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(12) "clearing and forwarding agent" means any person who is engaged in providing any service, either directly or indirectly, connected with the clearing and forwarding operations in any manner to any other person and includes a consignment agent;
(13) "consulting engineer" means any professionally qualified engineer or an engineering firm who, either directly or indirectly, renders any advice, consultancy or technical assistance in any manner to a client in one or more disciplines of engineering;
(14) "courier agency" means a commercial concern engaged in the door-to-door transportation of time-sensitive documents, goods or articles utilising the services of a person, either directly or indirectly, to carry oi\accompany such documents, goods or articles;
(15) "credit rating agency" means any commercial concern engaged in the business of credit rating of any debt obligation or of any project or programme requiring finance, whether in the form of debt or other- wise, and includes credit rating of any financial obligation, instrument of security, which has the purpose of providing a potential investor or any other person any information pertaining to the relative safety of timely payment of interest or principal:
(16) "custom house agent" means a person licensed, temporarily or otherwise, under the regulations made under sub-section (2) of section 146 of the Customs Act, 1962;
(17) "general insurance business" has the meaning assigned to it in clause (g) of section 3 of the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972;
(18) "goods" has the meaning assigned to it in clause (7) of section 2 of the Sale of Goods Act, 1930;
(19) "insurer" means any person carrying on the general insurance business in India;
(20) "interior decorator" means any person engaged, whether directly or indirectly, in the business of providing by way of advice, consultancy, technical assistance or in any other manner, services related to planning, design or beautification of spaces, whether man-made or otherwise and includes a landscape de- signer;
(21) "management consultant" means any person who is angered in providing any service either directly or indirectly, in connection with the management of any or in any manner and includes any person who renders any advise, consultancy or technical assistance, relating to conceptualising, devising, development, modification, rectification or upgradation of any working system of any organisation;
(22) "mandap" means any immovable property as defined in section 3 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 and includes any furniture, fixtures, light fittings and floor coverings therein let out for consideration for organising any official, social or business function;
(23) "mandap keeper" means a person who allows temporary occupation of a mandap for considera- tion for organising any official, social or business function;
(24) "manpower recruitment agency" means any commercial concern engaged in providing any service, directly or indirectly, in any manner for recruitment of manpower, to a client.
(25) "market research agency" means any commercial concern engaged in conducting market resea' 1-1 any manner, in relation to any product, service or utility, including all types of customized and syndicated research services:
(26) "maxi cab" has the meaning assigned to it in clause (22) of section 2 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988;
(27) "mechanised slaughter house" means a commercial concern engaged in the business of slaughtering of animals with the aid of machines;
(28) "motor cab" has the meaning assigned to it in clause (25) of section 2 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988;
(29) "pager" means an instrument, apparatus or appliance which is a non-speech, one way personal calling system with alert and has the capability of receiving, storing and displaying numeric or alpha-numeric messages;
(30) "policy holder" has the meaning assigned to it in clause (2) of section 2 of the Insurance Act, 1938;
(31) "practising chartered accountant" means a person who is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and is holding a certificate of practice granted under the provisions of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 and includes any concern engaged in rendering services in the field of chartered accountancy;
(32) "practising cost accountant" means a person who is a member of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India and is holding a certificate of practice granted under the provisions of the Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959 and includes any concern engaged in rendering services in the field of cost accountancy;
(33) "practising company secretary" means a person who is a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and is holding a certificate of practice granted under the provisions of the Company Secretaries Act, 1980 and includes any concern engaged in rendering services in the field of company secretaryship;
(34) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Chapter;
(35) "real estate agent" means a person who is engaged in rendering any service in relation to sale, purchase, leasing or renting, of real estate and includes a real estate consultant;
(36) "real estate consultant" means a person who renders in any manner, either directly or indirectly, advice, consultancy or technical assistance, in relation to evaluation, conception design, development, construction, implementation, supervision, maintenance, marketing acquisition or management, of real estate;
(37) "recognised stock exchange" has the meaning assigned to it in clause (f) of section 2 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956;
(38) "rent-a-cab scheme operator" means any person engaged in the business of renting of cabs;
(39) -"securities" has the meaning assigned to it in clause (h) of section 2 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956;
(40) "security agency" means any commercial concern engaged in the business of rendering services relating to the security of any property, whether movable or immovable, or of any person, in any manner and includes the services of investigation, detection or verification, of any fact or activity, whether of a personal nature or otherwise, including the services of providing security personnel;
(41) "service tax" means tax leviable under the provisions of this Chapter;
(42) "ship" means a sea-going vessel and includes a sailing vessel;
(43) "shipping line" means any person who owns or charters a ship and includes an enterprise which operates or manages the business of shipping;
(44) "steamer agent" means any person who undertakes, either directly or indirectly;-
(a) to perform any service in connection with the ship's husbandry or dispatch including the rendering of administrative work related thereto; or (b) to book, advertise or canvass for cargo for or on behalf of a shipping line; or (c) to provide container feeder services for or on behalf of a shipping line;
(45) "stock-broker" means a stock-broker who has either made an application for registration or is registered as a stock-broker in accordance with the rules and regulations made under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992;
(46) "sub-broker" means a sub-broker who has either made an application for registration or is registered as a sub-broker in accordance with the rules and regulations made under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992;
(47) "subscriber" means a person to whom a telephone connection or a pager has been provided by the telegraph authority;
(48) "taxable service" means any service provided,-
(a) to an investor, by a stock-broker in connection with the sale or purchase of securities listed on a recognised stock exchange;
(b) to a subscriber, by the telegraph authority in relation to a telephone connection;
(c) to a subscriber, by the telegraph authority in relation to a pager;
(d) to a policy holder, by an insurer carrying on general insurance business in relation to general insurance business;
(e) to a client, by an advertising agency in relation to advertisements in any manner;
(f) to a customer, by a courier agency in relation to door-to-door transportation of time-sensitive documents, goods or articles; ;.
(g) to a client, by a consulting engineer in relation to advice, consultancy or technical assistance in any manner in one or more disciplines of engineering;
(h) to a client, by a custom house agent in relation to the entry or departure of conveyances or the 'import or export of goods; (it to a shipping line, by a steamer agent in relation to a ship's husbandry or dispatch or any administrative work related thereto as well as the booking, advertising or canvassing of cargo, including container feeder services:
(j) to a client, by a clearing and forwarding agent in relation to clearing and forwarding operations in any manner;
(k) to a client, by a manpower recruitment agency in relation to the recruitment of manpower in any manner;
(1) to a customer, by an air travel agent in relation to the booking of passage for travel by air;
(m) to a client, by a mandap keeper in relation to the use of a mandap in any manner including the facilities provided to the client in relation to such use and also the services, if any, rendered as a caterer;
(n) to any person, by a tour operator in relation to a tour;
(o) to any person, by a rent-a-cab scheme operator in relation to the renting of a cab;
(p) to a client, by an architect in his professional capacity in any mannei, (q) to a client, by an interior decorator in relation to planning, design or beautification of spaces, whether man-made or otherwise, in any manner;
(r) to a client, by a management consultant in connection with the management of any organisation in any manner;
(s) to a client, by a practising chartered accountant in his professional capacity, in any manner;
(t) to a client, by a practising cost accountant in his professional capacity, in any manner;
(u) to a client, by a practising company secretary in his professional capacity, in any manner;
(v) to a client, by a real estate agent in relation to real estate;
(w) to a client, by a security agency in relation to the security of any property or person, by providing security personnel or otherwise and includes the provision of services of investigation, detection or verification of any fact or activity;
(x) to a client, by a credit rating agency in relation to credit rating of any financial obligation, instrument or security;
(y) to a client, by a market research agency in relation to market research of any product, service or utility, in any manner;
(z) to a client, by an underwriter in relation to underwriting in any manner;
(za) to any person, by a mechanised slaughter house in relation to the slaughtering of bovine animals;
(49) "telegraph authority" has the meaning assigned to it in clause (6) of section 3 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 and includes a person who has been granted a licence under the first proviso to sub- section (1) of section 4 of that Act;
(50) "tour" means a journey from one place to another irrespective of the distance between such places;
(51) "tourist vehicle" has the meaning assigned to it in clause (43) of section 2 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988;
(52) "tour operator" means any person engaged in the business of operating tours in a tourist vehicle covered by a permit granted under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 or the rules made thereunder;
(53) "underwriter" has the meaning assigned to it in clause (0 of rule 2 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Underwriters) Rules, 1993;
(54) "underwriting" has the meaning assigned to it in clause (g) of rule 2 of the Securities and Ex- change Board of India (Underwriters) Rules, 1993;
(55) words and expressions used but not defined in this Chapter and defined in the Central Excise Act, 1944 or the rules made thereunder, shall apply, so far as may be. in relation to service tax as they apply in relation to duty of excise;
(2) for section 66, the following section shall be substituted, namely:- "66.
(1) On and from the date of commencement of his Chapter, there shall be levied a tax (herein- after referred to as the service tax), at the rate of five per cent. of the value of the taxable services referred to in sub-clauses (a) (b) and (d) of clause (48) of section 65 and collected in such manner as may be prescribed.
(2) With effect from the date notified under section 85 of the Finance (No.
2) Act, 1996, there shall be levied a service tax at the rate of five per cent. of the value of the taxable services referred to in sub-clauses (c), (e) and (f) of clause (48) of section 65 and collected in such manner as may be prescribed.
(3) With effect from the date notified under section 88 of the Finance Act, 1997, there shall be levied a service tax at the rate of five per cent. of the value of the taxable service referred to in sub-clauses (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (1), (m), (n) and (o) of clause (48) of section 65 and collected in such manner as may be pre- scribed.
(4) With effect from the date notified under section 116 of the Finance (No.
2) Act, 1998, there shall be levied a service tax at the rate of five per cent. of the value of the taxable services referred to in sub- clauses (p), (q), (r), (s), (t), (u), (v), (w), (x), (y) and (z) of clause (48) of section 65 and collected in such manner as may be prescribed.
(5) With effect from the date notified under section 116 of the Finance (No.
2) Act, 1998, there shall be levied a service tax at the rate of one thousand rupees per annum on the taxable service referred to in sub- clause (za) of clause (48) of section 65 and collected in such manner as may be prescribed.";
(3) in section 67.-
(i) in clause (b), for Ae word "received", the word "charged" shall be substituted;
(ii) in clause (c), for the word "received", the word "charged" shall be substituted;
(iii) clauses (1), (m) and (n) shall be omitted;
(iv) clauses (o), (p) and (q) shall respectively be relettered as clauses (1), (m) and (n) respectively;
(v) after clause (n) as so relettered, the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:- "(o) in relation to the service provided by an architect to a client, shall be the gross amount charged by such architect from the client for services rendered in professional capacity in any manner;
(p) in relation to the service provided by an interior decorator to a client, shall be the gross amount charged by such decorator from the client for services rendered in relation to planning, design or beautification of spaces in any manner;
(q) in relation to the service provided by a management consultant to a client, shall be the gross amount charged by such consultant from the client for services rendered in connection with the management of any organization in any manner;
(r) in relation to the service provided by a practising chartered accountant to a client, shall be the gross amount charged by such accountant from the client for services rendered in professional capacity in any manner;
(s) in relation to the service provided by a practicing cost accountant to a client, shall be the gross amount charged by such accountant from the client for services rendered in professional capacity in any manner;
(t) in relation to the service provided by a practising company secretary to a client, shall be the gross amount charged by such secretary from the client for services rendered in professional capacity in any manner;
(u) in relation to the service provided by a real estate agent to a client, shall be the gross amount charged by such agent from the client for services rendered in connection with the sale, purchase, leasing or renting of real estate including any advice, consultancy or technical assistance relating to evaluation, conception, design, development, construction, implementation, supervision, maintenance, marketing, acquisition or management, of real estate;
(v) in relation to the service provided by a security agency to a client, shall be the gross amount charged by such agency from the client for services rendered in connection with the security of any property or person, and includes services of investigation, detection or verification of any fact or activity including services of providing security personnel;
(w) in relation to the service provided by a credit rating agency to a client, shall be the gross amount charged by such agency from the client for services rendered in connection with credit rating of any financial obligation, instrument or security in any manner;
(x) in relation to the service provided by a market research agency to a client, shall be the gross amount charged by such agency from the client for services rendered in connection with market research of any product, service or utility in any manner;
(y) in relation to the service provided by an underwriter to a client, shall be the gross amount charged by such underwriter from the client for services rendered in relation to underwriting in any manner.
(4) for sections 68 to 71, the following sections shall be substituted, namely:- "68. Payment of service tax.-
(1) Every person providing taxable service to any person shall pay service tax at the rate specified in section 66 in such manner and within such period as may be prescribed.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), in respect of any taxable service notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette, the service tax thereon shall be paid by such person and in such manner as may be prescribed at the rate specified in section 66 and all the provisions of this Chapter shall apply to such person as if he is the person liable for paying the service tax in relation to such service. 69. Registration.- Every person liable to pay the service tax under this Chapter or the rules made thereunder shall, within such time and in such manner and in such form as may be prescribed, make an application for registration to the Central Excise Officer.