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Procedure for interception of conveyances for inspection of goods in movement, and detention, release and confiscation or and confiscation of such goods and conveyances —reg.

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..... section provides that where any conveyance referred to in sub-section (1) of the said section is intercepted by the proper officer at any place, he may require the person-in-charge of the conveyance to produce the documents for verification, and the said person shall be liable to produce the documents and also allow the inspection of goods. 1.1 Rules 138 to 138D of the Assam Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the Assam GST Rules ) lay down, in detail, the provisions relating to e-way bills. As per the said provisions, in case of transportation of goods by road, an e-way bill is required to be generated before the commencement of movement of the consignment. Rule 138A of the said rules prescribes that the person-in-charge of a conveyance shall carry the invoice or bill of supply or delivery challan, as the case may be; and in case of transportation of goods by road, he shall also carry a copy of the e-way bill in physical form or the e-way bill number in electronic form or mapped to a Radio Frequency Identification Device embedded on to the conveyance in such manner as may be notified by the Commissioner. 1.2 Section 129 of the Assam GST Act provi .....

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..... nt or where the proper officer intends to undertake an inspection, he shall record a statement of the person-in-charge of the conveyance in FORM GST MOV-01 . In addition, the proper officer shall issue an order for physical verification/inspection of the conveyance, goods and documents in FORM GST MOV-02 , requiring the person-in-charge of the conveyance to station the conveyance at the place mentioned in such order and allow the inspection of the goods. The proper officer shall, within twenty-four hours of the aforementioned issuance of FORM GST MOV-02 , prepare a report in Part A of FORM GST EWB-03 and upload the same on the common portal. (e) Within a period of three working days from the date of issue of the order in FORM GST MOV-02 , the proper officer shall conclude the inspection proceedings, either by himself or through any other proper officer authorised in this behalf. Where circumstances warrant such time to be extended, he shall obtain a written permission in FORM GST MOV-03 from the Commissioner or an officer authorized by him, for extension of time beyond three working days and a copy of the order of extension shall be served on the person-in-charge of .....

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..... ic liability register by debiting the electronic cash ledger or the electronic credit ledger of the concerned person in accordance with the provisions of section 49 of the Assam GST Act. (i) Where the owner of the goods, or the person authorized by him, or any person other than the owner of the goods comes forward to get the goods and the conveyance released by furnishing a security under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 129 of the Assam GST Act, the goods and the conveyance shall be released, by an order in FORM GST MOV-05 , after obtaining a bond in FORM GST MOV-08 along with a security in the form of bank guarantee equal to the amount payable under clause (a) or clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 129 of the Assam GST Act. The finalisation of the proceedings under section 129 of the Assam GST Act shall be taken up on priority by the officer concerned and the security provided may be adjusted against the demand arising from such proceedings. (j) Where any objections are filed against the proposed amount of tax and penalty payable, the proper officer shall consider such objections and thereafter, pass a speaking order in FORM GST MOV-09 , quantifying the tax .....

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..... x, penalty and fine imposed in lieu of confiscation and gets the goods released. The order in FORM GST MOV-11 shall be uploaded on the common portal and the demand accruing from the order shall be added in the electronic liability register and, upon payment of the demand, such register shall be credited by either debiting the electronic cash ledger or the electronic credit ledger of the concerned person in accordance with the provisions'of section 49 of the Assam GST Act. Once an order of confiscation of goods is passed in FORM GST MOV-11 , the order in FORM GST MOV-09 passed earlier with respect to the said goods shall be withdrawn. (o) An order of confiscation of conveyance shall be passed in FORM GST MOV-11 , after taking into consideration the objections filed by the person-in-charge of the conveyance and the same shall be served on the person concerned. Once the order of confiscation is passed, the title of such conveyance shall stand transferred to the State Government. In the order passed above, a suitable time not exceeding three months shall be offered to make the payment of penalty and fine imposed in lieu of confiscation and gets the conveyance rele .....

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