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TypeBare Act JurisdictionKarnataka Government

Value Added Tax Act, 2003 Section 78

Offences Against Officers

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Value Added Tax Act, 2003 Section 78 is part of Value Added Tax Act, 2003 - Offences Against Officers. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Any person who obstructs, hinders, molests or assaults an authorised officer or any other public servant assisting him in the performance of his duties under this Act, or does anything which is likely to prevent or obstruct any search or production of evidence, shall be liable on conviction by a Court, not inferior to that of a Magistrate of the First Class, to a fine of not less than five thousand rupees but not exceeding fifty thousand rupees and imprisonment for a period not less than fifteen days but not exceeding one year.

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What does Value Added Tax Act, 2003 Section 78 provide?

Section Section 78 of the Value Added Tax Act, 2003 (Offences Against Officers) is reproduced on this page as part of the Value Added Tax Act, 2003. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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