Payment of lump sum in lieu of tax.

9. (1) The State Government may, in the public interest and subject to such conditions as it may deem fit, accept from any class of dealers, in lieu of tax payable under this Act, for any period, by way of composition, a lump sum linked with production capacity or some other suitable measure of extent of business, or calculated at a flat rate of gross receipts of business or gross turnover of purchase or of sale or similar other measure, with or without any deduction there from, to be determined by the State Government, and such lump sum shall be paid at such intervals and in such manner, as may be prescribed, and the State Government may, for the purpose of this Act in respect of such class of dealers, prescribe simplified system of registration, maintenance of accounts and filing of returns which shall remain in force during the period of such composition.

(2) No dealer in whose case composition under sub-section (1) is in force, shall issue a tax invoice for sale of goods by him and no dealer to whom goods are sold by such dealer shall be entitled to any claim of input tax in respect of the sale of the goods to him.

(3) A dealer in whose case composition under sub-section (1) is made and is in force may, subject to such restrictions and conditions, as may be prescribed, opt out of such composition by making an application containing the prescribed particulars in the prescribed manner to the assessing authority, and in case the application is in order, such composition shall cease to have effect on the expiry of such period after making the application as may be prescribed.