Section 140 - Repeal and saving - MODEL GST LAW - GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2016 - Draft June 2016

CHAPTER XXIV REPEAL AND SAVING 140. Repeal and saving (1) From the date of commencement of the Act, the (State) General Sales Tax/Value Added Tax Act, the Central Excise Act 1944, and the Central Excise Tariff Act 1985 shall apply only in respect of goods included in the entry 84 and entry 54 of the Union List and the State List respectively, of the Schedule VII to the Constitution of India. Provided that the aforesaid restriction of the application of the statutes referred above shall not- (a) Revive anything not in force or existing at the time at which the restriction takes effect; or (b) Affect the previous operation of the unrestricted Acts or anything duly done or suffered thereunder; or (c) Affect any right, privilege, obligation, or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under the unrestricted Acts; or (d) Affect any tax, surcharge, penalty, interest as are due or may become due or any forfeiture or punishment incurred or inflicted in respect of any offence or violation committed under the provisions of the unrestricted Acts; or (e) Affect any investigation, enquiry, assessment proceeding, any other legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such tax, surcharge, penalty, interest, right, privilege, obligation, liability, forfeiture or punishment, as aforesaid, and any such investigation, enquiry, assessment proceeding, other legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced, and any such tax, surcharge, penalty, interest, forfeiture or punishment may be levied or imposed as if these Acts had not been so restricted. (f) Affect any proceeding including that relating to an appeal, revision, review or reference, instituted before the appointed day under the earlier law and such proceeding shall be continued under the earlier law as if this Act had not come into force and the said law had not been repealed. (2) The following Acts are hereby repealed, to the extent mentioned hereunder, namely:- (as per the taxes subsumed under GST .) (a) The Entry Tax Act, ... (b) The Entertainment Tax, ... (c) The Luxury Tax Act, ... (d) Duty of Excise on Medicinal and Toilet Preparation Act, (e) Chapter V of the Finance Act, 1994. (3) The repeals referred to in sub-section (2) shall not- (a) Revive anything not in force or existing at the time at which the repeal takes effect; or (b) Affect the previous operation of the repealed Acts or anything duly done or suffered thereunder; or (c) Affect any right, privilege, obligation, or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under the repealed Acts; or (d) Affect any tax, surcharge, penalty, interest as are due or may become due or any forfeiture or punishment incurred or inflicted in respect of any offence or violation committed under the provisions of the repealed Acts; or (e) Affect any investigation, enquiry, assessment proceeding, any other legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such tax, surcharge, penalty, interest, right, privilege, obligation, liability, forfeiture or punishment, as aforesaid, and any such investigation, enquiry, assessment proceeding, other legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced, and any such tax, surcharge, penalty, interest, forfeiture or punishment may be levied or imposed as if these Acts had not been enacted.