A statement made and signed by a person on appearance in response to any summons
issued under section 70 during the course of any inquiry or proceedings under
this Act shall be relevant, for the purpose of proving, in any prosecution for
an offence under this Act, the truth of the facts which it contains,-
when the person who made the statement is dead or cannot be found, or is
incapable of giving evidence, or is kept out of the way by the adverse party, or
whose presence cannot be obtained without an amount of delay or expense which,
under the circumstances of the case, the court considers unreasonable; or
when the person who made the statement is examined as a witness in the case
before the court and the court is of the opinion that, having regard to the
circumstances of the case, the statement should be admitted in evidence in the
interest of justice.
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)