Section 19

Section 19 of the Bihar Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. Inserted by The Bihar Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 2023 (Bihar Act no.

Inserted by The Bihar Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 2023 (Bihar Act no. 16 of 2023) vide Notification No. 968 Dated 17th November, 2023. Compiled by Commercial Taxes Department, Bihar in Association with National Law Book Publications, Ghaziabad CHAPTER II ADMINISTRATION 3. Officers under this Act .- The Government shall, by notification, appoint the following classes of officers for the purposes of this Act, namely :- (a) Principal Commissioner or Chief Commissioner of State tax, (b) Special Commissioners of State tax, (c) Additional Commissioners of State tax, (d) Joint Commissioners of State tax, (e) Deputy Commissioners of State tax, (f) Assistant Commissioners of State tax, and (g) any other class of officers as it may deem fit:

Provided that, the officers appointed under the Bihar Value Added Tax Act, 2005 shall be deemed to be the officers appointed under the provisions of this Act. 4. Appointment of officers .- (1) The Government may, in addition to the officers as may be notified under section3, appoint such persons as it may think fit to be the officers under this Act.

(2) The Commissioner shall have jurisdiction over the whole of the State, the Special Commissioner and an Additional Commissioner in respect of all or any of the functions assigned to them, shall have jurisdiction over the whole of the State or where the State Government so directs, over any local area thereof, and all other officers shall, subject to such conditions as may be specified, have jurisdiction over the whole of the State or over such local areas as the Commissioner may, by order, specify. 5. Powers of officers .- (1) Subject to such conditions and limitations as the Commissioner may impose, an officer of State tax may exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed on him under this Act.

(2) An officer of State tax may exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed under this Act on any other officer of State tax who is subordinate to him.

(3) The Commissioner may, subject to such conditions and limitations as may be specified in this behalf by him, delegate his powers to any other officer who is subordinate to him.

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, an Appellate Authority shall not exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed on any other officer of State tax. Compiled by Commercial Taxes Department, Bihar in Association with National Law Book Publications, Ghaziabad 6. Authorisation of officers of central tax as proper officer in certain circumstances .- (1) Without prejudice to the provisions of this Act, the officers appointed under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act are authorised to be the proper officers for the purposes of this Act, subject to such conditions as the Government shall, on the recommendations of the Council, by notification, specify.

(2) Subject to the conditions specified in the notification issued under sub-section (1),- (a) where any proper officer issues an order under this Act, he shall also issue an order under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, as authorised by the said Act under intimation to the jurisdictional officer of central tax;

(b) where a proper officer under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act has initiated any proceedings on a subject matter, no proceedings shall be initiated by the proper officer under this Act on the same subject matter.

(3) Any proceedings for rectification, appeal and revision, wherever applicable, of any order passed by an officer appointed under this Act, shall not lie before an officer appointed under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act. Indi Compiled by Commercial Taxes Department, Bihar in Association with National Law Book Publications, Ghaziabad CHAPTER III LEVY AND COLLECTION OF TAX 7. Scope of supply .- (1) For the purposes of this Act, the expression "supply" includes- (a) all forms of supply of goods or services or both such as sale, transfer, barter, exchange, license, rental, lease or disposal made or agreed to be made for a consideration by a person in the course or furtherance of business; [(aa) the activities or transactions, by a person, other than an individual, to its members or constituents or vice-versa, for cash, deferred payment or other valuable consideration.

Explanation .- For the purposes of this clause, it is hereby clarified that, notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force or any judgment, decree or order of any Court, Tribunal or Authority, the person and its members or constituents shall be deemed to be two separate persons and the supply of activities or transactions inter se shall be deemed to take place from one such person to another;]20 (b) import of services for a consideration whether or not in the course or furtherance of business;[and]21 (c) the activities specified in Schedule I, made or agreed to be made without a consideration; [ *** ]22 (d) [ *** ]23 [(1A) where certain activities or transactions, constitute a supply in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1), they shall be treated either as supply of goods or supply of services as referred to in Schedule II.]24 (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1),-

Section 19, The Bihar Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act 12 of 2017).