Value Added Tax Act (Cap. 406)

Value Added Tax Act (Cap. 406), article 47A

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47A. (1) The Tribunal shall be competent to hear and determine appeals in accordance with the provisions of article 46. (2) The provisions of the Administrative Justice Act , in so far as they apply to the Tribunal, shall apply to any proceedings before the said Tribunal and the words "public administration" in the said enactment shall be construed as a reference to the Commissioner. Cap. 490. (3) The provisions of article 25 of the Administrative Justice Act shall apply to any proceedings pending before the Value Added Tax Appeals Board, arising out of appeals made under the Value Added Tax Act, 1994, the Customs and Excise Tax Act, 1997 and this Act, and any such proceedings shall be assigned to the Tribunal in terms of the aforesaid article 25 with effect from 1st April, 2012. (4) Any pending appeal before the Value Added Tax Appeals Board constituted under this Act prior to its abolition shall continue to be heard before the Tribunal and any appeal which under this Act could be made before the Value Added Tax Appeals Board shall be made before the Tribunal. (5) Any appeal pending on 1st April, 2012 before the Court of Appeal from a decision of the Value Added Tax Appeals Board shall continue to be heard by that Court: Provided that if the said Court were to annul a decision of the said Board and remit it back to the said Board, the remitt ance shall instead be made to the Tribunal which shall hear and dec ide that case accordingly. (6) The Commissioner shall publish all decisions given by the Tribunal on points of law. PART VI Records and Information Records to be kept. Substituted by: X. 2003.25. Amended by: IV . 2007.37; L.N. 89 of 2012; XV . 2016.74; XIII.2024.39.

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