Act 74 of 1956

The Central Sales Tax Act, 1956

An Act to formulate principles for determining when a sale or purchase of goods takes place in the course of inter-State trade or commerce or outside a State or in the course of import into or export from India, to provide for the levy, collection and distribution of taxes on sales of goods in the course of inter-State trade or commerce and to declare certain goods to be of special importance in inter-State trade or commerce and specify the restrictions and conditions to which State laws imposing taxes on the sale or purchase of such goods of special importance shall be subject.

  • Ministry of Finance
  • Department of Revenue
  • Enacted 1956-10-21
  • 33 sections
SectionTitle
1 Short title, extent and commencement. Read
2 Definitions. Read
3 When is a sale or purchase of goods said to take place in the course of inter-State trade or commerce. Read
4 When is a sale or purchase of goods said to take place outside a State. Read
5 When is a sale or purchase of goods said to take place in the course of import or export. Read
6 Liability to tax on inter-State sales. Read
6A Burden of proof, etc., in case of transfer of goods claimed otherwise than by way of sale. Read
7 Registration of dealers. Read
8 Rates of tax on sales in the course of inter-State trade or commerce. Read
8A Determination of turnover. Read
9 Levy and collection of tax and penalties. Read
9A Collection of tax to be only by registered dealers. Read
9B Rounding off of tax, etc. Read
10 Penalties. Read
10A Imposition of penalty in lieu of prosecution. Read
11 Cognizance of offences. Read
12 Indemnity. Read
13 Power to make rules. Read
14 [Omitted.]. Read
15 [Omitted.]. Read
16 Definitions. Read
17 Company in liquidation. Read
18 Liability of directors of private company in liquidation. Read
18A Appeals to highest appellate authority of State. Read
19 Central Sales Tax Appellate Authority. Read
19A Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings. Read
20 Appeals. Read
21 Procedure on receipt of application. Read
22 Poweres of the Authority. Read
23 Procedure of Authority. Read
24 Authority for Advance Ruilings to function as Authority under this Act. Read
25 Transfer of pending proceedings. Read
26 Applicability of order passed. Read
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