Baggage (Second Amendment) Rules, 1993 - 15/93 - Customs - Non Tariff

Baggage (Second Amendment) Rules, 1993 Notification No. 15/93-Cus. (N.T.) Dated 17-2-1993 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 79 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 rules further to amend the Baggage Rules, 1978, namely :- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Baggage (Second Amendment) Rules, 1993. (2) They shall come into force on the 17th day of February, 1993. 2. In the Baggage Rules, 1978,- (a) in rule 4A, in sub-rule (1), for condition (i), the following shall be substituted, namely :- "(i) such passenger has been working abroad and is returning to India on termination of such work after having stayed abroad for at least 365 days during the two years immediately preceding the date of arrival in India;"; (b) rule 4B shall be omitted; (c) in rule 5, for the proviso, the following shall be substituted, namely :- "Provided that where the said passenger was engaged in his profession abroad for over six months, he may be allowed to import, free of duty, such portable equipments, instruments, apparatus and appliances upto a value of fifteen thousand rupees : Provided further that the exemption under this rule shall apply to items used by carpenters, plumbers, welders, masons and the like and shall not apply to items of common use such as cameras, type-writers, cassette recorders, dictaphones."; (d) in appendix A, after serial No. 13 and the entry relating thereto, the following serial No. and entry shall be inserted, namely :- "14. Fax Machine."; and (e) in appendix 'B' in the entry against serial No. 5, for the figures "0.95" the word "one" shall be substituted.