Amends Notification No.39/1996-Customs, dated 23rd July, 1996 (Exemption to specified goods imported by Defence, Coast Gaurd, Deptt. of Revenue, Police Forces, HAL, specified ordnance Factories and for ATVP, IGMDP, SAMYUKTA, LCAP, SANGRAHA, DIVYA DRISHTI and DHANUSH Programmes) - 124/2008 - Customs -Tariff

Amends Notification No.39/1996-Customs, dated 23rd July, 1996 (Exemption to specified goods imported by Defence, Coast Gaurd, Deptt. of Revenue, Police Forces, HAL, specified ordnance Factories and for ATVP, IGMDP, SAMYUKTA, LCAP, SANGRAHA, DIVYA DRISHTI and DHANUSH Programmes) [TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA , EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB- SECTION (ii)] GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) Notification No. 124 /2008-Customs New Delhi, dated the 21 st November, 2008 G.S.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 makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 39/96-Customs, dated 23 rd July 1996 which was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) vide number G.S.R.291 (E), of the same date, namely:- In the said notification, in the Table, against serial number 22, for the entries in column (3), the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- "If,- (a) imported for the use of Special Protection Group for operational purpose; and (b) the importer produces a certificate from an officer in the Cabinet Secretariat not below the rank of an Under Secretary to the Government of India to the effect that the said goods are intended for the aforesaid purpose." [F.No.354/170/2002 (part I) -TRU] (Unmesh Wagh) Under Secretary to the Government of India Note: The principal notification No .39/1996-Customs, dated 23 rd July, 1996 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section3, Sub-section (ii) vide number G.S.R. 291(E) dated the 23 rd July, 1996 and was last amended by notification No.36/2008- Customs, dated the 17 th March, 2008 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub- section (ii) vide number G.S.R. 183 (E), dated the 17 th March, 2008.