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No. Puducherry Friday 7th November 2025
(16 Kartika 1947)
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
LAW DEPARTMENT
No. 99/Leg./2025-LD.
Puducherry, dated 7th November 2025.
The following Act of the Legislative Assembly, Puducherry, received
the assent of the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, on the 6th day of
November, 2025 and is hereby published for general information.
JHANAZ RAFFI @ JHANSI,
Under Secretary to Government (Law).
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THE PUDUCHERRY GOODS AND SERVICES TAX
(SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 2025
(Act No. 8 of 2025)
(07-11-2025)
AN
AC T
further to amend the Puducherry Goods and Services
Tax Act, 2017.
BE it enacted by the Puducherry Legislative Assembly in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows :—
Short title and commencement.
1. (1) This Act may be called the Puducherry Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 2025.
(2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of this Act shall come into force on such date, with prospective or retrospective effect, as the Government of Puducherry may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:
Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act, shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.
Amend ment of section 2.
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(ii) in clause (69), —
(a) in sub-clause (c), after the words
"management of a municipal", the word "fund" shall
be inserted;
(b) after sub-clause (c), the following
Explanation shall be inserted, namely :—
'Explanation.— For the purposes of this
sub-clause—
(a) "local fund" means any fund under the
control or management of an authority of a local
self-Government established for discharging civic
functions in relation to a Panchayat area and vested
by law with the powers to levy, collect and
appropriate any tax, duty, toll, cess or fee, by
whatever name called;
(b) "municipal fund" means any fund under the
control or management of an authority of a local
self-Government established for discharging civic
functions in relation to a Metropolitan area or
Municipal area and vested by law with the powers
to levy, collect and appropriate any tax, duty, toll,
cess or fee, by whatever name called;';
(iii) after clause (116), the following clause shall
be inserted, namely:—
'(116A) "unique identification marking"
means the unique identification marking
referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (2) of
section 148A and includes a digital stamp,
digital mark or any other similar marking, which
is unique, secure and non-removable;'.
3. In section 12 of the principal Act, sub-section (4)
Amendment of section 12.
shall be omitted.
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4. In section 13 of the principal Act, sub-section (4)
Amend ment of section 13.
shall be omitted.
5. In section 17 of the principal Act, in sub-section (5),
Amend ment of section 17. in clause (d),—
(i) for the words "plant or machinery", the words "plant and machinery" shall be substituted and shall be deemed to have been substituted with effect from the 1st day of July, 2017;
(ii) the Explanation shall be numbered as Explanation 1 thereof, and after Explanation 1 as so numbered, the following Explanation shall be inserted, namely:—
'Explanation 2.— For the purposes of clause (d), it is hereby clarified that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any judgment, decree or order of any Court, Tribunal, or other authority, any reference to "plant or machinery" shall be construed and shall always be deemed to have been construed as a reference to "plant and machinery";'.
6. In section 20 of the principal Act, with effect
Amend ment of section 20. from the 1st day of April, 2025, —
(i) in sub-section (1), after the word and figure "sec tion 9 ", the word s, br ackets and fi gures "of this Act or under sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) of section 5 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017" shall be inserted;
Ac t N o . 1 3 o f 2 0 1 7 .
(ii) in sub-section (2), after the word and figure "sec tion 9 ", the word s, br ackets and fi gures "of this Act or under sub-section (3) or sub-section (4)
of section 5 of the Integrated Goods and Services
Tax Act, 2017," shall be inserted.
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7. In section 34 of the principal Act, in Amend ment of section 34
sub-section (2), for the proviso, the following proviso
shall be substituted, namely:—
"Provided that no reduction in output tax liability
of the supplier shall be permitted, if the—
(i) input tax credit as is attributable to such a
credit note, if availed, has not been reversed by the
recipient, where such recipient is a registered
person; or
(ii) incidence of tax on such supply has been
passed on to any other person, in other cases.".
8. In section 38 of the principal Act,—
Amend ment of section 38.
(i) in sub-section (1), for the words
"an auto-generated statement", the words
"a statement" shall be substituted;
(ii) in sub-section (2),—
(a) for the words "auto-generated statement
under", the words "statement referred in" shall be
substituted;
(b) in clause (a), the word "and" shall be
omitted;
(c) in clause (b), after the words "by the
recipient,", the word "including" shall be inserted;
(d) after clause (b), the following clause shall
be inserted, namely:—
"(c) such other details as may be prescribed.".
9. In section 39 of the principal Act, in Amend ment of section 39.
sub-section (1), for the words "and within such time",
the words "within such time, and subject to such
conditions and restrictions" shall be substituted.
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10. In section 107 of the principal Act, in
Amend ment of section 107.
sub-section (6), for the proviso, the following proviso
shall be substituted, namely:—
"Provided that in case of any order demanding
penalty without involving demand of any tax, no appeal
shall be filed against such order unless a sum equal to
ten per cent of the said penalty has been paid by the
appellant.".
11. In section 112 of the principal Act, in
Amend ment of section 112. sub-section (8), the following proviso shall be inserted,
namely:—
"Provided that in case of any order demanding
penalty without involving demand of any tax, no appeal
shall be filed against such order unless a sum equal to
ten per cent of the said penalty, in addition to the
amount payable under the proviso to sub-section (6)
of section 107 has been paid by the appellant.".
12. After section 122A of the principal Act, the
Insertion of new section 122B.
following section shall be inserted, namely:—
"122B. Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Act, where any person referred to in clause (b) of
sub-section (1) of section 148A acts in contravention
P e n a l t y f o r failure to comply with track and trace mechanism.
of the provisions of the said section, he shall, in
addition to any penalty under Chapter XV or the
provisions of this Chapter, be liable to pay a penalty
equal to an amount of one lakh rupees or ten per cent.
of the tax payable on such goods, whichever is higher.".
13. After section 148 of the principal Act, the
Insertion of new section 148A
following section shall be inserted, namely:—
"148A. (1) The Government may, on the
recommendations of the Council, by notification,
Track and trace mech anism for certain goods.
specify,—
(a) the goods;
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(b) persons or class of persons who are in
possession or deal with such goods, to which the
provisions of this section shall apply.
(2) The Government may, in respect of the
goods referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (1),—
(a) provide a system for enabling affixation of
unique identification marking and for electronic
storage and access of information contained
therein, through such persons, as may be
prescribed; and
(b) prescribe the unique identification marking
for such goods, including the information to be
recorded therein.
(3) The persons referred to in sub-section (1),
shall,—
(a) affix on the said goods or packages thereof,
a unique identification marking, containing such
information and in such manner;
(b) furnish such information and details within
such time and maintain such records or documents,
in such form and manner;
(c) furnish details of the machinery installed in
the place of business of manufacture of such
goods, including the identification, capacity,
duration of operation and such other details or
information, within such time and in such form and
manner;
(d) pay such amount in relation to the system
referred to in sub-section (2), as may be
prescribed.".
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14. In Schedule III to the principal Act,—
Amend ment of Schedule III.
(i) in paragraph 8, after clause (a), the following
clause shall be inserted and shall be deemed to have
been inserted with effect from the 1st day of July,
2017, namely:—
"(aa) Supply of goods warehoused in a Special
Economic Zone or in a Free Trade Warehousing
Zone to any person before clearance for exports or
to the Domestic Tariff Area;";
(ii) in Explanation 2, after the words "For the
purposes of ", the words, brackets and letter
"clause (a) of " shall be inserted and shall be
deemed to have been inserted with effect from the
1st day of July, 2017;
(iii) after Explanation 2, the following
Explanation shall be inserted and shall be deemed
to have been inserted with effect from the 1st day
of July, 2017, namely:—
"Explanation 3.— For the purposes of clause (aa)
of paragraph 8, the expressions "Special Economic
Zone", "Free Trade Warehousing Zone" and
"Domestic Tariff Area" shall have the same
meanings respectively as assigned to them in
section 2 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005.".
15. No refund shall be made of all such tax which
No refund of tax collected.
has been collected, but which would not have been so
collected, had section 14 been in force at all material
times.
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