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