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Issues: Whether an importer of goods was liable to pay sales tax and obtain registration where his total turnover exceeded Rs. 5,000 but the turnover of imported goods was below Rs. 5,000, and whether such liability could be founded on the aggregate turnover of the business.
Analysis: Liability under the Act arose only when the dealer's turnover exceeded the applicable taxable quantum. The statutory definition of taxable quantum, read with Rule 18 and the definition of importer of goods, showed that the relevant limit for an importer was the turnover of imported goods and not the entire business turnover. The construction adopted by the prosecution would produce anomalous results, namely that a dealer dealing only in small quantities of imported goods could be taxed merely because his overall turnover crossed Rs. 5,000, even though the imported goods themselves did not cross that limit. As the Act was a fiscal statute, any ambiguity had to be resolved strictly and in favour of the subject, and a construction leading to absurdity was rejected in favour of one that gave sensible effect to the scheme of the Act.
Conclusion: The applicant was not liable to pay tax on the facts found, was not bound to obtain registration, and his conviction under Section 24(1) was unsustainable.
Ratio Decidendi: In a taxing statute, liability cannot be imposed unless the subject is brought clearly within the words of the charging provision, and any ambiguity must be construed strictly in favour of the assessee.
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