Transfer of Residence (Second Amendment) Rules, 1992 - 44/92 - Customs - Non Tariff

Transfer of Residence (Second Amendment) Rules, 1992 Notification No. 44/92-Cus. (N.T.) Dated 19-6-1992 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 79 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Transfer of Residence Rules, 1978, namely :- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Transfer of Residence (Second Amendment) Rules, 1992. (2) They shall come into force on the 19th day of June, 1992. 2. In the Transfer of Residence Rules, 1978, after Rule 5, the following rule shall be inserted, namely :- "5A. Condonation of shortfall in the period of stay in India. - For the purposes of these rules, shortfall up to a period of 2 months in a person's stay in India for a period of one year may be condoned by the Additional Collector of Customs on sufficient cause for his early departure from India being shown by the person concerned : Provided that the Central Government may, if so satisfied, condone such shortfall in the period of stay in India in excess of 2 months".