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Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2024-2026

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EXTRAORDINARY

Panaji, 29th July, 2024 (Sravana 7, 1946)

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Finance

Revenue & Control Division

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Notification

38/1/2017-Fin(R&C)(273)/26145

In exercise of the powers conferred by

section 164 of the Goa Goods and Services

Tax Act, 2017 (Goa Act 4 of 2017), the

Government of Goa, on the recommendations

of the Council, hereby makes the following

rules further to amend the Goa Goods and

Services Tax Rules, 2017, namely:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (1)

These rules may be called the Goa Goods

and Services Tax (Amendment) Rules, 2024.

(2) Save as otherwise provided in these

rules, they shall be deemed to have come

into force with effect from 10th July, 2024.

2. In the Goa Goods and Services Tax Rules,

2017 (hereinafter referred to as the said

rules), in rule 8,

(i) for sub-rule (4A), the following

sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:—

“(4A) Where an applicant, other than

a person notified under sub-section

(6D) of section 25, opts for authenti-

cation of Aadhaar number, he shall,

while submitting the application under

sub-rule (4), undergo authentication of

Aadhaar number and the date of

submission of the application in such

cases shall be the date of authentication

of the Aadhaar number or fifteen days

from the submission of the application

in Part B of FORM GST REG-01 under

sub-rule (4), whichever is earlier.

Provided that every application made

under sub-rule (4) by a person, other

than a person notified under sub-section

(6D) of section 25, who has opted for

authentication of Aadhaar number and

is identified on the common portal, based

on data analysis and risk parameters,

shall be followed by biometric-based

Aadhaar authentication and taking

photograph of the applicant where the

applicant is all individual or of such

individuals in relation to the applicant

as notified under sub-section (6C) of

section 25 where the applicant is not an

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individual, along with the verification of

the original copy of the documents

uploaded with the application in FORM

GST REG-01 at one of the Facilitation

Centres notified by the Commissioner for

the purpose of this sub-rule and the

application shall be deemed to be

complete only after completion of the

process laid down under this proviso.”;

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Pranab G. Bhat, Under Secretary, Finance

(R&C).

Porvorim, 29th July, 2024.

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