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Credit and Debit Notes.— (1) Where a tax invoice has been issued and the amount shown as tax charged in that tax invoice exceeds the tax properly chargeable in respect of the sale, the taxable person making the sale shall provide the recipient of the sale with a credit note containing the requisite particulars as specified in Schedule ‘F’ hereto. (2) Where a tax invoice has been issued and the tax properly chargeable in respect of the sale exceeds the amount shown as tax charged in that tax invoice, the taxable person making the sale shall provide the recipient of the goods with a debit note containing the requisite particulars as specified in Schedule ‘F’ hereto. 47[(3) In case of goods returned or rejected by the purchaser, either a credit note or a written acknowledgement shall be issued by the selling dealer to the purchaser for having received the goods from the purchaser and a debit note shall be issued by the purchaser to the selling dealer containing particulars of the transaction as may be prescribed: Provided that no such credit note or a written acknowledgement and/or debit note shall be considered for grant of input tax credit if the goods are returned or rejected beyond the period of six months.] CHAPTER III 48[13. Tax Authorities.— (1) The Government shall, by notification, published in the Official Gazette appoint following officers for the purposes of this Act, namely:— (a) Commissioner of State Tax; (b) Special Commissioner of State Tax; (c) Additional Commissioners of State Tax; (d) Deputy Commissioners of State Tax; (e) State Tax Officers; (f) Assistant State Tax Officers; (g) State Tax Inspectors; and (h) Any other officer as it may deem fit: Provided that the designation of the officers appointed under this Act as specified in column (2) of the table below shall be as specified in the corresponding entries in column (3) of said table, from the date of commencement of the Goa Value Added Tax (Eleventh Amendment) Act, 2019. TABLE (1) (2) (3) (i) Commissioner of Commercial Taxes Commissioner of State Tax (ii) Additional Commissioners Taxes Commissioners Additional of Commercial of State Tax (iii) Assistant Commissioners Taxes Commissioners Deputy of Commercial of State Tax (iv) Commercial Tax Officers State Tax Officers (v) Assistant Commercial Tax Officers Assistant State Tax Officers (vi) Commercial Tax Inspectors State Tax Inspectors --16-- (2) The Commissioner shall have jurisdiction over the entire State and the Special Commissioner, if any, appointed, shall have jurisdiction over the entire State, or as directed by the Government by notification in the Official Gazette. All other officers shall have jurisdiction over the entire State or over such local areas as the Government may specify by notification in the Official Gazette. (3) The Commissioner shall have and exercise all the powers and perform all the duties, conferred or imposed on the Commissioner by or under this Act, and the Special Commissioner and an Additional Commissioner, if any, appointed, shall, save as otherwise directed by the Commissioner by notification in the Official Gazette, have and exercise within their respective jurisdiction all the powers and perform all the duties, conferred or imposed on the Commissioner, by or under this Act. (4) Deputy Commissioners, other officers and persons, shall, within their respective jurisdiction, exercise such of the powers and perform such of the duties of the Commissioner under this Act, as the Commissioner may subject to such conditions and restrictions delegate to them either generally, or as respects any particular matter or class of matters by an order notified in the Official Gazette. (5) The Government may, subject to such restrictions and conditions, if any, as it may impose, by notification in the Official Gazette, delegate to the Commissioner the powers (not being powers relating to the appointment of Special Commissioner, Additional Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner or other Officers) conferred on the Government by this section. (6) No person shall be entitled to call in question, in any proceeding, any jurisdiction including the territorial jurisdiction of any officer appointed under sub-section (1), after the expiry of thirty days from the date of receipt by such person of any notice under this Act, issued by such officer. If, within the period aforesaid, a separate application in writing in the prescribed form raising an objection as to the jurisdiction of any such officer is made to him, the officer shall refer the question to the Commissioner, who shall after giving the person raising the objection, a reasonable opportunity of being heard, make an order determining the question. (7) All officers appointed under sub-section (1) shall be subordinate to the Commissioner; and the subordination of officers other than the Commissioner, and of persons, amongst themselves shall be such as may be prescribed.]