Exemption to specified defense equipment and their parts imported in India by the Ministry of Defence, Government of India or the defence forces - Seeks to amend Notification No. 19/2019-Customs, dated the 6th July, 2019 - 56/2023 - Customs -Tariff

MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) NOTIFICATION NO. 56/2023-Customs New Delhi, the 15th September, 2023 G.S.R. 674(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and sub-section (12) of section 3 , of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) , the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 19/2019-Customs, dated the 6th July, 2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 476(E), dated the 6th July, 2019 , namely :- In the said notification, in the Table, for Sl. No. 23 and the entries relating thereto, the following Sl. No. and entries shall be substituted, namely: - (1) (2) (3) 23. 49,73,84, 85, 90 or 93 (I) Parts, sub-parts, inputs for use in manufacture of AK- 203 rifle; (II) Machinery, Fixtures, Gauges, Tools, and Jigs for goods mentioned at (I) above; (III) Technical documentation in respect of goods mentioned at (I) and (II) above . 2. This notification shall come into force on the date of its publication in the official gazette. [F. No. 190354/154/2023-TRU] VIKRAM WANERE, Under Secy. Note : The principal notification No. 19/2019-Customs, dated the 6th July, 2019, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 476(E), dated the 6th July, 2019 and was last amended vide notification No. 41/2022-Customs, dated the 13th July, 2022, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 573(E), dated the 13th July, 2022.