¹[114AC.  Penalty for fraudulent utilisation of input tax credit for claiming refund.--Where any person has obtained any invoice by fraud, collusion, wilful misstatement or suppression of facts to utilise input tax credit on the basis of such invoice for discharging any duty or tax on goods that are entered for exportation under claim of refund of such duty or tax, such person shall be liable for penalty not exceeding five times the refund claimed.

   Explanation.--For the purposes of this section, the expression input tax credit shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (63) of section 2 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017).]