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#### 5 Returns (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any Sales Tax Assessment Act, a person who is a monthly remitter in relation to a month, who is registered or required to be registered under any such Act and who, during that month: (a) sells goods; (b) being a manufacturer of goods, treats those goods as stock for sale by him by retail; or (c) applies goods to his own use; shall, within twenty‑one days after the close of that month, furnish to the Commissioner, for the purposes of the ascertainment of the liability of that person to sales tax in respect of those goods, a return of those goods. (1A) In spite of anything contained in any Sales Tax Assessment Act, a person who is a quarterly remitter in relation to a sales tax quarter, who is registered or required to be registered under any such Act and who, during the quarter: (a) sells goods; or (b) being a manufacturer of goods, treats those goods as stock for sale by the person by retail; or (c) applies goods to his or her own use; must, within 21 days after the end of the quarter, give to the Commissioner, for the purposes of the ascertainment of the liability of that person to sales tax in respect of those goods, either: (d) a return for the quarter; or (e) a separate monthly return for each month in the quarter. (1B) In spite of anything contained in any Sales Tax Assessment Act, where: (a) a person is registered or required to be registered under any such Act; and (b) during a month, the person leases goods to a lessee; the person must, within 21 days after the end of the month, give to the Commissioner, for the purposes of the ascertainment of the liability of the person to sales tax in respect of those goods, a return of those goods. (2) Every return furnished under this section shall be in the prescribed form and shall set forth such information as is prescribed or, where no such form is prescribed, shall be in such form as is authorized by the Commissioner, and, in either case, shall set forth such information as is required for the due completion of that form. (3) Without restricting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this section, forms of returns may, for the purposes of those provisions, be prescribed or authorized which will permit, in cases provided for in the forms, a person required to furnish a return under this section in respect of goods sold by him or applied by him to his own use, to furnish a return without specifying which of the Sales Tax Assessment Acts applies to those goods. (5) Any return furnished under this section by any person in respect of any goods shall, subject to this Act, be in lieu of any return required to be furnished by him under any Sales Tax Assessment Act in respect of those goods.