The following Ordinance of the Legislature of the State of Haryana received the assent of the Governor of Haryana on the 13th June, 2017 and is hereby published for general information :-

HARYANA ORDINANCE NO. 1 OF 2017

THE HARYANA SETTLEMENT OF OUTSTANDING DUES ORDINANCE, 2017

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to provide for expeditious recovery of outstanding dues by way of settlement under various Acts by offering Settlement Scheme thereunder and matters connected therewith or incident thereto.

Promulgated by the Governor of Haryana in the Sixty-eighth Year of the Republic of India.

Whereas the Legislature of the State of Haryana is not in session and the Governor is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 213 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Haryana hereby promulgates the following Ordinance:-

1. Short title and commencement.

(1) This Ordinance may be called the Haryana Settlement of Outstanding Dues Ordinance, 2017.

(2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Definitions.

In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(i) "Government" means the Government of the State of Haryana in the administrative department;

(ii) "outstanding dues" means any tax, interest, penalty or any other dues under any of the relevant Act, unpaid by a person, whether quantified or not, for the period upto the 31st March, 2017;

(iii) "relevant Act" means an Act mentioned in the Schedule;

(iv) "Schedule" means Schedule appended to this Act;

(v) "scheme" means a scheme, as notified by the Government under this Ordinance, containing such terms and conditions, as it may deem fit, for expeditious recovery of outstanding dues under any of the relevant Act.

3.Framing of Scheme

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the relevant Act or rules framed thereunder, the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, notify one or more scheme for settlement of outstanding dues and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto covering payment of tax, interest, penalty or any other dues under the relevant Act which related to any period upto the 31st March, 2017, subject to such conditions and restrictions, as may be specified in the scheme, covering period of limitation, rate of tax, tax, interest, penalty or any other dues payable by a person, importer, proprietor, owner, class of dealers, classes of dealers or all dealers.

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