[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II,
SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]

                                    GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
                                     MINISTRY OF FINANCE
                                  (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
                                         NOTIFICATION
                                      No. 34/2016-Service Tax

                                                                      New Delhi, the 6th June, 2016

        G.S.R.____(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 68 of
the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government hereby makes the following further
amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue) No. 30/2012-Service Tax, dated the 20thJune, 2012, published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 472 (E),
dated the 20thJune, 2012, namely:-




1. In the said notification,-
        (a) in paragraph I, in clause (A),-
                (i) in sub-clause (iv), for item (B), the following item shall be substituted,
                namely:-
                        "(B) an individual advocate or a firm of advocates by way of legal
                        services other than representational services by senior advocates, or";
                (ii) for sub-clause (iva), the following sub-clauses shall be substituted, namely:-
                        "(iva) provided or agreed to be provided by a senior advocate by way of
                        representational services before any court, tribunal or authority, directly or
                        indirectly, to any business entity located in the taxable territory, including
                        where contract for provision of such service has been entered through
                        another advocate or a firm of advocates, and the senior advocate is
                        providing such services, to such business entity who is litigant, applicant,
                        or petitioner, as the case may be";
                        (ivb) provided or agreed to be provided by a director of a company or a
                        body corporate to the said company or the body corporate;"
        (b) in paragraph (II):-
           (i) in the TABLE, against Sl. No. 5, for the entry under column (2), the following entry
           shall be substituted, namely:-
                 "in respect of services provided or agreed to be provided by an individual
                 advocate or firm of advocates by way of legal services, directly or indirectly";
          (ii) after Explanation II., the following shall be inserted, namely:-




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       "Explanation III. ­ The business entity located in the taxable territory who is litigant,
         applicant or petitioner, as the case may be, shall be treated as the person who receives
         the legal services for the purpose of this notification.".
                                                                   [F.No. B-1/7/2016-TRU]


                                                                               (Anurag Sehgal)
                                                                               Under Secretary


Note:-The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide
notification No. 30/2012 - Service Tax, dated the 20thJune, 2012, vide number G.S.R. 472 (E),
dated the 20thJune, 2012 and last amended vide notification No. 18/2016-Service Tax, dated the
1st March, 2016 vide number G.S.R. 266, dated the 1st March, 2016.




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