(1) Where the Government had granted any exemption in respect of the tax payable by any industrial unit under the Kerala General Sales Tax Act, 1963 (15 of 1963) or, the Kerala Surcharge on Taxes Act, 1957 (11 of 1957) for any specified period under any notification issued under section 10 of the KGST Act, 1963 (15 of 1963) under the Industrial policy of the State, or where any application or other proceedings is pending on the date of commencement of this Act, such exemption granted or due to be granted shall have operation only till the day preceeding the date of commencement of this Act:

Provided that the Government may, by notification, which may be subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be specified therein, order to defer the payment of the whole or any part of the tax payable by such industrial units under this Act, which shall not be more than the unavailed portion of the exemption to which such unit would have been eligible had the notification issued under the KGST Act, 1963 (15 of 1963) been in force on the date of commencement of this Act, and that the tax or taxes so deferred shall be repaid, after the expiry of the period for which such deferment is granted, in such instalments over a period of five years, in such manner as may be specified.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act but subject to such conditions as the Government may, by general or special order specify, where in respect of an industrial unit deferment is granted under sub-section (1) and where liability equal to the amount of any such tax deferred has been created as a loan by Government, such tax deferred shall not attract interest under sub-section (5) of Section 31 during the period for which deferment is granted.