(1)Notwithstanding anything contained in section 66B of Chapter V of the Finance Act, 1994, as it stood prior to its omission vide section 173 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the said Chapter), no service tax shall be levied or collected in respect of taxable services provided or agreed to be provided by the Goods and Services Tax Network to the Central Government or the State Government or the Union territory Administration, during the period commencing from the 28th day of March, 2013 and ending with the 30th day of June, 2017 (both days inclusive).