Section 51(1) on Tax Deduction at Source of CGST Act, 2017 to come into force on 1 Oct 2018

[Central Tax Notification No. 50 dated 13^th September 2018]

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) and in supercession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue No. 33/2017-Central Tax, dated the 15th September, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 1163 (E), dated the 15th September, 2017, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby appoints the 1st day of October, 2018, as the date on which the provisions of section 51 of the said Act shall come into force with respect to persons specified under clauses (a), (b) and (c) of sub-section (1) of section 51 of the said Act and the persons specified below under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 51 of the said Act, namely:-

(a) an authority or a board or any other body, -

(i) set up by an Act of Parliament or a State Legislature; or

(ii) established by any Government, with fifty-one per cent. or more participation by way of equity or control, to carry out any function;

(b) Society established by the Central Government or the State Government or a Local Authority under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860);

(c) public sector undertakings.

[F. No. 349/58/2017-GST(Pt.)]