THE CENTRAL SALES TAX ACT, 1956
CONTENTS
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title, extent and commencement
2. Definitions
FORMULATION OF PRINCIPLES FOR
DETERMINING WHEN A SALE OR PURCHASE OF GOODS TAKES PLACE IN THE COURSE OF INTER-STATE
TRADE OR COMMERCE OR OUTSIDE A STATE OR IN THE COURSE OF IMPORT OR EXPORT
4. When is a
sale or purchase of goods said to take place outside a State
5. When is a sale or purchase of goods said to
take place in the course of import or
export
INTER-STATE SALES TAX
6. Liability to tax on inter-State sales
6A. Burden of proof, etc., in case of transfer of
goods claimed otherwise than by way of sale
8. Rates of tax on sales in the course of
inter-State trade or commerce
9. Levy and collection of tax and penalties
9A. Collection of tax to be only by registered
dealers
10. Penalties
10A. Imposition of penalty in lieu of prosecution
12. Indemnity
GOODS OF SPECIAL IMPORTANCE IN INTER-STATE
TRADE OR COMMERCE
14. Certain goods to be of special importance in
inter-State trade or commerce
15. Restrictions and conditions in regard to tax on
sale or purchase of declared goods within a State
LIABILITY IN SPECIAL CASES
16. Definitions
18. Liability of directors of private company in
liquidation
The Central Sales Tax Act, 19561
(ACT NO. 74 OF
1956)
[21st December,
1956]
An Act to formulate principles for determining when a sale or purchase
of goods takes place in the course of inter-State trade or commerce or outside a
State or in the course of imports into or export from India, to provide for the
levy, collection and distribution of taxes on sales of goods in the course of
inter-State trade or commerce and to declare certain goods to be of special
importance in inter-State trade or commerce and specify the restrictions and
conditions to which State laws imposing taxes on the sale or purchase of such
goods of special importance shall be subject.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Seventh Year of the Republic of India
as follows: -
1. The Act has been extended to Goa, Daman
and Diu (with modifications) by Reg. 12 of 1962, s. 3 and Sch., to Kohima and
Mokokchung districts of Nagaland (as in force on 5-8-1971) by Act 61 of 1972,
s. 14 (1) (w.e.f. 30-11-1972). The
amendments made to the Act by Act 61 of 1972, came into force in the said
districts (w.e.f 1-4-1973) [vide s. 14 (2), ibid.].
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title, extent and
commencement-
(1) This
Act may be called the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956.
(2) It
extends to the whole of India 1* * *
(3) It
shall come into force on such date 2 as the Central Government may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be
appointed for different provisions of this Act.
1. The words “except the State of Jammu and
Kashmir” omitted by Act 5 of 1958, s. 2.
2. 5th January, 1957, all sections except
s. 15, vide Notification No. S.R.O. 78, dated 4th January, 1957, Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, 1957, Pt. II, Sec. 3, p. 57; and s. 15 with effect from
Ist October, 1958, vide Notification No. G.S.R. 897, dated 23rd September.
1958, Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 1958, Pt. II, Sec. 3 (i), p. 476.
2. Definitions-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -
(a) “Appropriate
State” means-
(i) In
relation to a dealer who has one or more places of business situated in the
same State, that State;
(ii) In relation to a dealer who has 1* * * places of business situated in different
States, every such State with respect to the place or places of business
situated within its territory,
2* * * * *
3[aa] “Business” includes-
(i) Any
trade, commerce or manufacture, or any adventure or concern in the nature of
trade, commerce or manufacture, whether or not such trade, commerce manufacture,
adventure or concern is carried on with a motive to make gain or profit and
whether or not any gain or profit accrues from such trade, commerce,
manufacture, adventure or concern; and
(ii) Any transaction in connection with or
incidental or ancillary to, such trade, commerce, manufacture, adventure or
concern;
(ab) “Crossing
the customs frontiers of India” means crossing the limits of the area of a
customs station in which imported goods or export goods are ordinarily kept
before clearance by customs authorities.
Explanation-For the purposes of this clause, “customs station” and “customs
authorities” shall have the same meanings as in the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of
1962);]
4[(b) “Dealer”
means any person who carries on (whether regularly or otherwise) the business
of buying, selling, supplying or distributing goods, directly or indirectly,
for cash or for deferred payment, or for commission remuneration or other
valuable consideration, and includes-
(i) A
local authority, a body corporate, a company, any co-operative society or other
society, club, firm, Hindu undivided family or other association of persons
which carries on such business;
(ii) A
factor, broker, commission agent, delcredere agent, or any other mercantile
agent, by whatever name called, and whether of the same description as
hereinbefore mentioned or not, who carries on the business of buying, selling,
supplying or distributing, goods belonging to any principal whether disclosed
or not; and
(iii) An
auctioneer who carries on the business of selling, or auctioning goods
belonging to any principal, whether disclosed or not and whether the offer of
the intending purchaser is accepted by him or by the principal or a nominee of the
principal.
Explanation 1-Every person who acts as an agent, in any State, of a dealer residing
outside that State and buys, sells, supplies, or distributes, goods in the
State or acts on behalf of such dealer as-
(i) A
mercantile agent as defined in the Sale of Goods Act, 1930 (3 of 1930) or
(ii) An
agent for handling of goods or documents of title relating to goods, of
(iii) An
agent for the collection or the payment of the sale price of goods or as a
guarantor for such collection or payment,
And every local branch or office in a State of a firm registered outside
that State or a company or other body corporate, the principal office or
headquarters whereof is outside that State, shall be deemed to be a dealer for
the purposes of this Act.
Explanation 2-A Government which, whether or not in the course of business, buys,
sells, supplies or distributes, goods, directly or otherwise, for cash or for
deferred payment or for commission, remuneration or other valuable
consideration, shall except in relation to any sale, supply or distribution of
surplus, unserviceable or old stores or materials or waste products or obsolete
or discarded machinery or parts or accessories thereof, be deemed to be a
dealer for the purposes of this Act;]
(c) “Declared
goods,” means goods declared under section 14 to be of special importance in
interstate or commerce',
(d) “Goods”
includes all materials, articles, commodities and all other kinds of movable
property, but does not include 5[newspapers] actionable claims, stocks, shares
and securities
6[(dd) “Place
of business” includes-
(i) In
any case where a dealer carries on business through an agent by (whatever name
called), the place of business of such agent;
(ii) A
warehouse, godown or other place where a dealer stores his goods; and
(iii) A
place where a dealer keeps his books of account;]
(e) “Prescribed”
means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(f) “Registered
dealer” means a dealer who is registered under section 7;
(g) “Sale”,
with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means any transfer of
property in goods by one person to another for cash or for deferred payment or
for any other valuable consideration, and includes a transfer of goods on the
hire-purchase or other system of payment by instalments, but does not include a
mortgage or hypothecation of or a charge or pledge on goods:
(h) “Sale
price” means the amount payable to a dealer as consideration for the sale of
any goods, less any sum allowed as cash discount according to the practice
normally prevailing in the trade, but inclusive of any sum charged for anything
done by the dealer in respect of the goods at the time of or before the
delivery thereof other than the cost of freight or delivery or the cost of
installation in cases where such cost is separately charged;
(i) “Sales
tax law” means any law for the time being in force in any State or part thereof
which provides for the levy of taxes on the sale or purchase of goods generally
or on any specified goods expressly mentioned in that behalf, and “general
sales tax law” means the law for the time being in force in any State or part
thereof which provides for the levy of tax on the sale or purchase of goods
generally;
(j) “Turnover”
used in relation to any dealer liable to tax under this Act means the aggregate
of the sale prices received and receivable by him in respect of sales of any
goods in the course of inter-State trade or commerce made during any prescribed
period 7[and
determined in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made
thereunder];
(k) “Year”,
in relation to a dealer, means the year applicable in relation to him under the
general sales tax law of the appropriate State, and where there is no such year
applicable, the financial year.
1. The words “one or more” omitted by Act
31 of 1958, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-10-1958).
2. Explanation omitted by s. 2, ibid.
(w.e.f. 1-10-1958).
3. Ins. by Act 103 of 1976, s. 2.
4. Subs.
by Act 103 of 1976, s. 2. for cl. (b).
5. lns.
by Act 31 of 1958, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-10-1958).
6. Ins.
by Act 31 of 1958, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-10-1958).
7. Subs. by Act 28 of 1969. s. 2, for “and determined in the
prescribed manner” (retrospectively).
CHAPTER II
FORMULATION
OF PRINCIPLES FOR DETERMINING WHEN A SALE OR PURCHASE OF GOODS TAKES PLACE IN
THE COURSE OF INTER-STATE TRADE OR COMMERCE OR OUTSIDE A STATE OR IN THE COURSE
OF IMPORT OR EXPORT
3. When is a sale or purchase of goods
said to take place in the course of inter-State trade or commerce-A sale or purchase of goods shall be deemed to
take place in the course of inter-State
trade or commerce if the sale or purchase-
(a) Occasions
the movement of goods from one State to another; or
(b) Is
effected by a transfer of documents of title to the goods during their movement
from one State to another.
Explanation 1-Where goods are delivered to a carrier or other bailee for
transmission, the movement of the goods shall, for the purposes of clause (b),
be deemed to commence at the time of such delivery and terminate at the time
when delivery is taken from such carrier or bailee.
Explanation 2-Where the movement of goods commences and terminates in the same State
it shall not be deemed to be a movement of goods from one State to another by reason
merely of the fact that in the course of such movement the goods pass through
the territory of any other State.
4. When is a sale or purchase of goods said
to take place outside a State-
(l) Subject
to the provisions contained in section 3, when a sale or purchase of goods is
determined in accordance with sub-section (2) to take place inside a State,
such sale or purchase shall be deemed to have taken place outside all other
States.
(2) A
sale or purchase of goods shall be deemed to take place inside a State, if the
goods are within the State-
(a) In
the case of specific of ascertained goods, at the time the contract of sale is
made; and
(b) In
the case of unascertained or future goods, at the time of their appropriation
to the contract of sale by the seller or by the buyer, whether assent of the
other party is prior or subsequent to such appropriation.
Explanation-Where there is a single contract of sale or purchase of goods situated
at more places than one, the provisions of this subsection shall apply as if
there were separate contracts in respect of the goods at each of such places.
5. When is a sale or purchase of goods
said to take place in the course of import or export-
(1) A
sale or purchase of goods shall be deemed to take place in the course of the
export of the goods out of the territory of India only if the sale or purchase
either occasions such export or is effected by a transfer of documents of title
to the goods after the goods have crossed the customs frontiers of India.
(2) A
sale or purchase of goods shall be deemed to take place in the course of the
import of the goods into the territory of India only if the sale or purchase
either occasions such import or is effected by a transfer of documents of title
to the goods before the goods have crossed the customs frontiers of India.
1[(3) Notwithstanding
anything contained in subsection (1), the last sale or purchase of any goods
preceding the sale or purchase occasioning the export of those goods out of the
territory of India shall also be deemed to be in the course of such export, if
such last sale or purchase took place after, and was for the purpose of
complying with, the agreement or order for or in relation to such export.]
1. Ins.
by Act 103 of 1976, s. 3 (w.e.f 1-4-1976).
CHAPTER III
INTER-STATE
SALES TAX
6. Liability
to tax on inter-State sales-
1[(1)] Subject
to the other provisions contained in this Act, every dealer shall, with effect
from such date 2
as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,
appoint, not being earlier than thirty day from the date of such notification,
be liable to pay tax under this Act on all sales 3[of goods other than electrical
energy] effected by him in the course of inter-State trade or commerce during
any year on and from the date so notified:
4[Provided that a dealer shall not be liable to pay tax under this Act on
any sale of goods which, in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (3)
of section 5 is a sale in the course of export of those goods out of the
territory of India.]
5[(1A) A dealer shall be liable to pay tax under this Act on a sale of
any goods effected by him in the course of inter-State trade or commerce notwithstanding
that no tax would have been leviable (whether on the seller or the purchaser)
under the sales tax law of the appropriate State if that sale had taken place
inside that State.]
6[(2) Notwithstanding
anything contained in sub-section (l) or sub-section (1A), where a sale of any
goods in the course of inter-State trade or commerce has either occasioned the
movement of such goods from one State to another or has been effected by a
transfer of documents of title to such goods during their movement from one
State to another, any subsequent sale during such movement effected by a
transfer of documents of title to such goods, -
(a) To
the Government, or
(b) To
a registered dealer other than the Government, if the goods are of the
description referred to in subsection (3) of section 8, shall be exempt from
tax under this Act:
Provided that no such subsequent sale shall be exempt from tax under
this sub-section unless the dealer effecting the sale furnishes to the
prescribed authority in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed time or
within such further time as that authority may, for sufficient cause, permit, -
(a) A
certificate duly filled and signed by the registered dealer from whom the goods
were purchased containing the prescribed particulars in a prescribed form
obtained from the prescribed authority; and
(b) If
the subsequent sale is made-
(i) To
a registered dealer, a declaration referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (4)
of section 8, or
(ii) To
the Government, not being a registered dealer, a certificate referred to in
clause (b) of subsection (4) of section 8:
Provided further that it shall not be necessary to furnish the
declaration or the certificate referred to in clause (b) of the preceding
proviso in respect of a subsequent sale of goods if, -
(a) The
sale or purchase of such goods is, under the sales tax law of the appropriate
State exempt from tax generally or is subject to tax generally at a rate which
is lower than 7[four
percent] (whether called a tax or fee or by any other name); and
(b) The
dealer effecting such subsequent sale proves to the satisfaction of the
authority referred to in the preceding proviso that such sale is of the nature
referred to in clause (a) or clause (b) of this sub-section.]
1. S. 6 re-numbered as sub-section (1) of
that section by Act 31 of 1958, s. 3 (w.e.f 1-10-1958).
2. Ist July, 1957, vide Notification No.
S.R.O. 940-A, dated 26th March, 1957, Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 1957,
Pt. 11, Sec. 3, p. 1233/1.
3. Ins. by Act 61 of 1972, s. 2 (w.e.f.
1-4-1973).
4. Ins. by Act 103 of 1976, s. 4 (w.e.f.
1-4-1976).
5. Ins. by Act 28 of 1969, s. 3
(retrospectively).
6. Subs.
by Act 61 of 1972, s. 2, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 1-4-1973).
7. Subs.
by Act 25 of 1975, s. 38, for “three percent.” (w.e.f. 1-7-1975).
1[6A. Burden of proof, etc., in case of transfer
of goods claimed otherwise than by way of sale-
(1) Where
any dealer claims that he is not liable to pay tax under this Act, in respect of
any goods, on the ground that the movement of such goods from one State to
another was occasioned by reason of transfer of such goods by him to any other
place of his business or to his agent or principal, as the case may be, and not
by reason of sale, the burden of proving that the movement of those goods was
so occasioned shall be on that dealer and for this purpose he may furnish to
the assessing authority, within the prescribed time or within such further time
as that authority may, for sufficient cause, permit, a declaration, duly filled
and signed by the principal officer of the other place of business, or his
agent or principal, as the case may be, containing the prescribed particulars
in the prescribed form obtained from the prescribed authority, along with the
evidence of despatch of such goods.
(2) If
the assessing authority is satisfied after making such inquiry as he may deem
necessary that the particulars contained in the declaration furnished by a
dealer under sub-section (1) are true he may, at the time of, or at any time
before, the assessment of the tax payable by the dealer under this Act, make an
order to that effect and thereupon the movement of goods to which the
declaration related shall be deemed for the purpose of this Act to have been
occasioned otherwise than as a result of sale.
Explanation-In this section, “assessing authority”, in relation to a dealer, means
the authority for the time being competent to assess the tax payable by the
dealer under this Act.]
1. Ins.
by Act 61 of 1972, s. 3 (w..e.f. 1-4-1973).
(l) Every
dealer liable to pay tax under this Act shall, within such time as may be
prescribed for the purpose, make an application for registration under this Act
to such authority in the appropriate State as the Central Government may, by
general or special order, specify and every such application shall contain such
particulars as may be prescribed.
1[(2) Any dealer liable to pay tax under the sales tax law of the
appropriate State, or where there is no such law in force in the appropriate
State or any part thereof, any dealer having a place of business in that State
or part, as the case may be, may. notwithstanding that he is not liable to pay
tax under this Act, apply for registration under this Act to the authority
referred to in sub-section (1), and every such application shall contain such
particulars as may be prescribed.
Explanation-For the purposes of this sub-section, a dealer shall be deemed to be
liable to pay tax under the sales tax law of the appropriate State
notwithstanding that under such law a sale or purchase made by him is exempt
from tax or a refund or rebate of tax is admissible in respect thereof.]
2[(2A) Where it appears necessary to the
authority to whom an application is made under subsection (1) or subsection (2)
so to do for the proper realisation of the tax payable under this Act or for
the proper custody and use of the forms referred to in clause (a) of the first
proviso to subsection (2) of section 6 or sub-section (1) of section 6A or
clause (a) of sub-section (4) of section 8, he may, by an order in writing and
for reasons to be recorded therein, impose as a condition for the issue of a
certificate of registration a requirement that the dealer shall furnish in the
prescribed manner and within such time as may be specified in the order such
security as may be so specified, for all or any of the aforesaid purposes.]
(3) If
the authority to whom an application under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) is
made is satisfied that the application is in conformity with the provisions of
this Act and the rules made thereunder 2[and the condition, if any, imposed under
sub-section (2A), has been complied with] he shall register the applicant and
grant to him a certificate of registration in the prescribed form which shall
specify the class or classes of goods for the purposes of sub-section (1) of
section 8.
3(3A) Where
it appears necessary to the authority granting a certificate of registration
under this section so to do for the proper realisation of tax payable under
this Act or for the proper custody and use of the forms referred to in
sub-section (3A), he may, at any time while such certificate is in force, by an
order in writing and for reasons to be recorded therein, require the dealer, to
whom the certificate has been granted, to furnish within such time as may be
specified in the order and in the prescribed manner such security or, if the
dealer has already furnished any security in pursuance of an order under this
sub-section or subsection (2A), such additional security, as may be specified
in the order, for all or any of the aforesaid purposes.
4[(3B) No
dealer shall be required to furnish any security under sub-section (2A) or any
security or additional security under sub-section (3A) unless he has been given
an opportunity of being heard.
(3BB) The
amount of security which a dealer may be required to furnish under sub-section
(2A) or sub-section (3A) or the aggregate of the amount of such security and
the amount of additional security which he may be required to furnish under
sub-section (3A), by the authority referred to therein shall not exceed-
(a) In
the case of a dealer other than a dealer who has made an application, or who
has been registered in pursuance of an application, under sub-section (2), a
sum equal to the tax payable under this Act, in accordance with the estimate of
such authority, on the turnover of such dealer for the year in which such
security or, as the case may be, additional security is required to be
furnished; and
(b) In
the case of a dealer who has made an application, or who has been registered in
pursuance of an application, under sub-section (2), a sum equal to the tax
leviable under this Act, in accordance with the estimate of such authority on
the sales to such dealer in the course of inter-state trade or commerce in the
year in which such security or, as the case may be additional security is
required to be furnished, had such dealer been not registered under this Act,]
(3C) Where
the security furnished by a dealer under sub-section (2A) or sub-section (3A)
is in the form of a surety bond and the surety becomes insolvent or dies, the
dealer shall within thirty days of the occurrence of any of the aforesaid
events, inform the authority granting the certificate of registration and shall
within ninety days of such occurrence furnish a fresh surety bond or furnish in
the prescribed manner other security for the amount of the bond.
(3D) The
authority granting the certificate of registration may by order and for good
and sufficient cause forfeit the whole or any part of the security furnished by
a dealer, -
(a) For
realising any amount of tax or penalty payable by the dealer;
(b) If
the dealer is found to have misused any of the forms referred to in subsection
(2A) to have failed to keep them in proper custody:
Provided that no order shall be passed under this sub-section without
giving the dealer an opportunity of being heard.
(3E) Where
by reason of an order under subsection (3D), the security furnished by any
dealer is rendered insufficient, he shall make up the deficiency in such manner
and within such time as may be prescribed.
(3F) The
authority issuing the forms referred to in sub-section (2A) may refuse to issue
such forms to a dealer who has failed -to comply with an order under that
sub-section or sub-section (3A), or with the provisions of sub-section (3C) or
sub-section (3E), until the dealer his complied with such order or such
provisions, as the case may be.
(3G) The
authority granting a certificate of registration may, on application by the
dealer to whom it has been granted, order the refund of any amount or part
thereof deposited by the dealer by way of security under this section, if it is
not required for the purposes of this Act.
(3H) Any
person aggrieved by an order passed under subsection (2A), sub-section (3A),
sub-section (3D) or sub-section (3G) may, within thirty days of the service of
the order on him, but after furnishing the security, prefer, in such form and
manner as may be prescribed, an appeal against such order to such authority
(hereinafter this section referred to as the “appellate authority”) as may be
prescribed:
Provided that the appellate authority may, for sufficient cause, permit
such person to present the appeal-
(a) After
the expiry of the said period of thirty days; or
(b) Without
furnishing the whole or any part of such security.
(3I) The
procedure to be followed in hearing any appeal under sub-section (3H), and the
fees payable in respect of such appeals shall be such as may be prescribed.
(3J) The
order passed by the appellate authority in any appeal under sub-section (3H)
shall be final.]
5[(4) A
certificate of registration granted under this section may-
(a) Either
on the application of the dealer to whom it has been granted or, where no such
application has been made, after due notice to the dealer, be amended by the authority
granting it if he is satisfied that by reason of the registered dealer having
changed the name, place or nature of his business or the class or classes of
goods in which he carries on business or for any other reason the certificate
of registration granted to him requires to be amended; or
(b) Be
cancelled by the authority granting it where he is satisfied, after due notice
to the dealer to whom it has been granted, that he has ceased to carry on
business 6[or
has ceased to exist or has failed without sufficient cause, to comply with an
order under sub-section (3A) or with the provisions of sub-section (3C) or
sub-section (3E) or has failed to pay any tax or penalty payable under this
Act], or in the case of a dealer registered under sub-section (2) has ceased to
be liable to pay tax under the sales tax law of the appropriate State or for
any other sufficient reason.]
(5) A
registered dealer may apply in the prescribed manner not later than six months
before the end of a year to the authority which granted his certificate of
registration for the cancellation of such registration, and the authority
shall, unless the dealer is liable to pay tax under this Act, cancel the
registration accordingly, and where he does so, the cancellation shall take effect
from the end of the year.
1. Subs.
by Act 31 of 1958, s. 4, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 1-10-1958).
2. Ins.
by Act 61 of 1972, s. 4 (w.e.f. 1-4-1973).
3. In,
by Act 61 of 1972, s. 4 (w.e.f. 1-4-1973).
4. Subs,
by Act 103 of 1976, s. 5, for sub-section (3B).
5. Subs.
by Act 31 of 1958, s. 4, for sub-section (4) (w.e.f. 1-10-1958).
6. Subs.
by Act 61 of 1972, s. 4, for “or has ceased to exist” (w.e.f 1-4-1973).
8. Rates of tax on sales in the course of
inter-State trade or commerce-
1[(1) Every
dealer, who in the course of inter-State trade or commerce-
(a) Sells
to the Government any goods; or
(b) Sells
to a registered dealer other than the Government goods of the description
referred to in sub-section (3).
Shall be liable to pay tax under this Act, which shall be 2[four
percent.] of his turnover.
(2) The tax payable by any dealer on his
turnover in so far as the turnover or any part thereof relates to the sale of
goods in the course of inter-State trade or commerce not falling within
sub-section (1)-
(a) In the case of declared goods, shall be
calculated 3[at
twice the rate] applicable to the sale or purchase of such goods inside the
appropriate State; and
(b) In the
case of goods other than declared goods, shall be calculated at the rate of 4[ten
percent.] or at the rate applicable to the sale or purchase of such goods
inside the appropriate State, whichever is higher.
And for the purpose of making any such calculation any such dealer shall
be deemed to be a dealer liable to pay tax under the sales tax law of the
appropriate State, notwithstanding that he, in fact may not be so liable under
that law.
5[(2A) Notwithstanding
anything contained in sub-section (1A) of section 6 or sub-section (1) 6[or
clause (b) of sub-section (2)] of this section, the tax payable under this Act
by a dealer on his turnover in so far as the turnover or any part thereof
relates to the sale of any goods, the sale or, as the case may be, the purchase
of which is, under the sales tax law of the appropriate State, exempt from tax
generally or subject to tax generally at a rate which is lower than 7[four
percent.] (Whether called a tax or fee or by any other name), shall be nil, or
as the case may be, shall be calculated at the lower rate.
Explanation-For the purposes of this sub-section a sale or purchase of any goods
shall not be deemed to be exempt from tax generally under the sales tax law of
the appropriate State if under that law the sale or purchase of such goods is
exempt only in specified circumstances or under specified conditions or the tax
is levied on the sale or purchase of such goods at specified stages or
otherwise than with reference to the turnover of the goods.]
(3) The
goods referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (I)-
8* * * *
(b) 9* * *
are goods of the class or classes specified in he certificate of registration
of the registered dealer purchasing the goods as being intended for re-sale by
him or subject to any rules made by the Central Government in this
behalf, for use by him in the manufacture or processing of goods for sale or in
mining or in the Generation of distribution of electricity or any other form of
power;
(c) Are
containers or other materials specified in the certificate of registration of
the registered dealer purchasing the goods, being containers or materials
intended for being used for the packing of goods for sale;
(d) Are
containers or other materials used for the packing of any goods or classes of
goods specified in the certificate of registration referred to in 10* * * clause (b) or for the packing of any
containers or other materials specified in the certificate of registration
referred to in clause (c).
(4) The
provisions of sub-section (1) shall not apply to any sale in the course of
inter-State trade of commerce unless the dealer selling the goods furnishes to
the prescribed authority in the prescribed manner-
(a) A
declaration duly filled and signed by the registered dealer to whom the goods
are sold containing the prescribed particulars in a prescribed form obtained
from the prescribed authority; or
(b) If the
goods are sold to the Government, not being a registered dealer, a certificate
in the prescribed form duly filled and signed by a duly authorised officer of
the Government:]
11[Provided that the declaration referred to in clause (a) is furnished
within the prescribed time or within such further time as that authority may,
for sufficient cause, permit.]
12(5) Notwithstanding
any thing contained in this section, the State Government may, if it is
satisfied that it is necessary so to do in the public interest, by notification
in the Official Gazette and subject to such conditions as may be specified
therein direct.
(a) That
no tax under this Act shall be payable by any dealer having his place of
business in the State in respect of the sales by him. in the course of
interstate trade or commerce, from any such place of business of any such goods
or classes of goods as may be specified in the notification, or that the tax of)
such sales shall be calculated at such lower rates than those specified in
subsection (1) or subsection (2) as may be mentioned in the notification;
(b) That
in respect of all sales of goods or sales of such classes of goods as may be
specified in the notification, which are made, in the course of inter-State
trade or commerce, by any dealer having his place of business in the State or
by any class of such dealers as may be specified in the notification to any
person or to such class of persons as may be specified in the notification, no
tax under this Act shall be payable or the tax on such sales shall be
calculated at such lower rates than those specified in subsection (1) or
sub-section (2) as may be mentioned in the notification.]
1. Subs.
by Act 31 of 1958, s. 5, for sub-section (1) to (4) (w.e.f. 1-10-1958).
2. Subs.
by Act 25 of 1975, s. 38, for “three percent.” (w.e.f 1-7-1975).
3. Subs.
by s. 38, ibid., for “at the rate” (w.e.f. 1-7-1975).
4. Subs.
by Act 8 of 1963, s. 2, for “seven percent.” (w.e.f. 1-4-1963).
5. Subs.
by Act 61 of 1972, s. 5, for sub-section (2A) (w.e.f 14-1973).
6. Subs.
by Act 25 of 1975, s. 38, for “or sub-section (2)” (w.e.f 1-7-1975).
7. Subs.
by s. 38, ibid. for “Three percent.” (w.e.f 1-7-1975).
8. Cl.
(a) omitted by Act 8 of 1963, s. 2 (w.e.f 1-4-1963).
9. Certain
words omitted by Act 8 of 1963, s. 2 (w.e.f 14-1963).
10. The
words, brackets and letter “clause (ci) or” omitted by Act 8 of 1963, s. 2,
(w.e.f. 1-4-1963).
11. Ins.
by Act 61 of 1972, s. 5 (w.e.f. 1-4-1973.
12. Subs.
by Act 61 of 1972, s. 5, for sub-section (5) (w.e.f 1-4-1973).
1[8A. Determination of turnover-
(1) In
determining the turnover of a dealer for the purpose of this Act, the following
deductions shall be made from the aggregate of the sale prices, namely: -
(a) The
amount arrived at by applying the following formula-
Rate of tax x aggregate of sale prices
100 + rate of tax
Provided that no deduction on the basis of the above formula shall be made
if the amount by way of tax collected by a registered dealer, in accordance
with the provisions of this Act, has been otherwise deducted from the aggregate
of sale prices.
Explanation-Where the turnover of a dealer is taxable at different rates, the aforesaid
formula shall be applied separately in respect of each part of the turnover
liable to a different rate of tax;
(b) The
sale price of all goods returned to the dealer by the purchasers of such goods,
-
(i) Within
a period of three months from the date of delivery of the goods, in the case of
goods returned before the 14th day of May, 1966;
(ii) Within
a period of six months from the date of delivery of the goods, in the case of
goods returned on or after the 14th day of May, 1966:
Provided that satisfactory evidence of such return of goods and of
refund of adjustment in accounts of the sale price thereof is produced before
the authority competent to assess or, as the case may be, re-assess the tax
payable by the dealer under this Act; and
(c) Such
other deductions as the Central Government may, having regard to the prevalent
market conditions, facility of trade and interests of consumers, prescribe.
(2) Save
as otherwise provided in subsection (1), in determining the turnover of a
dealer for the purposes of this Act, no deduction shall be made from the
aggregate of the sale prices.]
1. Ins.
by Act 28 of 1969, s. 5 (retrospectively).
1[2.[9. Levy and collection of tax and
penalties-
(1) The tax
payable by any dealer under this Act on sales of goods effected by him in the
course of interstate trade or commerce, whether such sales fall within clause
(a) or clause (b) of section 3, shall be levied by the Government of India and
the tax so levied shall be collected by that Government in accordance with the
provision of subsection (2) in the State from which the movement of the goods
commenced:
3[Provided that, in the case of a sale of goods during their movement
from one State to another, being a sale subsequent to the first sale in respect
of the same goods and being also a sale which does not fall within subsection
(2) of section 6, the tax shall be levied and collected-
(a) Where
such subsequent sale has been effected by a registered dealer, in the State
from which the registered dealer obtained or, as the case may be, could have
obtained, the form prescribed for the purposes of clause (a) of subsection (4)
of section 8 in connection with the purchase of such goods, and
(b) Where
such subsequent sale has been effected by all unregistered dealer in the State
from which such subsequent sale has been effected.]
(2) Subject
to the other provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, the
authorities for the time being empowered to assess, re-assess, collect and
enforce payment of any tax under general sales tax law of the appropriate State
shall, on behalf of the Government of India, assess re-assess, collect and
enforce payment of tax, including any penalty, payable by a dealer under this Act
as if the tax or penalty payable by such a dealer under this Act is a tax or
penalty payable under the general sales tax law of the State; and for this
purpose they may exercise all or any of the powers they have under the general
sales tax law of the State; and the provisions of such law, including
provisions relating to returns, provisional assessment, advance payment of tax,
registration of the transferee of any business, imposition of the tax liability
of a person carrying on business on the transferee of, or successor to, such
business, transfer of liability of any firm or Hindu undivided family to pay
tax in the event of the dissolution of such firm or partition of such family,
recovery of tax from third parties, appeals, reviews, revisions, references. 4[refunds, rebates, penalties] 5[Charging
or payment of interest,] compounding of offences and treatment of documents
furnished by a dealer as confidential, shall apply accordingly;
Provided that if in any State or part thereof there is no general sales
tax law in force, the Central Government may, by rules made in this behalf make
necessary provision for all or any of the matter specified in this subsection.
6[(2A) All the provisions relating to offences
and penalties (including provisions relating to penalties in lieu of
prosecution for all offence or in addition to the penalties or punishment for
all offence but excluding the provisions relating to matters provided for in
section 10 and 10A) of the general sales tax law of each State shall, with
necessary modifications, apply in relation to the assessment, reassessment,
collection and the enforcement of payment of any tax required to be collected
under this Act in such State or in relation to any process connected with such
assessment, reassessment, collection or enforcement of payment as if the tax
under this Act were a tax under such sales tax law.]
(3) The
proceeds in any financial year of any tax, including any penalty levied and
collected under this Act in any State (other than a Union Territory) on behalf
of the Government of India shall be assigned to that State and shall be
retained by it; and the proceeds attributable to Union Territories shall form
part of the Consolidated Fund of India.]
1. Subs.
by Act 31 of 1969, s. 6, for the original s. 9 (w.e.f. 1-10-1958).
2. Subs.
by Act 28 of 1969, s. 6 for s. 9 (retrospectively).
3. Subs.
by Act 103 of 1976, . 6, fear the proviso.
4. Subs.
by Act 61 of 1972, s. 6, for “refunds, penalties” (w.e.f. 1-4-1973).
5. Ins.
by Act 103 of 1976, s. 6 (retrospectively).
6. Ins.
by ibid., s. 7.
9A. Collection of tax to be only by registered
dealers-No
person who is not a registered dealer shall collect in respect of any sale by
him of goods in the course of interstate trade or commerce any amount by way of tax under this Act, and no registered dealer shall
make any such collection except in accordance with this Act and the rules made
thereunder.
1[9B. Rounding off of tax, etc. -The amount of tax, penalty, fine or any other
sum payable, and the amount of refund due, under the provisions of this Act
shall be rounded off to the nearest rupee and, for
this purpose, where such amount contains a part of a rupee consisting of paise,
then. if such part is fifty paise or more, it shall be increased to one rupee
and if such part is less than fifty paise, it shall be ignored:
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply for the purpose of
collection by a dealer of any amount by way of tax under this Act in respect of
any sale by him of goods in the course of inter-State trade or commerce.]
1. Ins.
by Act 61 of 1972, s. 7 (w.e.f. 1-4-19731).
10. Penalties-If any person-
1[(a) Furnishes
a certificate or declaration under sub-section (2) of section 6 or subsection
(1) of section 6A or subsection (4) of section 8, which he knows, or has reason
to believe, to be false; or
(aa) Fails
to get himself registered as required by section 7 or fails to comply with an
order under sub-section (3A) or with the requirements of sub-section (3C) or
sub-section (3E), of that section;]
(b) Being
a registered dealer, falsely represents when purchasing any class of goods that
goods of such class are covered by his certificate of registration; or
(c) Not being
a registered dealer, falsely represents when purchasing goods in the course of
inter-State trade or commerce that he is a registered dealer; or
(d) After
purchasing any goods for any of the purposes specified in 2[clause
(b) or clause (c) or clause (d)] of sub-section (3) of section 8 fails, without
reasonable excuse, to make use of the goods for any such purpose;
(e) Has in
his possession any form prescribed for the purpose of subsection (4) of section
8, which has not been obtained by him or by his principal or by his agent in
accordance with the provisions of this Act or any rules made thereunder;
3[(j) Collects
any amount by way of tax in contravention of the provisions contained in
section 9A,]
He shall be punishable with simple imprisonment, which may extend to six
months, or with fine or with both; and when the offence is a continuing
offence, with a daily fine, which may extend to fifty rupees for every day
during which the offence continues.
1. Subs.
by Act 61 of 1972, s. 8, for cl. (a) (w.e.f. 1-4-1973).
2. Subs.
by s. 8, ibid., for “clause (b)” (w.e.f. 1-4-1973).
3. Ins.
by Act 31 of 1958, s. 7 (w.e.f. 1-10-1958).
1[10A.
Imposition of penalty in lieu of prosecution-
2[(1) If
any person purchasing goods is guilty of an offence under clause (b) or clause
(c) or clause (d) of section 10, the authority who granted to him or, as the
case may be, is competent to grant to him a certificate of registration under
this Act may, after giving him a reasonable opportunity of being heard, by order
in writing, impose upon him by way of penalty a sum not exceeding one and a
half times 3[the
tax which would have been levied under sub-section (2) of section 8 in respect
of the sale to him of the goods, if the sale had been a sale falling within
that sub-section]:
Provided that no prosecution for an offence under section 10 shall be
instituted in respect of the same facts on which a penalty has been imposed
under this section.
4[(2) The penalty imposed upon any dealer under sub-section
(1) shall be collected by the Government of India in the manner provided in
sub-section (2) of section 9 -
(a) In the
case of all offence falling under clause (b) or clause (d) of section 10, in
the State in which the person purchasing the goods obtained the form prescribed
for the purposes of clause (a) of sub-section (4) of section 8 in connection
with the purchase of such goods;
(b) In the
case of an offence falling under clause (c) of section 10, in the State in which the person purchasing the goods
should have registered himself if the offence had not been committed.]
1. Ins.
by s. 9, ibid., (w.e.f. 1-10-1958).
2. S.
10A re-numbered as subsection (1) of that section by Act 28 of' 1969, s. 7
(w.e.f. 1-10-1958).
3. Subs.
by Act 61 of 1972, s. 9, for certain words (w.e.f. 1-4-1973).
4. Ins.
by Act 28 of 1969, s. 7 (w.e.f. 1-10-1958).
(1) No
court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act or the
rules made thereunder except with the previous sanction of the Government
within the local Limits of whose jurisdiction the offence has been committed or
of such officer of that Government as it may, by general or special order,
specify in this behalf; and no court inferior to that of a presidency magistrate
or a magistrate of the first class shall try any such offence.
(2) All
offences punishable under this Act shall be cognizable and bailable.
12. Indemnity-No suit,
prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any officer of
Government for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done
under this Act or the rules made thereunder.
13. Power to make rules-
(1) The
Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules
providing for-
(a) The manner
in which application for registration may be made under this Act, the
particulars to be contained therein, the procedure for the grant of such
registration, the circumstances in which registration may be refused and the
form in which the certificate of registration may be given;
(b) The period of turnover, the manner in
which the turnover in rotation to the sale of any goods under this Act shall be
determined, and the deductions which may be made 1[under clause (c) of subsection (1)
of section 8A] in the process of such determination;
(c) The
cases and circumstances in which, and the conditions subject to which, any
registration granted under this Act may be cancelled:
2[(d) The
form in which and the particulars to be contained in any declaration or
certificate to be given under this Act 3[the State of origin of such form or certificate
and the time within which any such certificate or declaration shall be produced
or furnished;
(e) The
enumeration of goods or class of goods used in the manufacture or processing of
goods for sale or in mining or in the generation or distribution of electricity
or any other form of power;
(f) The matters in respect of which provision
may be made under the provision to 4[sub-section (2)] of section 9;
(g) The fees
payable in respect of applications under this Act.]
5[(2) Every
rule made by the Central Government under subsection (1) shall be laid, as soon
as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament while it is in
session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one
session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the
session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid,
both Houses agree in making, any modification in the rule or both Houses agree
that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in
such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that
any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity
of anything previously done under that rule.]
(3) The
State Government may make rules, not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Act and the rules made under sub-section (1), to carry out the purposes of this
Act.
(4) In particular
and without prejudice to the powers conferred by sub-section (3), the State
Government may make rules for all or any of the following purposes, namely: -
(a) The
publication. of lists of registered dealers, of the amendments made in such
lists from time to time, and the particulars to he contained in such lists;
6[(aa) The
manner in which security may be furnished under sub-section (2A) or subsection
(3A) or subsection (3C) of section 7 and the manner in which and the time
within which any deficiency may be made up under sub-section (3E) of that
section;]
(b) The
form and manner in which accounts relating to sales in the course of
inter-State trade or commerce shall be kept by registered dealers;
(c) The
furnishing of any information relating to the stocks of goods of purchases,
sales and deliveries of books by, any dealer or any other information relating
to his business as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act;
(d) The
inspection of any books, accounts or documents required to be kept under this
Act, the entry into any premises at all reasonable times for the purposes of
searching for any such books, accounts or documents kept or suspected to be
kept in such premises and the seizure of such books, accounts or documents,
7[(e) The
authority from whom, the conditions subject to which and fees subject to
payment of which any form of certificate prescribed under clause (a) of the
first proviso to sub-section (2) of section 6 or of declaration prescribed
under sub-section (1) of section 6A or sub-section (4) of section 8 may be
obtained, the manner in which such forms shall be kept in custody and records
relating thereto maintained and the manner in which any such form may be used
and any such certificate or declaration may be furnished;
(ee) The
form and manner in which, and the authority to whom, an appeal may be preferred
under subsection (3H) of section 7, the procedure to be followed in hearing
such appeals and the fees payable in respect of such appeals;]
(f) In
the case of all Undivided Hindu Family, association, club, society, firm or
company or in the case of a person who carries on business as a guardian or
trustee or otherwise on behalf of another person, the furnishing of a
declaration stating the name of the person who shall be deemed to be the
manager in relation to the business of the dealer in the State and the form in
which such declaration may be given;
(g) The.
time within which, the manner in which and 8[the authorities to whom] any change in the
ownership of any business or in 9[the name, place or nature] of any business
carried on by any dealer shall be furnished.
(5) In
making any rule under this section 10[the Central Government or as the case may be,
the State Government] may direct that a breach thereof shall be punishable with
fine which may extend to five hundred rupees and when the offence is a
continuing offence, with a daily fine which may extend to fifty rupees for
every day during which the offence continues.
1. Ins.
by Act 61 of 1972, s. 10 (w.e.f. 1-4-1973).
2. Subs.
by Act 31 of 1958, s. 9, for cl. (d) (w.e.f.1-10-1958).
3. Ins.
by Act 61 of 1972, s. 10 (w.e.f. 1-4-1973).
4. Subs.
by Act 29 of 1969, s. 8, for “sub-section (3)” (retrospectively).
5. Subs.
by Act 61 of 1972, s. 10, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 1-4-1973).
6. Ins.
by s. 10, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-4-1973).
7. Subs.
by s. 10, ibid. for cl. (e) (w.e.f. 1-4-1973).
8. Subs.
by Act 31 of 1958, s. 9, for “the authorities to which” (w.e.f. 1-10-1958).
9. Subs.
by s. 9, ibid., for “the nature” (w.e.f. 1-10-1958).
10. Subs.
by Act 61 of 1972, s. 10, for “the State Government” (w.e.f. 1-4-1973).
CHAPTER IV
GOODS OF SPECIAL IMPORTANCE IN INTER-STATE
TRADE OR COMMERCE
14. Certain goods to be of special importance
in inter-State trade or commerce-It is hereby declared that the following
goods are of special importance in interstate trade or commerce: -
1[(i) Cereals,
that is to say,
(i) Paddy
(Oryza sativa L.);
(ii) Rice
(Oryza sativa L.);
(iii) Wheat
(Triticum vulgar, T. compactum, T. sphaerococcum, T. durum, T. awstivaum L. T.
dicoccum);
(iv) Jowar
or milo (Sorghum vulgare Pers);
(v) Bakra
(Pennisetum typhoideum L.);
(vi) Maize
(Zea mays D.);
(vii) Ragi
(eleusine corcana Gaertn.);
(viii) Kodon
(paspalum scrobiulatum L.);
(ix) Kutki
(Panicum miliare L.);
(x) Barley
(Hordeum vulgare L.);
2[3 (ia)] Coal, including coke in all its forms, but
excluding charcoal:
Provided that during the period commencing on the 23rd day of February,
1967 and ending with the date of commencement of section 11 of the Central
Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 1972 (61 of 1972), this clause shall have effect
subject to the modification that the words “but excluding charcoal” shall be
omitted;]
(ii) Cotton,
that is to say all kinds of cotton (indigenous or imported) in its
unmanufactured state, whether ginned or unginned, baled, pressed or otherwise,
but not including cotton waste;
4[(iia) Cotton
fabrics covered under heading Nos. 52.05, 52.06, 52.07, 52.08, 52.09, 52.10, 52.11,
52.12, 58.01, 58.02, 58.03, 58.04, 58.05, 5[58.06,] 59.01, 59.03, 59.05, 59.06, and 60.01 of
the Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986);
(iib) Cotton yarn, but not including cotton yarn
waste;]
6[(iic) Crude
on that is to say, crude petroleum oils and crude oils obtained from bituminous
minerals (such as shale, calcareous rock, said), whatever their composition,
whether obtained from normal or condensation oil-deposits or by the destructive
distillation of bituminous minerals mid whether or not subjected to all or any
of the following processes. -
(1) Decantation;
(2) De-salting;
(3) Dehydration;
(4) Stabilisation
in order to normalise the vapour pressure;
(5) Elimination
of very light fractions with a view to returning them to the oil-deposits in
order to improve the drainage and maintain the pressure;
(6) The
addition of only those hydrocarbons previously recovered by physical methods
during the course of the above-mentioned processes;
(7) Any
other minor process (including addition of pour point depressants or flow
improvers) which does not change the essential character of the substance;]
(iii) Hides
and skins, whether in a raw or dressed state;
7[(iv) Iron
and steel, that is to say,(i) pig iron mid cast iron including 8[ingot
moulds, bottom plates], iron scrap, cost iron scrap, runner scrap and iron
skull scrap;
(iii) Steel
semis (ingots, slabs, blooms and billets of all qualities, shapes and sizes);
(iv) Steel
bars, tin bars, sheet bars, hoe-bar and sleeper bars;]
(iv) Steel
bars (rounds, rods, squares, flat, octagons and hexagons, plain and ribbed or
twisted, in coil form as well as straight lengths);
(v) Steel
structurals (angles, joists, channels, tees, sheet piling sections, Z-sections or
any other rolled sections);
(vi) Sheets,
hoops, strips and skelp, both black and galvanised, hot and cold rolled plain
and corrugated, in all qualifies. in straight lengths and in coil form, as
rolled and in rivetted condition;
9[(via) Pulses, that is to say,
-
(i) Gram
or gulab gram (Cicerarietinum L.);
(ii) Tur
or at arhar (Cajanus cajan);
(iii) Moong
or green gram (Phaseolus aureus);
(iv) Masur
or lentil (Lens esculemta Moench, Lens culinarie Medic.);
(v) Urad
or black gram (Phaseolus mungo);
(vi) Moth
(Phaseolus aconitifolius Jacq);
(vii) Lakh
or khesari (Lathyrus sativus L.)]
(vii) Plates
both plain and chequered in all qualities;
(viii) Discs,
rings, forgings and steel castings;
(ix) Tool,
alloy and special steels of any of the above categories;
(x) Steel
melting scrap in all forms including steel skull, turnings and borings;
(xi) Steel
tubes, both welded and seamless, of all diameters and lengths, including tube
fittings;
(xii) Tin-plates,
both hot dipped and electrolytic and tin free plates;
(xiii) Fish
plate bars, hearing plate bars, crossing steeper bars, fish plates, hearing
plates, crossing sleepers and pressed steel sleepers-heavy and light crane
rails;
(xiv) Wheels,
tyres, axles and wheels sets;
(xv) Wire rods
and wires-rolled, drawn, gaivanised, aluminised, tinned or coated such as by
copper;
(xvi) Defectives,
rejects, cuttings, or end pieces of any of the above categories;]
10[(v) Jute,
that is to say, the fibre extracted from plants belonging to the species
Corchorrus capsularies and Corchorus olitorius and the fibre known as mesta or
bimli extracted from plants ot the species Hibiscus cannabinus and Hibiscus
sabdariffa-Varaltissima and the fibre known as Sunn or Sunn-hemp extracted from
plants of the species Crotalaria juncea whether baled or otherwise;]
11[(vi) Oilseeds, that is to say,-
(i) Groundnut
or Peanut (Arachis hypogaea);
(ii) Sesamum
or Tit (Sesamum orientale);
(iii) Cotton
seed (Gossypium Spp),
(iv) Soyabean
(Glycine seja);
(v) Rapeseed
and Mustard-
(1) Torta.
(Brassica campestris var toria);
(2) Rai
(Brassica juticea);
(3) Jamba-Taramira
(Eruca Satiya);
(4) Sarson,
yellow and brown (Brassica campestris var sarson);
(5) Banarsi
Rai or True Mustard (Brassica nigra);
(vi) Linseed
(Linum usitatissimum);
(vii) Castor
(Ricinus communis);
(viii) Coconut
(i.e., Copra excluding tender coconuts) (cocosnucifera);
(ix) Sunflower
(Helianthus annus);
(x) Nigar
seed (Guizotia abyssinica);
(xi) Neem,
vepa (Azadirachta indica);
(xii) Mahua,
illupai. Ippe (Madhuca indica M.
Latifolia, Bassia, Latifolia and Madhuca longifolia syn. M. Longifolia);
(xiii) Karanja,
Pongam, Honga (Ponganmia pinnata syn. P.
Glabra);
(xii,) Kusum
(Schleichera oleosa, syn. S. Trijuga);
(xv) Punna,
Undi (Calophyllum inophyllum);
(xvi) Kokum
(Carcinia indica);
(xvii) Sal
(Shorea rebusta);
(xviii) Tung
(Aleurites fordii and A. montana);
(xix) Red
palm (Elaeis guinensis);
(xx) Safflower (Carthanus tinctorius);]
12[(vii) Man-made
fabrics covered under heading Nos. 54.08, 54.09, 54.10, 54.11, 54.12, 55.07,
55.08, 55.09, 55.10, 55.11, 55.12, 58.01, 58.02, 58.03, 58.04, 58.05, 13[58.06,]
59.01, 59.02, 59.03, 59.05, 59.06, and 60.01 of the Schedule to the Central
Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986);
(viii) Sugar
covered under sub-heading Nos. 1701.20, 1701.31, 1701.39, and 1702.11 of the
Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986),
(ix) Unmanufactured
tobacco and tobacco refuse covered under sub-heading No. 2401.00, cigars and
cheroots of tobacco covered under heading No. 24.02, cigarettes and cigarillos
of tobacco covered under sub-heading Nos. 2403.11, and 2403.21, and other
manufactured tobacco covered under subheading Nos. 2404.11, 2404.12, 2404.13,
2404.19, 2404.21, 2404.29, 2404.31, 2404.39, 2404.41, 14[2404.50 and 2404.60] of the
Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986);
(x) Woven
fabrics of wool covered under heading Nos. 51.06, 51.07, 58.01. 58.02, 58.03
and 58.05 of the Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1985),]
15* * * * *
1. Ins.
by Act 103 of 1976, s. 7.
2.
Subs. by Act 61 of 1972, s.
II, or cl. (i) (retrospectively).
3. Cl.
(i) renumbered as cl. (ia) by Act 103 of 1976, s. 7.
4. Subs.
by Act 31 of 1958, s. 10,, for item (ii), (w.e.f. 1-10-1958), item (iia) was
ins. by Act 16 of 1957, s. 3, and again subs. by Act 26 of 1988, s. 95 (w.e.f.
13-5-1988).
5. Ins.
by Act 13 of 1989, s. 50 (a).
6. Ins.
by Act 103 of 1976, s. 7.
7. Subs.
by Act 61 of 1972, s. 11, for cl. (ii,) (w.e.f. 1-4-1973).
8. Subs.
by Act 39 of 1978, s. 3 and Sch. 11, for “ingot moulds bottom plates”.
9. Ins.
by Act 103 of 1976, s. 7.
10. Subs.
by Act 61 of 1972, s. II, for cl. (i,) (w.e.f 1-4-1973).
11. Subs.
by s. II, ibid., for cl. (vi) (w.e.f. 1-4-1973).
12. Ins.
by Act 31 of 1958, s. 10 (w.e.f. 1-10-1958) and subs. by Act 26 of 1988, S. 85
(w.e.f. 13-5-1988).
13. Ins.
by Act 13 of 1989, s. 50 (a).
14. Subs.
by Act 13 of 1989, s. 50 (b).
15. Item
(xi) omitted by Act 19 of 1968, s. 43.
1[15. Restrictions and conditions in
regard to tax on sale or purchase of declared goods within a State-Every sales tax law of a State shall, in so far as it imposes or authorises
the imposition of a tax on the sale or purchase of declared goods, be subject
to the following restrictions and conditions, namely:-
(a) The
tax payable under that law in respect of any sale or purchase of such goods
inside the State shall not exceed 2[four percent.] of the sale or purchase price
thereof, and such tax shall not be levied at more than one stage;
(b) Where
a tax has been levied under that law in respect of the sale or purchase inside
the State of any declared goods and such goods are sold in the course of
inter-State trade or commerce, 3[and tax has been paid under this Act in respect
of the sale of such goods in the course of inter-State trade or commerce, the
tax levied under such law] 4[shall be reimbursed to the person making such
sale in the course of inter-state trade or commerce] in such manner and subject
to such conditions as may be provided in any law in force in that State;]
5[(C) Where a tax has been levied under that law in respect of the
sale or purchase inside the State of any paddy referred to in sub-clause (i) of
clause (i) of section 14, the tax leviable on rice procured out of such paddy
shall be reduced by the amount of tax levied on such paddy;
6(ca) Where a tax on sale or
purchase of paddy referred to in sub-clause
(i) of clause (i) of section 14 is leviable under the law and the rice procured
out of such paddy is exported out of
India, than , for the purposes of sub-section (3) of section 5, the paddy and
rice shall be treated as a single commodity;]
(d) Each of the pulses referred lo in clause of section 14. whether
whole or separated, and whether with or without husk shall be treated as a
single commodity for the purposes of levy of tax under that law.]
1. Subs.
by Act 31 of 1958, s. 11. for the former s. 5 (w.e.f. 1-10-1958).
2 . Subs. by Act 25 or 1975, s. 38. for “three Percents” (w.e.f 1-7-1975).
3. Subs. by Act 61 of 1972, s. 12, for “the
tax so levied” (w.e.f. 1-10-1958).
4. Subs by s. 12. ibid. for “shall be refunded to such Persons (w.e.f
1-4-1973).
5. Ins. by Act 103 of' 1976, s. 8.
6. lns.
by Act 33 of 1996. sec. 97 29-9-1996).
1[CHAPTER V
LIABILITY IN SPECIAL CASES
1. Ins.
by Act of 1972, s, 13 1-4-1973).
16. Definitions-In this Chapter,-
(a) “Appropriate
authority”, in relation to a company, means the authority competent to assess
tax on the company;
(b) “Company”
and “private company” have the meanings respectively assigned to them by
clauses (i) and (iii) of sub- section (1) of section 3 of the Companies Act,
1956 (I of 1956).
(1) Every
person-
(a) Who
is the liquidator of any company which is being wound up, whether under the
orders of a court or otherwise; or
(b) Who
has been appointed the receiver of any assets of a company, (hereinafter
referred to as the liquidator) shall, within thirty days after he has become
such liquidator, give notice of his appointment as such to the appropriate
authority.
(2) The
appropriate authority shall, after making such inquiry or calling for such
information as it may deem fit, notify to the liquidator within three months
from the date on which he receives notice of the appointment of the liquidator
the amount which, in the opinion of the appropriate authority would be
sufficient to provide for any tax which is then, or is likely thereafter to
become, payable by the company.
(3) The
liquidator shall not part with any of the assets of the company or the
properties in his hands until he has been notified by the appropriate authority
under subsection (2) and on being so notified, shall set aside an amount equal
to the amount notified and, until he so sets aside such amount, shall not pail
with any of the assets of the company or the properties in his hands:
Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall debar the
liquidator from parting with such assets or properties in compliance with any
order of a court or for the purpose of the payment of the tax payable by the
company under this Act or for making any payment to secured creditors whose
debts are entitled under law to priority of payment over debts due to
Government on the date of liquidation or for meeting such costs and expenses of
the winding up of the company as are in the opinion of the appropriate
authority reasonable.
(4) If the liquidator fails to give the
notice in accordance with sub-section (1) or fails to set aside the amount as
required by, or parts with any of the assets of the company or the properties
in his hands in contravention of the provisions of sub-section (3), he shall be
personally liable for the payment of the tax which the company would be liable
to pay:
Provided that if the amount of any tax payable by the company is
notified under sub-section (2), the personal liability of the liquidator under
this sub-section shall be to the extent of such amount.
(5) Where
there are more liquidators than one, the obligations and liabilities attached to
the liquidator under this section shall attach to all the liquidators jointly
and severally.
(6) The
provisions of this section shall have effect notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in any other law for the time being in force.
18. Liability of directors of private company
in liquidation-Notwithstanding
anything contained in the Companies Act, 1956 (I of 1956), when any private
company is would up after the commencement the
course of or after its liquidation, cannot be recovered. then, every person who
was a director of the private company at any time during the period for which
the tax is due shall be jointly and severally liable for the payment of such
tax unless he proves that the non-recovery cannot be attributed to any gross
neglect, misfeasance or breach of duty on his part in relation to the affairs
of the company.]