Amendment of Section 132 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act
The amendment to Section 132 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act involves several changes to the language of the law. Firstly, the phrase "Whoever commits any of the following offences" is updated to include not only those who commit the offences but also those who cause the offences to be committed and benefit from them. This broadens the scope of accountability under the law. Secondly, the revision modifies clause (c) to specify that offences include availing input tax credit using invoices or bills mentioned in another clause, or fraudulently availing input tax credit without any invoice or bill. Lastly, in clause (e), the phrase "fraudulently avails input tax credit" is removed. These changes aim to clarify the legal language and expand the accountability for offences related to input tax credit under the GST framework.
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Amendment of section 132.
127. In section 132 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, in sub-section (1),—
(i) for the words “Whoever commits any of the following offences”, the words “Whoever commits, or causes to commit and retain the benefits arising out of, any of the following offences’’ shall be substituted;
(ii) for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—
“(c) avails input tax credit using the invoice or bill referred to in clause (b) or fraudulently avails input tax credit without any invoice or bill;”;
(iii) in clause (e), the words “, fraudulently avails input tax credit” shall be omitted.