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Goods And Services Tax Act (No. 34 of 1996) - Sect 57

Persons liable to pay tax upon liquidation of a company or dissolution of a body of persons

57.
(1) Notwithstanding anything in the Companies Act, No. 17 of 1982, where a company is wound up and where any tax to which that company is liable cannot be recovered then every person who was a director of the company at any time during the period in respect of which such tax is payable shall be jointly and severally liable for the payment of such tax unless he proves that the default in payment of tax cannot be attributed to any gross neglect, misfeasance or breach of duty on his part in relation to the affairs of the company, and the provisions of this Ac t as to collect ion and recovery of tax shall apply accordingly.


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