CGST Rule 151: Attachment of Debts and Shares, etc.

Provisions under Rule 151 of CGST Rules, 2017 relating to “Attachment of Debts and Shares, etc.”:

CGST Rule 151: Attachment of Debts and Shares, etc. (Chapter XVIII: DEMANDS AND RECOVERY) [*1]

(1) A debt not secured by a negotiable instrument, a share in a corporation, or other movable property not in the possession of the defaulter except for property deposited in, or in the custody of any court shall be attached by a written order in FORM GST DRC 16 prohibiting. –

(a) in the case of a debt, the creditor from recovering the debt and the debtor from making payment thereof until the receipt of a further order from the proper officer;

(b) in the case of a share, the person in whose name the share may be standing from transferring the same or receiving any dividend thereon;

(c) in the case of any other movable property, the person in possession of the same from giving it to the defaulter.

(2) A copy of such order shall be affixed on some conspicuous part of the office of the proper officer, and another copy shall be sent, in the case of debt, to the debtor, and in the case of shares, to the registered address of the corporation and in the case of other movable property, to the person in possession of the same.

(3) A debtor, prohibited under clause (a) of sub-rule (1), may pay the amount of his debt to the proper officer, and such payment shall be deemed as paid to the defaulter.

Notes (History of Amendments in Bare Text):

1. CGST Rule 151 introduced vide Notification 15/2017, effective 01/07/2017.