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Nagaland Goods and Services Tax (Seventh Amendment) Act, 2023
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....tion (2A), in clause (c), the words "goods or" shall be omitted. 2. Amendment of section 16.-In section 16 of the Nagaland Goods and Services Tax Act, in sub-section (2),- (i) in the second proviso, for the words "added to his output tax liability, along with interest thereon", the words and figures "paid by him along with interest payable under section 50" shall be substituted ; (ii) in the third proviso, after the words "made by him", the words "to the supplier" shall be inserted. 3. Amendment of section 17.-In section 17 of the Nagaland Goods and Services Tax Act,- (a) in sub-section (3), in the Explanation, for the words and figure "except those specified in paragraph 5 of the said Schedule", the following shall be substituted, namely :- "except,- (i) the value of activities or transactions specified in paragraph 5 of the said Schedule ; and (ii) the value of such activities or transactions as may be prescribed in respect of clause (a) of paragraph 8 of the said Schedule." ; (b) in sub-section (5), after clause (f), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :- "(fa) goods or services or both rece....
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....: Provided that, the Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, by notification, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be specified therein, allow a registered person or a class of registered persons to furnish the return for a tax period, even after the expiry of the said period of three years from the due date of furnishing the said return.". 8. Amendment of section 44.-Section 44 of the Nagaland Goods and Services Tax Act shall be renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof ; and after sub-section (1) as so renumbered, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely :- "(2) A registered person shall not be allowed to furnish an annual return under sub-section (1) for a financial year after the expiry of a period of three years from the due date of furnishing the said annual return : Provided that, the Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, by notification, and subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be specified therein, allow a registered person or a class of registered persons to furnish an annual return for a financial year under sub-section (1), even after the expiry of the said period of three y....
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....continue.". 13. Substitution of section 109.-For section 109 of the Nagaland Goods and Services Tax Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely :- "109. Constitution of Appellate Tribunal and Benches thereof.-Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, the Goods and Services Tax Tribunal constituted under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 shall be the Appellate Tribunal for hearing appeals against the orders passed by the Appellate Authority or the Revisional Authority under this Act.". 14. Omission of sections 110 and 114.-Sections 110 and 114 of the Nagaland Goods and Services Tax Act shall be omitted. 15. Amendment of section 117.-In section 117 of the Nagaland Goods and Services Tax Act,- (i) in sub-section (1), for the words "State Bench or Area Benches", the words "State Benches" shall be substituted ; (ii) in sub-section (5), in clauses (a) and (b), for the words "State Bench or Area Benches", the words "State Benches" shall be substituted. 16. Amendment of section 118.-In section 118 of the Nagaland Goods and Services Tax Act, in sub-section (1), in clause (a), for the words "National Bench or Regional Benches", t....
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....) and (l) of sub-section (1) of section 132 ;"; (ii) clause (b) shall be omitted ; (iii) for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted, namely :- "(c) a person who has been accused of committing an offence under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 132 ;"; (iv) clause (e) shall be omitted ; (ii) in sub-section (2), for the words "ten thousand rupees or fifty per cent. of the tax involved, whichever is higher, and the maximum amount not being less than thirty thousand rupees or one hundred and fifty per cent. of the tax, whichever is higher", the words "twenty-five per cent. of the tax involved and the maximum amount not being more than one hundred per cent. of the tax involved" shall be substituted. 21. Insertion of new section 158A.-After section 158 of the Nagaland Goods and Services Tax Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely :- "158A. Consent based sharing of information furnished by taxable person.-(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 133, 152 and 158, the following details furnished by a registered person may, subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), and on the recommendat....