Baggage (Amendment) Rules, 1987 - 245/87 - Customs -Tariff

Baggage (Amendment) Rules, 1987 Notification No. 245/87-Cus. Dated 25-6-1987 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 Baggage Rules, 1978, namely :- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Baggage (Amendment) Rules, 1987. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Baggage Rules, 1978 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 4A,- (a) in sub-rule (1),- (i) in the opening portion, for the words "five thousand rupees", the words "twenty thousand rupees" shall be substituted; (ii) after clause (ii), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:- "Provided that such passenger shall be allowed to avail himself of the provisions of this rule only once in every three years". (b) in sub-rule (2), after item (f) and the entry relating thereto, the follow ing items and entries shall be inserted, namely :- "(g) video cameras or the combination of any such video camera with one or more of the following goods, namely :- (i) television receivers, (ii) sound recording or reproducing apparatus, (iii) video reproducing apparatus; (h) computers and computer peripherals (other than calculating machines), (i) word processing machines". 3. In the said rules, for rule 4-B, the following rule shall be substituted, namely :- "4-B. MANNER OF COMPUTING THE PERIOD OF STAY ABROAD FOR THE PURPOSES OF RULE 4-A IN CASE A PASSENGER HAS MADE SHORT VISITS TO INDIA DURING HIS STAY ABROAD -For the purpose of rule 4-A of these rules, short visits, if any, made by the passenger concerned to India during the entire period of his stay abroad relevant for the purposes of that rule shall be ignored if the total duration of stay in India on these short visits does not exceed 30 days, subject to the condition that his total period of stay abroad, excluding the period spent in India on such short visits, is not less than 365 days." 4. In the said rules, after rule 9, the following rule shall be inserted, namely :- "10. ALLOWANCE NOT TO BE AVAILED OF BOTH UNDER THESE RULES AND THE TRANSFER OF RESIDENCE RULES AT THE SAME TIME - Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules and the Transfer of Residence Rules; 1978, made under section 79 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), a passenger shall not be eligible to avail himself of the provisions of rule 4-A of these rules and the provisions of the said Transfer of Residence Rules, 1978, at the same time."