Bihar Value Added Tax Act : Transportation of goods through State of Bihar. Indian Bare Acts :

Bihar Value Added Tax Act,2005

Act No : 27

Section : Transportation of goods through State of Bihar.

62. Transportation of goods through State of Bihar.-(1) If any consignment of goods is being transported by road from a place outside the State of Bihar to another such place and the vehicle carrying the consignment passes through the territory of the State, the driver or any other person in-charge of the vehicle shall obtain transit permission in the prescribed manner from the authority of the first check-post falling en route after entry into the State and shall surrender the same transit permission to the authority of the last check-post before leaving the State and in the event of failure to do so within seventy-two hours of leaving the first check-post falling en route, it shall be deemed that goods so transported have been sold by the owner or the person in-charge of the vehicle within the State of Bihar.(2) In case the driver or person referred to in sub-section (1) fails to comply with the provisions of sub-section (1), he shall be liable to pay penalty at the rate of rupees five hundred for every day of the default or a sum twice the amount of tax calculated on the value of the goods transported in contravention of that sub-section, whichever is higher:Provided that no such penalty shall be levied without giving the person an opportunity of being heard:Provided further that if the person proceeded against, justifies, beyond any doubt, the reasons for any delay exceeding seventy-two hours, the prescribed authority shall, for reasons to be recorded in writing, condone the delay.