Section 176 - Semi-finished goods removed for job work and returned on or after the appointed day - MODEL GST LAW - Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 - [November 2016]

176. Semi-finished goods removed for job work and returned on or after the appointed day (1) Where any semi-finished goods had been removed from the factory to any other premises for carrying out certain manufacturing processes in accordance with the provisions of earlier law prior to the appointed day and such goods (herein after referred to as the said goods ) are returned to the said factory on or after the appointed day, no tax shall be payable if the said goods , after undergoing manufacturing processes or otherwise, are returned to the said factory within six months from the appointed day: PROVIDED that the aforesaid period of six months may, on sufficient cause being shown, be extended by the competent authority for a further period not exceeding two months: PROVIDED FURTHER that if the said goods are not returned within a period of six months or the extended period, as the case may be, from the appointed day, the input tax credit shall be liable to be recovered in terms of section 184: PROVIDED also that the manufacturer may, in accordance with the provisions of the earlier law, transfer the said goods to the premises of any registered taxable person for the purpose of supplying therefrom on payment of tax in India or without payment of tax for exports within six months or the extended period, as the case may be, from the appointed day. (2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall apply only if the manufacturer and the job-worker declare the details of the goods held in stock by the jobworker on behalf of the manufacturer on the appointed day in such form and manner and within such time as may be prescribed. (CGST Law) (1) Where any semi-finished goods had been despatched from the place of business to any other premises for carrying out certain manufacturing processes in accordance with the provisions of earlier law prior to the appointed day and such goods (herein after referred to as the said goods ) are returned to the said place of business on or after the appointed day, no tax shall be payable if the said goods , after undergoing manufacturing processes or otherwise, are returned to such place within six months from the appointed day: PROVIDED that the aforesaid period of six months may, on sufficient cause being shown, be extended by the competent authority for a further period not exceeding two months: PROVIDED FURTHER that if the said goods are not returned to him within a period of six months or the extended period, as the case may be, from the appointed day, the input tax credit shall be liable to be recovered in terms of section 184: PROVIDED also that the person despatching the goods may, in accordance with the provisions of the earlier law, transfer the said goods to the premises of any registered taxable person for the purpose of supplying therefrom on payment of tax in India or without payment of tax for exports within six months or the extended period, as the case may be, from the appointed day. (2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall apply only if the person despatching the goods and the job worker declare the details of the goods held in stock by the job worker on behalf of the said person on the appointed day in such form and manner and within such time as may be prescribed. (SGST Law)