Provisions under Section 134 of the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Act, 2017 relating to “Cognizance of Offences”:
Section 134 of CGST Act 2017: Cognizance of Offences (CHAPTER XIX – OFFENCES AND PENALTIES)
No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act or the rules made thereunder except with the previous sanction of the Commissioner, and no court inferior to that of a Magistrate of the First Class, shall try any such offence.
| Note: CBEC notifies 01/07/2017 as the Commencement date for Sections 6 to 9, 11 to 21, 31 to 41, 42 [except proviso to sub-section (9)], 43 [except proviso to sub-section (9)], 44 to 50, 53 to 138, 140 to 145, 147 to 163 and 165 to 174 of the CGST Act 2017, vide Notification 9/2017. |
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Note: The CGST Act 2017 has been notified vide GOI Notification dt. 12/04/2017, which has subsequently been amended through CGST (Extension to J&K) Act 2017, Finance Act 2018, CGST Amendment Act 2018, Finance Act 2019, Finance Act 2020, Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation of Certain Provisions) Ordinance 2020, Finance Act 2021, Finance Act 2022 including various Notifications issued by the Govt./ CBIC from time to time, relating to the commencement dates of various Sections/ Provisions in the respective CGST/ Amendment Acts, wherever required. Information on this page is a Section-wise compilation of the Amendments made by various Notifications issued by CBIC from time to time, with best possible efforts for accuracy. In any case, E&OE. For official/ updated information, please visit CBIC website.
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| Index of GST Circulars, Notifications, Press Releases, Orders, etc. issued by CBIC from 2017 and onwards along with Section-wise/ Rule-wise Text of GST Acts/ Rules: |
| CGST: CGST Act/ Definitions, CGST Rules, GST Forms |
| IGST: IGST Act/ Definitions, IGST Rules |
| UTGST: UTGST Act/ Definitions, UTGST Rules |
| GST Circulars (CGST/ IGST/ UTGST): 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 |
| GST Instructions: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 |
| CGST Notifications: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 |
| CGST Rate Notifications: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 |
| IGST Notifications: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 |
| IGST Rate Notifications: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 |
| UT Tax/ UTGST Notifications: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 |
| UT Tax/ UTGST Rate Notifications: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 |
| Compensation Cess Notifications: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 |
| Compensation Cess Rate Notifications: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 |
| CBIC Orders (CGST/ IGST/ UTGST): 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 |
| CBIC Press Releases: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 |
| Note: For Official/ updated copy, please visit the CBIC website. |