Section 59B(3)(a) in The Gujarat Value Added Tax Act, 2003
(a)Any person responsible for paying specified sale price to a contractor for carrying out any work in pursuance of a specified works contract, shall at the time of payment of the whole or part of the specified sale price, deduct from such price an amount [at the rate as may be specified by the State Government by Notification in the Official Gazette] [Substituted, by Gujarat Act No. 9 of 2008 Section 9(1) for the words 'equal to two paise in a rupee' w.e.f 1-4-08] of such payment as a tax on specified sales.