SEZ Units Not Exempt from GST Compensation Cess Under "Duty of Customs" in SEZ Act, 2005.

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....Exemption from payment of GST compensation cess to SEZ unit - A conjunctive study of Section 26(1)(a), 2(zd) of SEZ Act, 2005 and Section 2(15) of Customs Act, 1962 would pellucidly tell that the phrase ‘duty of customs’ used in Section 26(1)(a) of SEZ Act only refers to duty leviable under Customs Act, 1962 but the said phrase does not include cess under GST Compensation Act. - HC....