Section 111 Of Gst Procedure Before Appellate Tribunal

Section 111 of GST – Procedure before Appellate Tribunal

Statutory Provisions (1) The Appellate Tribunal shall not, while disposing of any proceedings before it or an appeal before it, be bound by the procedure laid down in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, but shall be guided by the principles of natural justice and subject to the other provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, the Appellate Tribunal shall have power to regulate its own procedure. (2) The Appellate Tribunal shall, for the purposes of discharging its functions under this Act, have the same powers as are vested in a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 while trying a suit in respect of the following matters, namely:—

(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath;(b) requiring the discovery and production of documents;(c) receiving evidence on affidavits;(d) subject to the provisions of sections 123 and 124 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, requisitioning any public record or document or a copy of such record or document from any office;(e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents;(f) dismissing a representation for default or deciding it ex parte;(g) setting aside any order of dismissal of any representation for default or any order passed by it ex parte; and(h) any other matter which may be prescribed.

(3) Any order made by the Appellate Tribunal may be enforced by it in the same manner as if it were a decree made by a court in a suit pending therein, and it shall be lawful for the Appellate Tribunal to send for execution of its orders to the court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction,—

(a) in the case of an order against a company, the registered office of the company is situated; or(b) in the case of an order against any other person, the person concerned voluntarily resides or carries on business or personally works for gain.

(4) All proceedings before the Appellate Tribunal shall be deemed to be judicial proceedings within the meaning of sections 193 and 228, and for the purposes of section 196 of the Indian Penal Code, and the Appellate Tribunal shall be deemed to be civil court for the purposes of section 195 and Chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Analysis and Updates

Introduction (i) This section deals with the procedure to be followed by Appellate Tribunal while disposing of any proceedings before it. Analysis

The Appellate Tribunal is not bound by the procedure laid down under the Code of Civil Procedure. But it shall certainly be guided by the principles of natural justice.The Appellate Tribunal is empowered to regulate its own procedure.The Appellate Tribunal shall have the same powers as are vested in a civil court under the code of procedure 1908 in respect of certain matters such as summoning and enforcing attendance of person, receiving evidence on affidavits, requiring production of documents, issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents, dismissing a representation for default or deciding it ex parte, setting aside any order of dismissal of any representation for default or any order passed by it ex parte, etc.All the proceedings before the Appellate Tribunal shall be deemed to be judicial proceedings within the meaning of Section 193, 228 & 196 of IPC.The Appellate Tribunal shall be deemed to be a civil court for all the purposes of section 195 and chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973It is important to note that inherent powers of Court under section 151 of CPC will be available to self-regulate proceedings before GSTAT.

Section 111 of GST – Procedure before Appellate Tribunal#

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Section 111 of GST – Procedure before Appellate Tribunal

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