Baggage - Duty reduced to 80% - 48/96 - Customs -Tariff

Baggage - Duty reduced to 80% Notification No. 48/96-Cus. Dated 23-7-1996 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 company 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 :- (1) (2) (3) "4. Official Sports Association; Challenge cups and trophies If, -(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 (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 of 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 member of an Indian team If, - (i) the team has 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 the 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 :- — ". "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.