(1)

The Pondicherry General Sales Tax Act, 1967 is hereby repealed.

(2)

Any action or proceedings already initiated under the repealed Act shall continue to be valid till the final disposal.

(3)

The provisions of this Act shall not affect any right, title, obligation or liability already acquired, accrued or incurred under the repealed Act, and subject thereto, anything done or any action taken including any appointment, notice, order, in exercise of any power conferred by that Act, shall be valid till specifically rescinded or withdrawn.

(4)

Any person liable to pay any tax, fee, penalty, interest or other amount under the repealed Act for any period before the commencement of this Act, shall continue to be liable and such tax, fee, penalty, interest or other amount shall be collected under the provisions of this Act.

(5)

All arrears of tax, interest, penalty, fee or other amount due at the commencement of this Act, whether assessed or levied before such commencement or assessed or levied after such commencement, may be recovered as if such tax, penalty, interest, fee or other amount is assessed or levied under the provisions of this Act and all methods of recovery including levy of interest, penalty or prosecution provided under this Act shall apply to such arrears as if such amounts are assessed, levied and demanded in accordance with the provisions of the repealed Act.

(6)

Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2),-

(a) any application, appeal, revision or other proceedings made or preferred to any officer or authority under the repealed Act and pending at the commencement of this Act shall continue to be heard and disposed by the said officer or authority subject to the same terms and conditions prescribed for this purpose under the repealed Act until such officer is appointed or such authority is constituted under this Act;

(b) any application, appeal, revision or other proceedings arising out of the repealed Act after the commencement of this Act will also continue to be heard and disposed by the officer appointed or authority constituted under the repealed Act subject to the same terms and conditions prescribed for this purpose under the repealed Act until such officer is appointed or such authority is constituted under this Act;

(c) any application, appeal, revision or other proceedings arising under this Act will also be heard and disposed by the officer appointed or authority constituted under the repealed Act subject to the terms and conditions prescribed for this purpose under this Act until such officer is appointed or such authority is constituted under this Act; and

(d) as soon as the officer appointed or the authority constituted under this Act who have jurisdiction to entertain such application, appeal, revision or other proceedings under this Act assumes charge, then all the applications, appeal, revision or other proceedings pending both under the repealed Act and under this Act shall respectively be transferred to them and disposed by them under this Act:

(7)

Any order delegating any power under the repealed Act or rules framed thereunder to any person appointed, by any designation, immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue in force until that order is amended, varied or rescinded.

(8)

Any rule, regulations, notifications or orders made or issued under the repealed Act and continuing in force on the day immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall continue to be in force on or after the commencement of this Act in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.

(9)

Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the industrial unit existing prior to the commencement of this Act and are exempted from payment of tax due under the repealed Act would continue to be exempt from payment of tax under this Act till the expiry of the period of exemption as prescribed under that Act. Such dealer will not be eligible for the input tax credit until the period of exemption expires. However the input tax credit will be allowed if such dealer opts to pay tax due under this Act. The dealer may exercise this option by submitting in writing before the assessing officer within one month of the commencement of this Act and the option once exercised cannot be revoked.