{"act":{"id":"bihar-goods-services-tax-act-2017","short_title":"The Bihar Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017","long_title":null,"act_number":"12","act_year":2017,"enact_date":null,"enforcement_date":null,"ministry":null,"department":null,"jurisdiction":"Bihar","unit":"section","section_count":299,"in_force":true,"spent":false,"spent_note":null,"duplicate_of":null,"text_source":"ocr","scan_url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/scan/f974bd0f-6917-411d-b94d-973d638aa448.pdf","url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/bihar-goods-services-tax-act-2017/"},"unit":"section","section":{"number":"234","heading":null,"text":"Omitted by The Bihar Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Bihar Act no. 12 of 2023) vide Notification No. 604 Dated 25th July, 2023 .. Prior to omission the Section reads as under : \"110. President and Members of Appellate Tribunal, their qualification, appointment, conditions of service, etc .- The qualifications, appointment, salary and allowances, terms of office, resignation and removal of the President and Members of the State Bench and Area Benches shall be in Compiled by Commercial Taxes Department, Bihar in Association with National Law Book Publications, Ghaziabad 111. Procedure before Appellate Tribunal .- (1) The Appellate Tribunal shall not, while disposing of any proceedings before it or an appeal before it, be bound by the procedure laid down in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, but shall be guided by the principles of natural justice and subject to the other provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, the Appellate Tribunal shall have power to regulate its own procedure. (2) The Appellate Tribunal shall, for the purposes of discharging its functions under this Act, have the same powers as are vested in a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, while trying a suit in respect of the following matters, namely :- (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath; (b) requiring the discovery and production of documents; (c) receiving evidence on affidavits; (d) subject to the provisions of sections 123 and 124 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, requisitioning any public record or document or a copy of such record or document from any office; (e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents; (f) dismissing a representation for default or deciding it ex parte; (g) setting aside any order of dismissal of any representation for default or any order passed by it ex parte; and (h) any other matter which may be prescribed. (3) Any order made by the Appellate Tribunal may been forced by it in the same manner as if it were a decree made by a court in a suit pending therein, and it shall be lawful for the Appellate Tribunal to send for execution of its orders to the court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction,- (a) in the case of an order against a company, the registered office of the company is situated; or (b) in the case of an order against any other person, the person concerned voluntarily resides or carries on business or personally works for gain. (4) All proceedings before the Appellate Tribunal shall be deemed to be judicial proceedings within the meaning of sections 193 and 228, and for the purposes of section 196 of the Indian Penal Code, and the Appellate Tribunal shall be deemed to be civil court for the purposes of section 195 and Chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. 112. Appeals to Appellate Tribunal .- (1) Any person aggrieved by an order passed against him under section 107 or section 108 of this Act or the Central Goods and Services Tax Act may appeal to the Appellate Tribunal against such order within three months from the date on which the order sought to be appealed against is communicated to the accordance with the provisions of section 110 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act No. 12 of 2017).\" Compiled by Commercial Taxes Department, Bihar in Association with National Law Book Publications, Ghaziabad person preferring the appeal. [; or the date, as may be notified by the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, for filing appeal before the Appellate Tribunal under this Act, whichever is later.]235 (2) The Appellate Tribunal may, in its discretion, refuse to admit any such appeal where the tax or input tax credit involved or the difference in tax or input tax credit involved or the amount of fine, fee or penalty determined by such order, does not exceed fifty thousand rupees. (3) The Commissioner may, on his own motion, or upon request from the Commissioner of central tax, call for and examine the record of any order passed by the Appellate Authority or the Revisional Authority under this Act or under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act for the purpose of satisfying himself as to the legality or propriety of the said order and may, by order, direct any officer subordinate to him to apply to the Appellate Tribunal within six months from the date on which the said order has been passed [or the date, as may be notified by the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, for the purpose of filing application before the Appellate Tribunal under this Act, whichever is later,]236 for determination of such points arising out of the said order as may be specified by the Commissioner in his order. (4) Where in pursuance of an order under sub-section(3)the authorised officer makes an application to the Appellate Tribunal, such application shall be dealt with by the Appellate Tribunal as if it were an appeal made against the order under sub-section (11) of section 107 or under sub-section (1) of section 108 and the provisions of this Act shall apply to such application, as they apply in relation to appeals filed under sub-section (1). (5) On receipt of notice that an appeal has been preferred under this section, the party against whom the appeal has been preferred may, notwithstanding that he may not have appealed against such order or any part thereof, file, within forty five days of the receipt of notice, a memorandum of cross-objections, verified in the prescribed manner, against any part of the order appealed against and such memorandum shall be disposed of by the Appellate Tribunal, as if it were an appeal presented within the time specified in sub-section(1). (6) The Appellate Tribunal may admit an appeal within three months after the expiry of the period referred to in sub-section (1), [or permit the filing of an application within three months after the expiry of the period referred to in sub-section (3)]237 or permit the filing of a memorandum of cross-objections within forty five days after the expiry of the period referred to in sub-section","html":"<p>Omitted by The Bihar Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Bihar Act no. 12 of 2023) vide Notification No. 604 Dated 25th July, 2023 .. Prior to omission the Section reads as under : &quot;110. President and Members of Appellate Tribunal, their qualification, appointment, conditions of service, etc .- The qualifications, appointment, salary and allowances, terms of office, resignation and removal of the President and Members of the State Bench and Area Benches shall be in Compiled by Commercial Taxes Department, Bihar in Association with National Law Book Publications, Ghaziabad 111. Procedure before Appellate Tribunal .- (1) The Appellate Tribunal shall not, while disposing of any proceedings before it or an appeal before it, be bound by the procedure laid down in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, but shall be guided by the principles of natural justice and subject to the other provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, the Appellate Tribunal shall have power to regulate its own procedure. (2) The Appellate Tribunal shall, for the purposes of discharging its functions under this Act, have the same powers as are vested in a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, while trying a suit in respect of the following matters, namely :- (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath; (b) requiring the discovery and production of documents; (c) receiving evidence on affidavits; (d) subject to the provisions of sections <a href=\"/iea/section/123/\">123</a> and <a href=\"/iea/section/124/\">124</a> of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, requisitioning any public record or document or a copy of such record or document from any office; (e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents; (f) dismissing a representation for default or deciding it ex parte; (g) setting aside any order of dismissal of any representation for default or any order passed by it ex parte; and (h) any other matter which may be prescribed. (3) Any order made by the Appellate Tribunal may been forced by it in the same manner as if it were a decree made by a court in a suit pending therein, and it shall be lawful for the Appellate Tribunal to send for execution of its orders to the court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction,- (a) in the case of an order against a company, the registered office of the company is situated; or (b) in the case of an order against any other person, the person concerned voluntarily resides or carries on business or personally works for gain. (4) All proceedings before the Appellate Tribunal shall be deemed to be judicial proceedings within the meaning of sections <a href=\"/bihar-goods-services-tax-act-2017/section/193/\">193</a> and <a href=\"/bihar-goods-services-tax-act-2017/section/228/\">228</a>, and for the purposes of section <a href=\"/ipc/section/196/\">196</a> of the Indian Penal Code, and the Appellate Tribunal shall be deemed to be civil court for the purposes of section <a href=\"/bihar-goods-services-tax-act-2017/section/195/\">195</a> and Chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. 112. Appeals to Appellate Tribunal .- (1) Any person aggrieved by an order passed against him under section <a href=\"/bihar-goods-services-tax-act-2017/section/107/\">107</a> or section <a href=\"/bihar-goods-services-tax-act-2017/section/108/\">108</a> of this Act or the Central Goods and Services Tax Act may appeal to the Appellate Tribunal against such order within three months from the date on which the order sought to be appealed against is communicated to the accordance with the provisions of section 110 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act No. 12 of 2017).&quot; Compiled by Commercial Taxes Department, Bihar in Association with National Law Book Publications, Ghaziabad person preferring the appeal. [; or the date, as may be notified by the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, for filing appeal before the Appellate Tribunal under this Act, whichever is later.]235 (2) The Appellate Tribunal may, in its discretion, refuse to admit any such appeal where the tax or input tax credit involved or the difference in tax or input tax credit involved or the amount of fine, fee or penalty determined by such order, does not exceed fifty thousand rupees. (3) The Commissioner may, on his own motion, or upon request from the Commissioner of central tax, call for and examine the record of any order passed by the Appellate Authority or the Revisional Authority under this Act or under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act for the purpose of satisfying himself as to the legality or propriety of the said order and may, by order, direct any officer subordinate to him to apply to the Appellate Tribunal within six months from the date on which the said order has been passed [or the date, as may be notified by the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, for the purpose of filing application before the Appellate Tribunal under this Act, whichever is later,]236 for determination of such points arising out of the said order as may be specified by the Commissioner in his order. (4) Where in pursuance of an order under sub-section(3)the authorised officer makes an application to the Appellate Tribunal, such application shall be dealt with by the Appellate Tribunal as if it were an appeal made against the order under sub-section (11) of section <a href=\"/bihar-goods-services-tax-act-2017/section/107/\">107</a> or under sub-section (1) of section <a href=\"/bihar-goods-services-tax-act-2017/section/108/\">108</a> and the provisions of this Act shall apply to such application, as they apply in relation to appeals filed under sub-section (1). (5) On receipt of notice that an appeal has been preferred under this section, the party against whom the appeal has been preferred may, notwithstanding that he may not have appealed against such order or any part thereof, file, within forty five days of the receipt of notice, a memorandum of cross-objections, verified in the prescribed manner, against any part of the order appealed against and such memorandum shall be disposed of by the Appellate Tribunal, as if it were an appeal presented within the time specified in sub-section(1). (6) The Appellate Tribunal may admit an appeal within three months after the expiry of the period referred to in sub-section (1), [or permit the filing of an application within three months after the expiry of the period referred to in sub-section (3)]237 or permit the filing of a memorandum of cross-objections within forty five days after the expiry of the period referred to in sub-section</p>","words":1036,"text_source":"ocr"},"classification":[],"instruments":[],"judgments":[],"corresponds_to":[],"url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/bihar-goods-services-tax-act-2017/section/234/","note":null,"source_note":"Read from the Government's own scanned gazette with Azure Document Intelligence, then split into sections by their numbering. India Code publishes no text for this Act. 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