(1)  Every taxable person, making a taxable supply of goods or services or both, shall—

   (a)  pay the amount of cess as payable under this Act in such manner;

   (b)  furnish such returns in such forms, along with the returns to be filed under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act; and

   (c)  apply for refunds of such cess paid in such form, as may be prescribed.

   (2)  For all purposes of furnishing of returns and claiming refunds, except for the form to be filed, the provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act and the rules made thereunder, shall, as far as may be, apply in relation to the levy and collection of the cess leviable under section 8 on all taxable supplies of goods or services or both, as they apply in relation to the levy and collection of central tax on such supplies under the said Act or the rules made thereunder.