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Central Goods And Services Tax Act, 2017

SectionsTitle
 Chapter : I – PRELIMINARY
Section 1Short, title, extent, and commencement
Section 2Definitions
Chapter : II – ADMINISTRATION
Section 3Officers under this Act.
Section 4Appointment of Officers
Section 5Powers of Officers
Section 6Authorisation of Officers of State Tax or Union Territory Tax as Proper Officer in Certain Circumstances
Chapter : III – LEVY AND COLLECTION OF TAX
Section 7Scope of Supply  
Section 8Tax Liability on Composite and Mixed Supplies
Section 9Levy and Collection
Section 10Composition Levy
Section 11Power of Grant Exemption from Tax
Section 11APower not to Recover Goods and Services Tax not Levied or Short-Levied as a Result of General Practice
Chapter : IV – TIME AND VALUE OF SUPPLY
Section 12Time of Supply of Goods
Section 13Time of Supply of Services 
Section 14Change in Rate of Tax in Respect of Supply of Goods or Services
Section 15Value of Taxable Supply
Chapter : V – INPUT TAX CREDIT
Section 16Eligibility and Conditions for Taking Input Tax Credit
Section 17Apportionment of Credit and Blocked Credits
Section 18Availability of Credit in Special Circumstances
Section 19Taking Input Tax Credit in Respect of Inputs and Capital Goods Sent for Job Work
Section 20Manner of Distribution of Credit by Input Service Distributor
Section 21Manner of Recovery of Credit Distributed in Excess
Chapter : VI – Registartion
Section 22Persons Liable for Registration
Section 23Person not Liable for Registration
Section 24Compulsory Registration in Certain Cases
Section 25Procedure for Registration
Section 26Deemed Registration
Section 27Special Provision Relating to Caluse Taxable Person and Non-Resident Taxable Person
Section 28Amendment of Registration
Section 29Cancellation or Suspension of Registration
Section 30Revocation of Cancellation of Registration
Chapter : VII – TAX INVOICE, CREDIT AND DEBIT NOTES
Section 31Tax Invoice
Section 31AFacility of Digital Payment to Recipient
Section 32Prohibition of Unauthorised Collection of Tax
Section 33Amount of Tax to be Indicated in Tax Invoice and Other Document
Section 34Credit and Debit Notes
Chapter : VIII – ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS
Section 35Accounts and Other Records
Section 36Period of Retention of Accounts
Chapter : IX – RETURN
Section 37Furnishing Details of Outward Supplies
Section 38Communication of Details of Inward Supplies and Input Tax Credit
Section 39Furnishing of Returns
Section 40First Return
Section 41Availment of Input Tax Credit
Section 42Omitted
Section 43Omitted
Section 43AOmitted
Section 44Annual Return
Section 45Final Return
Section 46Notice to Return Defaulters
Section 47Levy of Late Fee
Section 48Goods and Services Tax Practitiners
Cahpter : X – PAYMENT OF TAX
Section 49Payment of Tax, Interest, Penalty and Other Amounts
Section 49AUtilisation of Input Tax Credit Subject to Certain Conditions
Section 49BOrder of Utilisation of Input Tax Credit
Section 50Interest on Delayed Payment of Tax
Section 51Tax Deduction at Source
Section 52Collection of Tax at Source
Section 53Transfer of Input Tax Credit
Section 53ATransfer of Certain Amounts
Chapter : XI – REFUNDS
Section 54Refund of Tax
Section 55Refund of Certain Cases
Section 56Interest on Delayed Refunds
Section 57Consumer Welfare Fund
Section 58Utilisation of Fund
Chapter : XII – ASSESSMENT
Section 59Self-Assessment
Section 60Provision Assessment
Section 61Scutiny of Returns
Section 62Assessment of Non-Filters of Returns
Section 63Assessment of Unregistered Person
Section 64Summary Assessment in Certain Special Cases
Chapter : XIII – AUDIT
Section 65Audit by Tax Authorities
Section 66Special Audit
Chapter : XIV – INSPECTION, SEARCH, SEIZURE AND ARREST
Section 67Power of Inspection, Search and Seizure
Section 68Inspection of Goods in Movement
Section 69Power of Arrest
Section 70Power to Summon Persons to give Evidence and Produce Documents
Section 71Access to Business Premises
Section 72Officers to Assist  Proper Officers
Chapter : XV – DEMANDS AND RECOVERY
Section 73Determination of Tax, Pertaining to the Period up to Financial Year 2023-24, Not Paid or Short or Erroneously Refunded or Input Tax Credit Wrongly Availed or Utilised for any Reason Other than or any Wilful-Misstatement or Suppression of Facts
Section 74Determination of Tax, Pertaining to the Period up to Financial Year 2023-24, Not Paid or Short or Erroneously Refunded or Input Tax Credit Wrongly Availed or Utilised by Reason of Fraud or any Wilful-Misstatement or Suppression of Facts
Section 74ADetermination of Tax Not Paid or Short or Erroneously Refunded or Input Tax Credit Wrongly Availed or Utilised for any Reason Pertaining to financial Year 2024-25 Onward
Section 75General Provision Relating to Determination of Tax
Section 76Tax Collected but Not Paid to Government
Section 77Tax Wrongfully Collected and Paid to Central Government or State Government
Section 78Initiation of Recovery Proceedings
Section 79Recovery of Tax
Section 80Payment of Tax and other Amount in Instalments
Section 81Transfer of Property to be Void in Cartain Cases
Section 82Tax to be First Charge on Property
Section 83Provision Attachment to Protect Revenue in Certain Cases
Section 84Continuation and Validation of Certain Recovery Proceedings
CHAPTER : XVI – LIABILITY TO PAY IN CERTAIN CASES
Section 85Liability in Case of Transfer of Business
Section 86Liability of Agent and Principal
Section 87Liability in Case of Amalgamation or Merger of Companies
Section 88Liability in Case of Company in Liquidation
Section 89Laibility of Directors of Private Company
Section 90Liability of Partners of Firm to Pay Tax
Section 91Liability of Guardians, Trustees, etc
Section 92Liability of Court of Wards, etc
Section 93Special Provision Regarding Liability to Pay Tax, Interest or Penalty in Certain Cases.
Section 94Liability in Other Cases
Chapter : XVII – ADVANCE RULING
Section 95Definitions
Section 96Authority for Adavnce Ruling
Section 97Application for Advance Ruling
Section 98Procedure on Receipt of Application
Section 99Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling 
Section 100Appeal to Appellate Authority
Section 101Orders of Appellate Authority
Section 101AConstitution of National Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling
Section 101BAppeal to National Appellate Authority
Section 101COrder of National Appellate Authority
Section 102Rectification of Advance Ruling
Section 103Applicability of Advance Ruling
Section 104Advance Ruling to be Void in Certain Circumstances
Section 105Powers of Authority, Appellate Authority and National Appellate Authority
Section 106Procedure of Authority, Appellate Authority and National Appellate Authority
Chapter : XVIII – APPEALS AND REVISION
Section 107Appeals to Appellate Authority
Section 108Powers of Revisional Authority
Section 109Constitution of Appellate Tribunal and Benches Thereof
Section 110President and Members of Appellate Tribunal, Their Qualification, Appointment Condition of Service, etc.
Section 111Procedure before Appelate Tribunal
Section 112Appeals to Appellate Tribunal
Section 113Orders of Appellate Tribunal
Section 114Financial and Administrative Powers of President
Section 115Interest on Refund of Amount Paid for Admission of Appeal
Section 116Appearance by Authorised Representative
Sectioin 117Appeal to High Court
Section 118Appeal to Supreme Court
Section 119Sums Due to be Paid Notwithstading Appeal, etc
Section 120Appeal not to be Filed in Certain Cases
Section 121Non-Appealable Decision and Orders
Chapter : XIX – OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
Section 122Penalty for Certain Offences
Section 122APenalty for Failure to Register Certain  Machines Used in Manufacture of Goods as per Special Procedure
Section 123Penalty for Failure to Furnish Information Return
Section 124Fine for Failure to Furnish Statistics
Section 125General Penalty
Section 126General Desciplines Realted to Penalty
Section 127Power to Impose Penalty in Certain Cases
Section 128Power to Waive Penalty or Fee or Both
Section 128AWaiver of Interest or Penalty or Both Relating to Demands Raised Under Section 73, for Certain Tax Periods
Section 129Detention, Seizure, and Release of Goods and Conveyances in Transit
Section 130Confiscation of Goods or Conveyance and levy of Penalty
Section 131Confiscation or Penalty not to Interfere with Other Punishments
Section 132Punishment for Certain Offences
Section 133Liability of Officers and  Certain Other Persons
Section 134Cognizance of Offences
Section 135Presumption of Culpable Mental State
Section 136Relevancy of Statements under Certain Circumstances
Section 137Offences by Companies
Section 138Compounding of Offences
Chapter : XX – TRANSITIONAL PROVISION
Section 139Migration of Existing Taxpayers
Section 140Transitional Arrangement for Input Tax Credit
Section 141Transitional Provisions Relating to Job Work
Section 142Miscellaneous Transitional Provisions.
Chapter : XXI – MISCELLANEOUS
Section 143Job Work Procedure
Section 144Presumtion as to Document in Certain Cases
Section 145Asmissibility of Micro films, Facsimile Copies of Documents and Computer Printouts as Documents and as Evidence
Section 146Common Portal
Section 147Deemed Exports
Section 148Special Procedure for Certain Cases
Section 149Goods and Services Tax Complince
Section 150Obligation to Furnish Information Retrun
Section 151Power to Call for Information
Section 152Bar on Disclosure of Information
Section 153Taking Assistance from Expert
Section 154Power to Take Samples
Section 155Burden of Proof
Section 156Persons Deeded to be Public Servents
Section 157Protection of Action Taken Under this Act
Section 156Persons Deemed to be Public Servents
Section 157Protection of Action Taken Under this Act
Section 158Disclosure of Information by a Public Servant
Section 158AConsent Based Sharing of Information Furnished by Taxable Person
Section 159Publication of Information in Respect of persons in Certain Cases
Section 160Assessment Proceedings, etc, Not to be Invalid on Certain Grounds
Section 161Rectification of Errors Apparent on the face of Record
Section 162Bar on Jurisdiction of Civil Courts
Section 163Levy of Fee
Section 164Power of Government to Make Rules
Section 165Power to Make Regulations
Section 166Laying of Rules, Regulations and Notification
Section 167Delegation of Power
Section 168Power to Issue Instructions or Directions
Section 168APower of Government to Extend Time Limit in Special Circumstances
Section 169Service of Notice in Certain Circumstances
Section 170Rounding off of Tax, etc
Section 171Anti-Profiteering Measure
Section 172Removal of Dificulties
Section 173Amendment of Act 32 of 1994
Section 174Repeal and Saving
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULES IActivities to be Treated as Supply even if Made Without Consideration
SCHEDULES IIActivities and Transactions to be Treated as Supply of Goods or Supply of Services 
SCHEDULES IIIActivities and Transaction which shall be Treated Neither as a Supply of Goods or Nor a Supply of Services
Notes on Clauses
NotesNotes on Clauses
MEMORANDUM
MEMOMEMORANDUM