The Kerala General Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 1980 [1] Complete Act - Bare Act |
State | Kerala Government |
Year | 1980 |
THE KERALA GENERAL SALES TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1980 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
THE KERALA GENERAL SALES TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1980 [1] (Act 19 of 1980) An Act further to amend the Kerala General Sales Tax Act, 1963. "WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Kerala General Sales Tax Act, 1963, for the purposes hereinafter appearing; BE it enacted in the Thirty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:" (2) Clause (a) of section 3 and sections 4, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 12 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 1980 and the remaining provisions of his Act shall come into force at once. Amendment of section 2. "In section 2 of the Kerala General Sales Tax Act, 1963 (15 of 1963) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in clause (vii), the words "of a business nature" shall be omitted. (a) in sub-section (1), for the words "twenty-five thousand rupees", the words "thirty-five thousand rupees" shall be substituted; (b) in sub-section (3), after the proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:" "Provided further that the goods sold are capable of being used as component part of any of the goods mentioned in the First Schedule.". (a) in sub-section (2), for the words "twenty-five thousand rupees", the words "thirty-five thousand rupees" shall be substituted; (b) in sub-section (3), for the words "twenty-five thousand rupees" and "thirty thousand rupees", the words "thirty-five thousand rupees" and "forty thousand rupees" shall respectively be substituted. Amendment of section 7. "In section 7 of the principal Act, in sub section (1), for the words "twenty-five thousand rupees" and "thirty thousand rupees", the words "thirty-five thousand rupees" and "forty thousand rupees" shall respectively be substituted. Amendment of section 10."In section 10 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), after the words "make an exemption or reduction in rate,", the words "either prospectively or retrospectively," shall be inserted. Amendment of section 13."In section 13 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for the words "twenty-five thousand rupees", the words "thirty-five thousand rupees" shall be substituted. Amendment of section 14."In section 14 of the principal Act, for sub section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:" "(2) If the prescribed authority after making such enquiries as it may consider necessary is satisfied" (a) that the application is in order; (b) that the particulars furnished therein are correct; and (c) that the security, if any, required to be furnished under sub section (2A) has been furnished, it shall register the applicant and issue to him a certificate in the pres cribed form.". (a) in subsection (4)," (i) for the word, brackets and figure "subsection (3)", the words, brackets, figures and letter "subsections (3) and (4A)" shall be substituted; (ii) in the second proviso, after the words "penalty has been imposed", the words and figures "or from whom a sum of money has been accepted under section 47" shall be inserted; (b) after sub-section(4), the following subsection shall be inserted namely:" "(4A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in subsection (3), in the case of a co-operative society registered or deemed to be registered under the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act, 1969 (21 of 1969), the assessing authority shall make the final assessment for the year 1980-81 and for every subsequent year on the basis of the return furnished by that society, if such return is duly supported by the audit report of such society issued by the Registrar of Co-operative Societies: Provided that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply if the audit report of the co-operative society issued by the Registrar of Co-operative Societies is not furnished within a period of three years from the expiry of the year to which it relates: Provided further that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply in the case of a co-operative society which has been punished or on which a penalty has been imposed or from which a sum of money has been accepted under section 47 for evasion of tax for the year for which the return has been furnished;"; (c) in subsection (9), after the brackets and figure "(4)," the brackets, figure and letter "(4A)," shall be inserted. (a) to subsection (1A), the following provisos shall be added namely:" "Provided that in the case of a co-operative society registered or deemed to be registered under the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act, 1969 (21 of 1969), the assessing authority shall determine the amount of tax payable in respect of the year 1980-81 and each subsequent year on the basis of the return and the latest audit report of the society issued by the Registrar of Co-operative Societies and furnished by such society: Provided further that the provisions of the foregoing proviso shall not apply in the case of a co-operative society which has been punished or on which a penalty has been imposed or from which a sum of money has been accepted under section 47 for evasion of tax for the year for which the return has been furnished."; (b) after subsection (2), the following subsection shall be inserted, namely:" "(2A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in sub-section (2), the assessing authority shall accept the return submitted by any dealer whose total turnover as assessed under subsection (2) according to the latest completed assessment does not exceed one lakh rupees and determine the amount of tax payable by the dealer on the basis of such return: Provided that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply if the tax due as specified in the return is less than the tax assessed according to the latest completed assessment by more than" (a) twenty-five per cent, if the tax so assessed is not more than two hundred rupees; (b) twenty per cent, if the tax so assessed is more than two hundred rupees, but less than five hundred rupees; (c) ten per cent, if the tax so assessed is not less than five hundred rupees: Provided further that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply in the case of a dealer who has been punished or on whom a penalty has been imposed or from whom a sum of money has been accepted under section 47 for evasion of tax for the year for which the return has been submitted.". "(4) Where, as a result of any order in appeal or revision or any rectification under section 43, any dealer or other person is not liable to pay the tax assessed or any other amount, the levy of penal interest for the non-payment of such tax or other amount shall be cancelled and if any amount of such penal interest has been collected, it shall be refunded to the dealer or other person, as the case may be. (5) Where, as a result of any order in appeal or revision or any rectification under section 43, any tax assessed or any other amount due from any dealer or other person has been reduced, the penal interest levied for the nonpayment of such tax or other amount shall be proportionately reduced and if any amount of penal interest in excess of such reduced penal interest has been collected, such excess shall be refunded to the dealer or other person, as the case may be. (6) The provisions of subsections (4) and (5) shall, so far as may be, apply, in respect of penal interest levied for the non-payment of tax provisionally assessed which has been reduced in part or in full as a result of final assessment.". Amendment of section 34."In subsection (1) of section 34 of the principal Act, for the words, brackets and figures "subsection (3) of section 17", in both the places where they occur, the words, brackets, figures and letter "subsection (3) or subsection (4A) of section 17" shall be substituted. Amendment of section 45A. "In subsection (1) of section 45A of the principal Act, the Explanation shall be numbered as Explanation I and after that Explanation, the following Explanation shall be inserted, namely: " "Explanation II. "For the purposes of this subsection, the expression "assessing authority" includes any officer not below the rank of Sales Tax Officer specified by the Government in this behalf by notification in the Gazette.". "46A. Penalty for illegal collection of tax."(1) If any person collects any sum by way of tax or purporting to be by way of tax in contravention of subsection (2) or subsection (3) of section 22, he shall be liable to pay penalty not exceeding five thousand rupees and any sum collected by the person by way of tax or purporting to be by way of tax in contravention of subsection (2) or subsection (3) of section 22 shall be liable to be forfeited to the Government by an order issued by the assess ing authority after giving such person an opportunity to show cause why such penalty or forfeiture shall not be ordered: Provided that no penalty or forfeiture shall be ordered under this subsection if the assessing authority is satisfied that the sum so collected has been returned to the person from whom it was collected. (2) Where any sum is forfeited to the Government under subsection (1), any person from whom the amount was collected in contravention of the provisions of subsection (2) or subsection (3) of section 22 may apply to the assessing authority for reimbursement of such sum and the amount shall be reimbursed to such person in the prescribed manner. (3) No prosecution for an offence under this Act shall be instituted in respect of the same facts on which a penalty has been imposed or forfeiture has been ordered under this section.". "THE FIRST SCHEDULE [Goods in respect of which single point tax is leviable under subsection (1) or subsection (2) of section 5]
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