Exemption to fogging Machines Imported by a Municipal Authority [Chapter 84] - 138/89 - Customs -Tariff

Exemption to fogging Machines Imported by a Municipal Authority [Chapter 84] Notification No. 138/89-Cus. Dated 4-4-1989 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 exempts fogging machines, falling within Chapter 84 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), when imported into India by a Municipal Authority for use in combating malaria and other mosquito borne diseases, from - (a) so much of that portion of the duty of customs leviable thereon which is specified in the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act, as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate of 25 per cent ad valorem, and (b) the whole of the additional duty of customs leviable thereon under section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act. Explanation : For the purposes of this notification, the expression "Municipal Authority" means a municipal committee, district board, or other authority legally en titled to, or entrusted by the Government with, the control or management of a municipal fund.