MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
 (Legislative Department) 
 New Delhi, the 12th of April 2017/Chaitra 22, 1939 (Saka) The following Act of 
Parliament received the assent of the President on the 12th of April 2017 and is hereby 
published for general information: — THE CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 NO. 12 OF 2017 
[12th April 2017.] 
An Act to make a provision for levy and collection of tax on intra-State supply of goods 
or services or both by the Central Government and for matters connected therewith or 
incidental thereto. 
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows: — CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 
1. 
Short title, extent and commencement. — (1) This Act may be called the 
Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. 
(2) 
(3) 
It extends to the whole of India [*****.]1 
It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by 
notification in the Official Gazette, appoint: 
Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act 
and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be
 Apportionment of credit and blocked credits. — (1) Where the goods or 
services or both are used by the registered person partly for the purpose of any business 
and partly for other purposes, the amount of credit shall be restricted to so much of the 
input tax as is attributable to the purposes of his business. 
(2) 
Where the goods or services or both are used by the registered person 
partly for effecting taxable supplies including zero-rated supplies under this Act or under the 
Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act and partly for effecting exempt supplies under the 
said Acts, the amount of credit shall be restricted to so much of the input tax as is 
attributable to the said taxable supplies including zero-rated supplies. 
(3) 
The value of exempt supply under sub-section (2) shall be such as may be prescribed and shall include supplies on which the recipient is liable to pay tax on reverse 
charge basis, transactions in securities, sale of land and, subject to clause (b) of paragraph 
5 of Schedule II, sale of  building. 
[Explanation.— For the purposes of this sub-section, the expression ‗‗value of 
exempt supply‘‘ shall not include the value of activities or transactions specified in 
Schedule III, except those specified in paragraph 5 of the said Schedule;]37 
(4) 
A banking company or a financial institution including a non-banking 
financial company, engaged in supplying services by way of accepting deposits, extending 
loans or advances shall have the option to either comply with the provisions of sub
section (2), or avail of, every month, an amount equal to fifty per cent. of the eligible 
input tax credit on inputs, capital goods and input services in that month and the rest 
shall lapse: 
Provided that the option once exercised shall not be withdrawn during the 
remaining part of the financial year: 
Provided further that the restriction of fifty per cent. shall not apply to the tax paid 
on supplies made by one registered person to another registered person having the same 
 Permanent Account Number. 
(5) 
Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) of section 16 and 
sub- section (1) of section 18, input tax credit shall not be available in respect of the 
following, namely:— 
(a) 
[motor vehicles for transportation of persons having approved seating 
capacity of not more than thirteen persons (including the driver), except when they are 
used for making the following taxable supplies, namely:— 
(A) 
(B) 
(C) 
(aa) 
further supply of such motor vehicles; or 
transportation of passengers; or 
imparting training on driving such motor vehicles; 
vessels and aircraft except when they are used–– 
(i) 
(ii) 
for making the following taxable supplies, namely:— 
(A) 
(B) 
(C) 
(D) 
further supply of such vessels or aircraft; or 
transportation of passengers; or 
imparting training on navigating such vessels; or 
imparting training on flying such aircraft; 
for transportation of goods; 
(ab) services of general insurance, servicing, repair and maintenance in so far as 
they relate to motor vehicles, vessels or aircraft referred to in clause (a) or clause (aa): 
Provided that the input tax credit in respect of such services shall be available— 
(i) where the motor vehicles, vessels or aircraft referred to in clause (a) or clause 
(aa) are used for the purposes specified therein;  
(ii) where received by a taxable person engaged— 
(I) in the manufacture of such motor vehicles, vessels or aircraft; or 
(II) in the supply of general insurance services in respect of such motor
CHAPTER V INPUT TAX CREDIT vehicles, vessels or aircraft insured by him;]38 
(b) 
(i) 
[the following supply of goods or services or both— 
food and beverages, outdoor catering, beauty treatment, health services, 
cosmetic and plastic surgery, leasing, renting or hiring of motor vehicles, vessels or 
aircraft referred to in clause (a) or clause (aa) except when used for the purposes specified 
therein, life insurance and health insurance: 
Provided that the input tax credit in respect of such goods or services or both shall 
be available where an inward supply of such goods or services or both is used by a 
registered person for making an outward taxable supply of the same category of goods or 
services or both or as an element of a taxable composite or mixed supply; 
(ii) 
(iii) 
membership of a club, health and fitness center; and 
travel benefits extended to employees on vacation such as leave or home 
travel concession: 
Provided that the input tax credit in respect of such goods or services or both shall 
be available, where it is obligatory for an employer to provide the same to its employees 
under any law for the time being in force.]39 
 




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