NOTIFICATION New Delhi, dated the 23rd July, 1996
No.48/96-CUSTOMS 1 Shravana, 1918 (Saka)
GS.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1)
of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government,
being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby
directs that each of the notifications of the Government of India in the
Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), specified in column (2) of the
Table hereto annexed, shall be amended or further amended, as the case may
be, in the manner specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the
said Table.
TABLE
S.No. Notification No. and date Amendment
(1) (2) (3)
1. 183/86-Customs, dated the 1st
March, 1986
In the said notification, in the
opening paragraph, the brackets and
words "(other than broadcast
television receiver sets)" shall be
omitted.
2. 136/90-Customs, dated the 20th
March, 1990 In the said notification, in the
Table, in column (2), for the entry
"80% ad valorem" at both the places
where it occurs, the entry "60% ad
valorem" shall be substituted.
3. 45/94-Customs, dated the 1st
March, 1994 In the said notification, in the
Table,-
(1) under the heading "A. COMPONENTS,
CONSUMABLES AND OTHER ITEMS:", against
S.No.36, in column (2), for the words
"Resin, Acrylic", the word "Resin"
shall be substituted;
(2) under the heading "B. OTHER
COMPONENTS, CONSUMABLES AND ITEMS:",
against S.No.9, in column (2), item
Nos.(xiv) to (xvii) and the entries
relating thereto shall be omitted.
4. 132/94-Customs, dated the 20th
June, 1994 In the said notification,-
(i) in the opening paragraph, for the
words "under a contract entered into
by the Government of India and a
Foreign Company or Companies, as the
case may be," the words "under a
contract entered into by the
Government of India and an Indian
Company or Companies or a Foreign
Company or Companies or a consortium
of an Indian Company and Foreign
Company or Companies, as the case may
be," shall be substituted;
(ii) for the second proviso, the
following proviso shall be
substituted, namely:-
"Provided that in the case of a
contract entered into by the
Government of India and a Foreign
Company or Companies or, the
Government of India and a consortium
of an Indian Company and Foreign
Company or Companies, the importer
also certifies, in each case, that no
foreign exchange remittance is made
for the imports, undertaken by the
foreign comany or companies, of the
said goods.".
5. 146/94-customs, dated the 13th
July, 1994 In the said notification, in the
Table, after S.No. 3 and the entries
relating thereto, the following S.Nos.
and entries shall be added at the end,
namely:-
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"4. Challenge cups and If,-
trophies (i) awarded to an Indian
team in connection with
its participation in a
tournament outside India
and brought by it into
India for being kept with
an Official Sports
Association;
(ii) the Assistant
Commissioner of
Customs is satisfied that
the team proceeded
abroad with the specific
purpose of participating
in the tournament; and
(iii) the importer, as well
as the Official Sports
Association by whom the
goods shall be retained ,
gives an undertaking
that the said goods
shall be retained
by the said Association
and shall not be disposed
off in any manner, save
that of subsequent re-
export when such re-export
is one of the conditions of
participation in the
tournament.
5. Medals and trophies If,-
(i) awarded to members of
Indian teams for their
participation in
international tournaments
or competitions outside
India; and
(ii) the Assistant
Commissioner of Customs
is satisfied that the said
goods do not constitute
an article of general
utility.
6. Prizes won by any If,-
member of an (i) the team has
Indian team participated in any
international tournament or
competition in relation to
any sport or game, with the
approval of the
Government of India in the
Department of Youth
Affairs and Sports;
(ii) the importer, at the
time of clearance, produces
a certificate from an officer
not below the rank of a
Deputy Secretary to the
Government of India in the
said Department to the
effect that,-
(a) the importer is a
member of an Indian team
which participated, with
the approval of the
Government of India, in an
international tournament or
competition in relation to
any sport or game and has
won the prize in such
tournament or competition;
and
(b) the said prize has been
announced, before such
tournament or competition
has been held, by its
organisers; and
(iii) the importer gives an
undertaking to the Assistant
Commissioner of Customs,
at the time and place of
importation, that the prize
shall remain in his
possession, control and use
and shall not be sold or
parted with for a period of
five years from the date of
such importation.".
6. 148/94-Customs, dated the 13th
July, 1994 In the said notification, in the
Table, after S.No.7 and the entries
relating thereto, the following S.No.
and entries shall be added at the end,
namely:-
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"8. Goods, gifted free of cost under a --".
bi-lateral agreement between the
Government of India and a Foreign
Government
7. 63/95-Customs, dated the 16th
March,1995 In the said notification, in the
Table,-
(i) under the heading "List A",
against S.Nos.1 to 6, in column (5),
for the figures and words "25% ad
valorem" wherever they occur, the
figures and words "20% ad valorem"
shall be substituted;
(ii) under the heading "List B", in
column (5),-
(a) against S.Nos. 1 to 8, for the
figures and words "25% ad valorem"
wherever they occur, the figures and
words "20% ad valorem" shall be
substituted;
(b) against S.No.9, for the figures
and words "30% ad valorem", the
figures and words "25% ad valorem"
shall be substituted.
8. 64/95-Customs, dated the 16th
March, 1995 In the said notification, -
(i) in the opening paragraph, for the
figures and words "15% ad valorem",
the figures and words "10% ad valorem"
shall be substituted;
(ii) in the Table, under the heading
"LIST B",-
(a) against S.No.135, in column (3),
items (iv) and (v) shall be omitted;
(b) against S.No.138, in column (3),
item (i) shall be omitted;
(c) S.No.139 and entries relating
thereto shall be omitted.
(RAJIV TALWAR)
UNDER SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
