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Meghalaya Goods and Services Tax (Ninth Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2019 - ERTS(T)4/2019/502. - Meghalaya SGSTExtract GOVERNMENT OF MEGHALAYA EXCISE, REGISTRATION, TAXATION STAMPS DEPARTMENT NOTIFICATION The 3rd December, 2019. No. ERTS(T)4/2019/502. - WHEREAS, sub-section (1) of section 112 of the Meghalaya Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act 10 of 2017) (hereafter in this Order referred to as the said Act) provides that any person aggrieved by an order passed against him under section 108 of the Meghalaya Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, may appeal to the Appellate Tribunal against such order within three months from the date on which the order sought to be appealed against is communicated to the person preferring the appeal; AND WHEREAS, sub-section (3) of section 112 of the said Act provides that the Commissioner may, on his own motion, or upon request from the Commissioner of Central tax or Commissioner of Union territory tax, call for and examine the record of any order passed by the Appellate Authority or the Revisional Authority under this Act for the purpose of satisfying himself as to the legality or propriety of the said order and may, by order, direct any officer subordinate to him to apply to the Appellate Tribunal within six months from the date on which the said order has been passed for determination of such points arising out of the said order as may be specified by the Commissioner in his order; AND WHEREAS, section 109 of the said Act provides for the constitution of the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal and Benches thereof; AND WHEREAS, for the purpose of filing the appeal or application as referred to in sub- section (1) or sub-section (3) of section 112 of the said Act, as the case may be, the Appellate Tribunal and its Benches are yet to be constituted in many States and Union territories under section 109 of the said Act as a result whereof, the said appeal or application could not be filed within the time limit specified in the said sub-sections, and because of that, certain difficulties have arisen in giving effect to the provisions of the said section; NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 172 of the Meghalaya Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, the Government of Meghalaya, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following Order, to remove the difficulties, namely: 1. Short title. This Order may be called the Meghalaya Goods and Services Tax (Ninth Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2019. 2. For the removal of difficulties, it is hereby clarified that for the purpose of calculating,- (a) the three months from the date on which the order sought to be appealed against is communicated to the person preferring the appeal in sub-section (1) of section 112, the start of the three months period shall be considered to be the later of the following dates:( i) date of communication of order; or (ii) the date on which the President or the State President, as the case may be, of the Appellate Tribunal after its constitution under section 109, enters office; (b) the six months from the date on which the said order has been passed in sub-section (3) of section 112, the start of the six months period shall be considered to be the later of the following dates:- (i) date of communication of order; or (ii) the date on which the President or the State President, as the case may be, of the Appellate Tribunal after its constitution under section 109, enters office. S. A. SYNREM, Commissioner Secretary to the Government of Meghalaya, Excise, Registration, Taxation and Stamps Department.
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