period of thirty days or, the further period so allowed, then, notwithstanding anything contained in any other provisions of this Act, such information return shall be treated as not furnished and the provi

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Section 149 – Rajasthan SGST – MISCELLANEOUS – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Section 149 – Goods and services tax compliance rating. 149. (1) Every registered person may be assigned a goods and services tax compliance rating score by the Government based on his record of compliance with the provisions of this Act. (2) The goods and services tax compliance rating score may be determined on the basis of such parameters as may be prescribed. (3) The goods and services tax compliance

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Section 148 – GST – States – MISCELLANEOUS – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – Special procedure for certain processes. 148. The Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, and subject to such conditions and safeguards as may be prescribed, notify certain classes of registered persons, and the special procedures to be followed by such persons including those with regard to registration, furnishing of return, payment of tax and administration of such per

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Section 147 – GST – States – MISCELLANEOUS – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – Deemed Exports. 147. The Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, notify certain supplies of goods as deemed exports , where goods supplied do not leave India, and payment for such supplies is received either in Indian rupees or in convertible foreign exchange, if such goods are manufactured in India. – – statute, statutory provisions legislation, law, enactment, Acts

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Section 146 – GST – States – MISCELLANEOUS – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – Common Portal. 146. The Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, notify the Common Goods and Services Tax Electronic Portal for facilitating registration, payment of tax, furnishing of returns, computation and settlement of integrated tax, electronic way bill and for carrying out such other functions and for such purposes as may be prescribed. – – statute, statutory pr

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Section 145 – GST – States – MISCELLANEOUS – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – Admissibility of micro films, facsimile copies of documents and computer printouts as documents and as evidence. 145. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, – (a) a micro film of a document or the reproduction of the image or images embodied in such micro film (whether enlarged or not); or (b) a facsimile copy of a document; or (c) a statement contained in a document and included in a printed material produced by a computer, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed; or (d) any information stored electronically in any device or media, including any hard copies m

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Section 144 – GST – States – MISCELLANEOUS – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – Presumption as to documents in certain cases. 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 been seized from the custody or control of any person under this Act or any other law for the time being in force; or (iii) has been received 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 him or any other person who is tried jointly with him, the court shall (a) unless the contrary is proved by s

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Section 143 – GST – States – MISCELLANEOUS – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – CHAPTER XXI MISCELLANEOUS Job work procedure. 143. (1) A registered person (hereafter in this section referred to as the principal ) may, under intimation and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, send any inputs or capital goods, without payment of tax, to a job worker for job work and from there subsequently send to another job worker and likewise, and shall,- (a) bring back 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, to any of his place of business, wi

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ncipal is engaged in the supply of such goods as may be notified by the Commissioner. (2) The responsibility for keeping proper accounts for the inputs or capital goods shall lie with the principal. (3) Where the inputs sent for job work are not received back by the principal after completion of job work or otherwise in accordance with the provisions of clause (a) of sub-section (1) or are not supplied from the place of business of the job worker in accordance with the provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (1) within a period of one year of 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 were sent out. (4) Where the capital goods, othe

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Section 142 – GST – States – TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – Miscellaneous transitional provisions. 142. (1) Where any goods on which tax, if any, had been paid under the existing law at the time of sale thereof, not being earlier than six months prior to the appointed day, are returned to any place of business on or after the appointed day, the registered person shall be eligible for refund of the tax paid under the existing law where such goods are returned by a person, other than a registered person, to the said place of business within a period of six months from the appointed day and such goods are identifiable to the satisfaction of the proper officer: Provided that if the said goods are returned by a registered person, the return of such goods shall be deemed to be a supply. (2) (a) where, in pursuance of a contract entered into prior to the appointed day, the price of any goods is revised upwards on or after th

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e recipient of the credit note has reduced his input tax credit corresponding to such reduction of tax liability. (3) Every claim for refund filed by any person before, on or after the appointed day for refund of any amount of input tax credit, tax, interest or 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 to him shall be refunded to him in cash in accordance with the provisions of the said law: Provided that where any claim for refund of the amount of input tax credit is fully or partially rejected, the amount so rejected shall lapse: Provided further that no refund shall be allowed of any amount of input tax credit where the balance of the said amount as on the appointed day has been carried forward under this Act. (4) Every claim for refund filed after the appointed day for refund of any tax paid under the existing law in respect of the goods exported before or

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ith the provisions of the existing law, and the amount rejected, if any, shall not be admissible as input tax credit under this Act: Provided that no refund shall be allowed of any amount of input tax credit where the balance of the said amount as on the appointed day has been carried forward under this Act; (b) every proceeding of appeal, revision, review or reference relating to recovery of input tax credit initiated whether before, on or after the appointed day under the existing law shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the existing law, and if any amount of credit becomes recoverable as a result of such appeal, revision, review or reference, the same shall, unless recovered under the existing law, be recovered as an arrear of tax under this Act and the amount so recovered shall not be admissible as input tax credit under this Act. (7) (a) every proceeding of appeal, revision, review or reference relating to any output tax liability initiated whethe

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nstituted, whether before, on or after the appointed day under the existing law, any amount of tax, interest, fine or penalty becomes recoverable from the person, the same shall, unless recovered under the existing law, be recovered as an arrear of tax under this Act and the amount so recovered shall not be admissible as input tax credit under this Act; (b) where in pursuance of an assessment or adjudication proceedings instituted, whether before, on or after the appointed day under the existing law, any amount of tax, interest, fine or penalty becomes refundable to the taxable person, the same 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 amount is found to be recoverable or any amount of input tax credit is found to be inadmissible, the same shal

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his Act to the extent the tax was leviable on the said goods under the Rajasthan Value Added Tax Act, 2003 (Act No. 4 of 2003); (b) notwithstanding anything contained in section 13, no tax shall be payable on services under this Act to the extent the tax was leviable on the said services under Chapter V of the Finance Act, 1994 (Central Act No. 32 of 1994); (c) where tax was paid on any supply, both under the Rajasthan Value Added Tax Act, 2003 (Act No. 4 of 2003) and under Chapter V of the Finance Act, 1994 (Central Act No. 32 of 1994), tax shall be leviable under this Act and the taxable person shall be entitled to take credit of value added tax or service tax paid under the existing law to the extent of supplies made after the appointed day and such credit shall be calculated in such manner as may be prescribed. (12) Where any goods sent on approval basis, not earlier than six months before the appointed day, are rejected or not approved by the buyer and returned to the

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ce under section 51 shall be made by the deductor under the said section where payment to the said supplier is made on or after the appointed day. (14) Where any goods or capital goods belonging to the principal are lying at the premises of the agent on the appointed day, the agent shall be entitled to take credit of the tax paid on such goods or capital goods subject to fulfilment of the following conditions: (i) the agent is a registered taxable person under this Act; (ii) both the principal and the agent declare the details of stock of goods or capital goods lying with such agent on the day immediately preceding the appointed day in such form and manner and within such time as may be prescribed in this behalf; (iii) the invoices for such goods or capital goods had been issued not earlier than twelve months immediately preceding the appointed day; and (iv) the principal has either reversed or not availed of the input tax credit in respect of such,- (a) good

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Section 141 – GST – States – TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – Transitional provisions relating to job work. 141. (1) Where any inputs received at a place of business had been dispatched as such or dispatched after being partially processed to a job worker for further processing, testing, repair, reconditioning or 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 payable if such inputs, after completion of the job work or otherwise, are returned to the said place within six months from the appointed day: Provided that the period of six months

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payable if the said goods, after undergoing manufacturing processes 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 period not exceeding two months: 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 to be recovered in accordance with the provisions of clause (a) of sub-section (8) of section 142: Provided also that the person dispatching the goods may, in accordance with the provisions of the existing law, transfer the said goods to the premises of any registered person for the

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d by the Commissioner for a further period not exceeding two months: Provided further that if the said goods are not returned within the period specified in this sub-section, the input tax credit shall be liable to be recovered in accordance with the provisions of clause (a) of sub-section (8) of section 142: Provided also that the person dispatching the goods may, in accordance with the provisions of the existing law, transfer the said goods from the said other premises on payment of tax in India or without payment of tax for exports within the period specified in this sub-section. (4) The tax under sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) shall not be payable, only if the person dispatching the goods and the job worker declare the deta

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Section 140 – GST – States – TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – Transitional arrangements for input tax credit. 140. (1) A registered person, other than a person opting to pay tax under section 10, shall be entitled to take, in his electronic credit ledger, credit of the amount of Value Added Tax, if any, carried forward in the return relating to the period ending with the day immediately preceding the appointed day, furnished by him under the existing law in such manner as may be prescribed: Provided that the registered person shall not be allowed to take credit in the following circumstances, namely: – (i) where the said amount of credit is not admissible as input tax credit under this Act; or (ii) where he has not furnished all the returns required under the existing law for the period of six months immediately preceding the appointed date: Provided further that so much of the said credit as is attributable to

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immediately preceding the appointed day in such manner as may be 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. Explanation .- For the purposes of this section, the expression unavailed input tax credit means the amount that remains after subtracting the amount of input tax credit already availed in respect of capital goods by the taxable person under the existing law from the aggregate amount of input tax credit to which the said person was entitled in respect of the said capital goods under the existing law. (3) A registered person, who was not liable to be registered under the existing law or who was engaged in the sale of exempted goods or tax free goods, by whatever name called, or goods which have suffered tax at the first point of their sale in the State and the subsequent sales of which

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where a registered person, other than a manufacturer or a supplier of services, is not in possession of an invoice or any other documents evidencing payment of tax in respect of inputs, then, such registered person shall, subject to such conditions, limitations and safeguards as may be prescribed, including that the said taxable person shall pass on the benefit of such credit by way of reduced prices to the recipient, be allowed to take credit at such rate and in such manner as may be prescribed. (4) A registered person, who was engaged in the sale of taxable goods as well as exempted goods or tax free goods, by whatever name called, under the existing law but which are liable to tax under this Act, shall be entitled to take, in his electronic credit ledger,- (a) the amount of credit of the value added tax, if any, carried forward in a return furnished under the existing law by him in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1); and (b) the amount of credit of the v

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r as may be prescribed, in respect of credit that has been taken under this sub-section. (6) A registered person, who was either paying tax at a fixed rate or paying a fixed amount in lieu of the tax payable under the existing law shall 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) the said registered person is not paying tax under section 10; (iii) the said registered person is eligible for input tax credit on such inputs under this Act; (iv) the said registered person is in possession of invoice or other prescribed documents evidencing payment of tax under the existing law in respect of inputs; and (v) such invoices or other prescribed documents were

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Section 139 – GST – States – TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – CHAPTER XX TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS Migration of existing taxpayers. 139. (1) On and from the appointed day, every person registered under any of the existing laws and having a valid Permanent Account Number shall be issued a certificate of registration on provisional basis, subject to such conditions and in such form and manner as may be prescribed, which unless repl

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Section 138 – GST – States – OFFENCES AND PENALTIES – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – Compounding of offences. 138. (1) Any offence under this Act may, either before or after the institution of prosecution, be compounded by the Commissioner on payment, by the person accused of the offence, to the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may 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 specified in clauses (a) to (f) of sub-section (1) of section 132 and the offences specified in clause (l) which are relatable to off

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nce specified in clause (g) or clause (j) or clause (k) of sub-section (1) of section 132; and (f) any other class of persons or offences as may be prescribed: Provided further that any compounding allowed under the provisions 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 such as may be prescribed, subject to the minimum amount not being less than ten thousand rupees or fifty per cent. of the tax involved, whichever is higher, and the maximum amount not being less than thirty thousand

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Section 137 – GST – States – OFFENCES AND PENALTIES – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – Offences by Companies. 137. (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 company and it is proved that the offence has been committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to an

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Section 136 – GST – States – OFFENCES AND PENALTIES – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – Relevancy of statements under certain circumstances. 136. A statement made and signed by a person on appearance in response to any summons issued under section 70 during the course of any inquiry or proceedings under this Act shall be relevant, for the purpose of proving, in any prosecution for an offence under this Act, the truth of the facts which it contains,- (a) when t

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Section 135 – GST – States – OFFENCES AND PENALTIES – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – Presumption of culpable mental state. 135. 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 such mental state with respect to the act charged as an offence in that prosecution.

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Section 134 – GST – States – OFFENCES AND PENALTIES – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – Cognizance of offences. 134. No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act or the rules made thereunder except with the previous sanction of the Commissioner, and no court inferior to that of a Magistrate of the First Class, shall try any such offence. – – statute, statutory provisions legislation, law, enactment, Acts, Rules, Regulations, Taxation

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Section 133 – GST – States – OFFENCES AND PENALTIES – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – Liability of officers and certain other persons. 133. (1) Where any person engaged in connection with the collection of statistics under section 151 or compilation or computerisation thereof or if any officer of State tax having access to information specified under sub-section (1) of section 150, or if any person engaged in connection with the provision of service on the common portal or the agent of common portal, wilfully discloses any information or the contents of any return furnished under this Act or rules made thereunder otherwise than in execution of his duties under the said sections or for the purposes of prosec

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Section 132 – GST – States – OFFENCES AND PENALTIES – Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – Act-Rules – Punishment for certain offences. 132. (1) Whoever commits any of the following offences, namely:- (a) supplies any goods or services or both without issue of any invoice, in violation of the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder, with the intention to evade tax; (b) issues any invoice or bill without supply of goods or services or both in violation of the provisions of this Act, or the rules made thereunder leading to wrongful availment or utilisation of input tax credit or refund of tax; (c) avails input tax credit using such invoice or bill referred to in clause (b); (d) collects any amount as tax but fails to pay the same to the Government beyond a period of three months from the date on which such payment becomes due; (e) evades tax, fraudulently avails input tax credit or fraudulently obtains refund and where such offence is

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upply 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 (l) attempts to commit, or abets the commission of any of the offences mentioned in clauses (a) to (k) 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 utilised or the amount of refund wrongly taken exceeds five hundred lakh rupees, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years and with fine; (ii) in cases where the amount of tax evaded or 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 for a term which may extend to three years and with fine; (iii) in the case of any other offence where the amount of tax evaded or

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than six months. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act No. 2 of 1974), all offences under this Act, except the offences referred to in sub-section (5) shall be non-cognizable and bailable. (5) The offences specified in clause (a) or clause (b) or clause (c) or clause (d) of sub-section (1) and punishable under clause (i) of that sub-section shall be cognizable and non-bailable. (6) A person shall not be prosecuted for any offence under this section except with the previous sanction of the Commissioner. Explanation .- For the purposes of this section, the term tax shall include the amount of tax evaded or the amount of input tax credit wrongly availed or utilised or refund wrongly taken under the provisions of this Act, the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, and cess levied under the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act. – – statute, statutory provisions

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