In exercise of the powers conferred by section 164 of the Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act No. 9 of 2017), the State Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement.-

(1) These rules may be called the Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2017.

(2) Save as otherwise provided, they shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment of rule 3,-

in sub-rule (4) of rule 3 of the Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, hereinafter referred to as the said rules, for the existing expression "sixty days", the expression "ninety days" shall be substituted.

3. Amendment of rule 17.-

In sub-rule (2) of rule 17 of the said rule, with effect from 22nd June, 2017, after the existing expression "said form" and before the existing expression assign a", the expression "or after receiving a recommendation from the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India" shall be inserted.

4. Amendment of rule 40.-

The-existing clause (b) of sub-rule (1) of rule 40 of the said rules, with effect from lstday of July, 2017, shall be substituted by the following, namely:-

"(b) the registered person shall within a period of thirty days from the date of becoming eligible to avail the input tax credit under sub-section (1) of section 18, or within such further period as may be extended by the Commissioner by a notification in this behalf, shall make a declaration, electronically, on the common portal in FORM GST ITC-01 to the effect that he is eligible to avail the input tax credit as aforesaid:

Provided that any extension of the time limit notified by the Commissioner of State tax or the Commissioner of Union territory tax shall be deemed to be notified by the Commissioner.";

5. Amendment of rule 61,

In sub-rule (5) of rule 61 of the said rules, with effect from lstday of July, 2017, for the existing expression "specify that", the expression "specify the manner and conditions subject to which the" shall be substituted.

6. Amendment of rule 87.-

In rule 87 of the said rule,-

(a) in sub-rule (2),-

(i) for the existing punctuation mark appearing at the end, the punctuation mark shall be substituted; and

(ii) the following provisos shall be added, namely:-

"Provided that the challan in FORM GST PMT-06 generated at the common portal shall be valid for a period of fifteen days.

Provided further that a person supplying online information and database access or retrieval services from a place outside India to a non-taxable online recipient referred to in section 14 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017) may also do so through the Board's payment system namely, Electronic Accounting System in Excise and Service Tax from the date to be notified by the Board.";

(b) in sub-rule (3), the existing second proviso shall be substituted by the following namely:-

"Provided further that a person supplying online information and database access or retrieval services from a place outside India to a non-taxable online recipient referred to in section 14 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017) may also make the deposit under sub-rule (2) through international money transfer through Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication payment network, from the date to be notified by the Board.";

7. Substitution of rule 103.-

The existing rule 103 of the said rules, with effect from lstday of July, 2017, shall be substituted by the following, namely:-

"103. Qualification and appointment of members of the Authority for Advance Ruling.-

The Government shall appoint officers not below the rank of Joint Commissioner as member of the Authority for Advance Ruling.";

(8) Amendment in "FORM GST REG-01" under the heading 'Instructions for submission of Application for Registration', of Form GST REG 01, appended to the said rules, after the existing Serial Number. 15, the following new Serial Number and entries thereto shall be added, namely:-

"16. Government departments applying for registration as suppliers may not furnish Bank Account details.";

9. Substitution of Form GST REG-13.- With effect from 22nd June, 2017, the existing Form GST REG-13 shall be substituted by the following, namely:-

Form GST REG-13

[See Rule 17(1)]

Application/Form for grant of Unique Identity Number to UN Bodies/

Embassies /others

PART A

PART B

Instructions for submission of application for registration for UN Bodies/ Embassies/others notified by the Government.

- Every person required to obtain a unique identity number shall submit the application electronically.

- Application shall be filed through Common Portal or registration can be granted suo-moto by proper officer.

- The application filed on the Common Portal is required to be signed electronically or through any other mode as specified by the Government.

- The details of the person authorized by the concerned entity to sign the refund application or otherwise, should be filled up against the "Authorised Signatory details" in the application.

- PAN / Aadhaar will not be applicable for entities specified in clause (a) of sub-section (9) of section 25 of the Act.";

10. Amendment of Form GST TRAN-1.-

In serial number 7 of Form GST TRAN-1, appended to the said rules, with effect from 1st day of July, 2017,-

(i) in item (a), for the word, figures and brackets "and 140 (6)", the figures, brackets and word ", 140 (6) and 140 (7) shall be substituted;

(ii) in item (b), -

(a) after the word, figures and brackets, "section 140 (5)", the words, figures and brackets "and section 140(7)" shall be inserted;

(b) for column heading 1, the column heading "registration number of the supplier or input service distributor" shall be substituted;

(c) in the heading of column 8, after the words "Eligible duties and taxes", the brackets and words "(central taxes)" shall be inserted.

By Order of the Governor

(Shankar Lal Kumawat)

Joint Secretary to the Government