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CGST Rules · Rule 2

Definitions

Chapter I — Preliminary

Statutory text — CGST Rules, 2017, as amendedRule 2

Rule 2. Definitions. -

In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a) "Act" means the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017);

(b) "Form" means a Form appended to these rules;

(c) "section" means a section of the Act;

(d) "Special Economic Zone" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (za) of section 2 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005);

(e) words and expressions used herein but not defined and defined in the Act shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act.

Text as published on the CBIC tax information portal, as on 11 October 2026. The numbered notes record each amendment. Official source