(1)The brackets and the words "other than goods specified in Schedule IV" appearing in the said bracket in sub-section (1) of Section 13 of the said Act shall be deleted.(2)Sub-section (2) of Section 13 of the said Act shall be substituted in the following way, namely:-(2)(a)Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the tax on the sale of goods specified in Schedule IV shall be levied at such point or points in a series of sales in the State as the State Government may, by notification, specify.(b)Where by a notification published under clause (a), the State Government specifies, in respect of any goods specified in Schedule IV, that the tax shall be levied at the first point of their sale in the State of Bihar by a dealer, subsequent sales of the same goods in the State of Bihar shall not be levied to tax, if the dealer making the subsequent sale produces before the prescribed authority the original copy of the cash memo, or invoice or bill issued to him and files a true and complete declaration in the form and in the manner prescribed.(c)Where by a notification published under clause (a), the State Government specifies, in respect of any goods specified in Schedule IV, that the tax shall be levied at more than one point or on all points of sale, the amount of tax paid at each proceeding stage of sale shall be adjusted against the amount of tax payable at each subsequent stage of sale in the manner prescribed.(d)The declaration referred to in clause (b) shall be issued by the selling dealer to the purchasing dealer not later than the 30th day of September of the year following the year to which such sales relate.
