3. Officers under this Act.—The Administrator may, by notification, appoint Commissioners and such
other class of officers as may be required for carrying out the purposes of this Act and such officers shall be
deemed to be proper officersfor such purposes as may be specified therein:
Provided that the officers appointed under the existing law shall be deemed to be the officers
appointed under the provisions of this Act.
4. Authorisation of officers.—The Administrator may, by order, authorise any officer to appoint
officers of Union territory tax below the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Union territory tax for the
administration of this Act.
5. Powers of officers.—(1) Subject to such conditions and limitations as the Commissioner may
impose, an officer of the Union territory tax may exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred
or imposed on him under this Act.
(2) An officer of a Union territory tax may exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred or
imposed under this Act on any other officer of a Union territory tax who is subordinate to him.
(3) The Commissioner may, subject to such conditions and limitations as may be specified in this behalf
by him, delegate his powers to any other officer subordinate to him.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, an Appellate Authority shall not exercise the
powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed on any other officer of Union territory tax.
6. Authorisation of officers of central tax as proper officer in certain circumstances.—(1) Without
prejudice to the provisions of this Act, the officers appointed under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act
are authorised to be the proper officers for the purposes of this Act, subject to such conditions as the
Government shall, on the recommendations of the Council, by notification,specify.
(2) Subject to the conditions specified in the notification issued under sub-section (1),—
(a) where any proper officer issues an order under this Act, he shall also issue an order under the
Central Goods and Services Tax Act, as authorised by the said Act under intimation to the
jurisdictional officer of central tax;
(b) where a proper officer under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act has initiated any
proceedings on a subject matter, no proceedings shall be initiated by the proper officer under this Act
on the same subject matter.
(3) Any proceedings for rectification, appeal and revision, wherever applicable, of any order passed
by an officer appointed under this Act, shall not lie before an officer appointed under the Central Goods
and Services Tax Act.