Section 191 : Provision for transfer of unutilized Cenvat Credit by taxable person having centralized registration under the earlier law – Transitional Provisions

191. Provision for transfer of unutilized Cenvat Credit by taxable person having centralized registration under the earlier law

Where a taxable person having centralized registration under the earlier law has obtained a registration under this Act, such person shall be allowed to take, in his electronic credit ledger, credit of the amount of cenvat credit carried forward in a return, furnished under the earlier law by him, in respect of the period ending with the day immediately preceding the appointed day in such manner as may be prescribed:

PROVIDED that if the taxable person files his return for the period ending with the day immediately preceding the appointed day within 3 months of the appointed day, such credit shall be allowed subject to the condition that the said return is either an original return or a revised return where the credit has been reduced from that claimed earlier:

PROVIDED FURTHER that the taxable person shall not be allowed to take credit unless the said amount admissible as input tax credit under this Act: PROVIDED ALSO that such credit may be transferred to any of the registered taxable persons having the same PAN for which the centralized registration was obtained under the earlier law.

(CGST Law)