Section 179 - Pending refund claims to be disposed of under earlier law - MODEL GST LAW - Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 - [November 2016]

179. Pending refund claims to be disposed of under earlier law Every claim for refund filed by any person before or after the appointed day, for refund of any amount of cenvat credit, duty, tax or interest paid before the appointed day, shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of earlier law and any amount eventually accruing to him shall be paid in cash, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained under the provisions of earlier law other than the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 11B of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944): PROVIDED that where any claim for refund of Cenvat credit is fully or partially rejected, the amount so rejected shall lapse: PROVIDED FURTHER that no refund claim shall be allowed of any amount of Cenvat credit where the balance of the said amount as on the appointed day has been carried forward under this Act. (CGST Law) Every claim for refund filed by any person before or after the appointed day, for refund of any amount of input tax credit, tax and interest paid before the appointed day, shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of earlier law and any amount eventually accruing to him shall be refunded to him in accordance with the provisions of the said law: PROVIDED that where any claim for refund of amount of input tax credit is fully or partially rejected, the amount so rejected shall lapse: PROVIDED FURTHER that no refund claim shall be allowed of any amount of input tax credit where the balance of the said amount as on the appointed day has been carried forward under this Act. (SGST Law)