Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The Commissioner may, in such circumstances and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, permit a dealer referred to in sub-clause (h) of clause (10) of section 2, to pay at his option in lieu of amount of tax leviable from him under this Act, lump sum tax by way of composition at such rate as may be fixed by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette. (2) The provisions of sub-sections (3) and (4) of section 14 shall apply mutatis mutandis to a dealer who is permitted under sub-section (1) to pay lump sum tax by way of composition. (3) The permission granted under sub-section (1) shall remain valid so long as the provisions of this section and rules made in this behalf are complied with; and in case of breach of any of the provisions of this section or the rules, the dealer shall be liable to pay tax under sections 7 and 9 for such tax period as may be prescribed.] 69[14D. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the Commissioner may, in such circumstances and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, permit a dealer who is engaged in the business of sale of eatables in any form (whether processed or unprocessed) served, delivered or given in package from the place of business of the dealer or any other place, to pay at his option in lieu of the amount of tax leviable from him under this Act in respect of sales of eatables, lump sum tax by way of composition at such rate as may be fixed by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette :