In any prosecution for an offence under this Act which requires a culpable
mental state on the part of the accused, the court shall presume the existence
of such mental state but it shall be a defence for the accused to prove the fact
that he had no such mental state with respect to the act charged as an offence
in that prosecution.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this section,-
(i) the expression "culpable mental state" includes intention, motive, knowledge
of a fact, and belief in, or reason to believe, a fact;
(ii) a fact is said to be proved only when the court believes it to exist beyond
reasonable doubt and not merely when its existence is established by a
preponderance of probability.
Chapter XIX Offences and Penalties
Section 122 : Penalty for certain offences
Section 123 : Penalty for failure to furnish information returns
Section 124: Fine for failure to furnish statistics
Section 126 : General disciplines related to penalty
Section 127 : Power to impose penalty in certain cases
Section 128 : Power to wave penalty or fee or both
Section 129 : Detention, seizure and release of goods and conveyances in transit
Section 130 : Confiscation of goods or conveyances and levy of penalty
Section 131 : Confiscation or penalty not to interfere with other punishments
Section 132 : Punishment for certain offences
Section 133 : Liability of officers and certain other persons
Section 134 : Cognizance of offences
Section 135 : Presumption of culpable mental state
Section 136 : Relevancy of statement under certain circumstances
Section 137 : Offences by Companies
Section 138 : Compounding of offences
Chapter XX Transitional Provisions
Section 139 : Migration of existing tax payers
Section 140 : Transitional arrangements for input tax credit
Section 141 : Transitional Provision relating to job work
Section 142 : Miscellaneous transitional provisions
Chapter XXI Miscellaneous
Section 143 : Job Work Procedure
Section 144 : Presumption as to documents in certain cases
Section 148 : Special Procedure for certain processes
Section 149 : Goods and Services tax compliance rating
Section 150 : Obligation to furnish information return
Section 151 : Power to collect statistics
Section 152 : Bar on disclosure of information
Section 153 : Taking assistance from an expert
Section 154 : Power to take samples
Section 156 : Persons deemed to be public servants
Section 157 : Protection of action taken under this act
Section 158 : Disclosure of Information by a pubic servant
Section 159 : Publication for information in respect of persons in certain cases
Section 160 : Assessment Proceedings etc not to be invalid on certain grounds
Section 161 : Rectification of errors apparent on the face of record
Section 162 : Bar on Jurisdiction of Civil Court
Section 164 : Power of Government to make rules
Section 165 : Power to make regulations
Section 166 : Laying of Rules regulations and notifications
Section 167 : Delegation of Powers
Section 168 : Power to issue instructions or directions
Section 169 : Service of notice in certain circumstances
Section 170 : Rounding off of tax etc
Section 171 : Anti Profiteering Measure
Section 172 : Removal of difficulties
Section 173 : Amendment of Act 32 of 1994
Section 174 : Repeal and Saving
Schedule I
Activities to be treated as supply made even if made without consideration
Schedule II
Activities to be treated as supply of goods or supply of service
Schedule III
3%, 5%, 18% GST items 26.7.2018
18% GST notification 10.11.2017
0%, 5%, 12% reduced on 10.11.17
IGST Rates reduced on 10.11.2017
3% & 0.25% GST Goods (Original)
18% GST Materials (Original List)
Compensation Cess Rates (Original)