Issue of discharge certificate to be conclusive of matter and time period

Section 129 of the Finance Act, 2019 (No. 2) deals with issue of discharge certificate to be conclusive of matter and time period. Issue of discharge certificate to be conclusive of matter and time period.

Issue of discharge certificate to be conclusive of matter and time period.

129. (1) Every discharge certificate issued under section 126 with respect to the amount payable under this Scheme shall be conclusive as to the matter and time period stated therein, and—

(a)		the declarant shall not be liable to pay any further duty, interest, or penalty with respect to the matter and time period covered in the declaration;
(b)		the declarant shall not be liable to be prosecuted under the indirect tax enactment with respect to the matter and time period covered in the declaration;
(c)		no matter and time period covered by such declaration shall be reopened in any other proceeding under the indirect tax enactment.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1),—

(a)		no person being a party in appeal, application, revision or reference shall contend that the central excise officer has acquiesced in the decision on the disputed issue by issuing the discharge certificate under this scheme;
(b)		the issue of the discharge certificate with respect to a matter for a time period shall not preclude the issue of a show cause notice,—

(i)		for the same matter for a subsequent time period; or
(ii)		for a different matter for the same time period;

(c)

in a case of voluntary disclosure where any material particular furnished in the declaration is subsequently found to be false, within a period of one year of issue of the discharge certificate, it shall be presumed as if the declaration was never made and proceedings under the applicable indirect tax enactment shall be instituted.

Section 129, The Finance Act, 2019 (No. 2).