Exemption to audio cassettes recorded with specified material - 379/86 - Customs -Tariff

Exemption to audio cassettes recorded with specified material Notification No. 379/86-Cus. Dated 3-7-1986 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 audio cassettes, falling within Chapter 85 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), recorded with material from books, newspapers or magazines for the blind when consigned by an organisation listed in Table 'A' below and imported into India by an organisation listed in Table 'B' below, from - (i) the whole of the duty of customs leviable thereon, which is specified in the said First Schedule; and (ii) the whole of the additional duty leviable thereon under Section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act, subject to the conditions that :- (a) the audio cassettes so imported shall be re-exported within one year from the date on which these are imported into India or such extended period as the Assistant Collector of Customs may allow; (b) the importer executes an undertaking binding himself to pay amount equal to the duty leviable on the audio cassettes at the time of import, to the Assistant Collector of Customs in the event of failure to re-export the said audio cassettes within the period specified or, as the case may be, such extended period as may be allowed; and (c) the importer produces the audio cassettes before the proper officer for identification before re-export. (1) World Blind Union (WBU), 58 Avenue Bosquet, F-75007 Paris, France. (2) Swedish Organisation of Handicapped International Aid Foundation (SHIA), Sandsbergsvagen 44, S-122 33 Enskede, Sweden. (3) Swedish Federation of the Visually Handicapped (SRF), S-122 88 Enskede, Sweden. (4) Helen Keller International Inc. (HKI), 15 West 16th Street, New York, N.Y. 10011, United States of America. (5) The Jewish Guild for the Blind, 15 West 65th Street, New York, N.Y. 10023, United States of America. (6) American Foundation for the Blind, 15 West 16th Street, New York, N.Y. 10011, United States of America. (7) Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, Massachusetts 02172, United States of America. (8) National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20542, United States of America. (9) Canadian National Institute for the Blind, 1931 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4G 4C8. (10) Royal National Institute for the Blind, 224 Great Portland Street, London WIN 6AA, United Kingdom. (11) Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind, Commonwealth House, Heath Road, Haywards Heath, Sussex RH 16 3AZ, United Kingdom. (12) Charistoffel Blindenmission, D-614 Bensheim-Schoenberg, Nibelungenstr 124, Federal Republic of Germany. (13) Bund Der Kriegsblinden, Deutschlands e.v., Schumannstr, 35 5300 Bonn 1, Federal Republic of Germany. (14) Deutsche Blindenstudienanastalt e.v. Am Schlag 8, 3550 Marburg Federal Republic of Germany. (15) Braille Talking Book Library, 31-51 Commercial Road, South Yarra Victoria, Australia 3141. TABLE 'B' ANDHRA PRADESH The President, Andhra Pradesh Federation of the Blind, 16-11/20-5A, 'Salem Nagar', Hyderabad-500036. ASSAM The President, Sreemanta Shankar Mission, Nowgong, (Assam). BIHAR The Secretary, Girija Shankar Dristi Bihin Balika Vidyalaya, Bodhi Nath Misra Lane, Bhikhanpur Gumti No. 3, Bhagalpur. GUJARAT 1. The Secretary, Andhajan Vividhlaxi Talim Kendra, Aerodrome Road, Jamnagar-6. 2. General Secretary, Blind Men's Association, Vikram Sara Bhai Road, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad-380015. 3. The Secretary, Andh Kalyan, Prakasn Grah Trust, Mam Nagar, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad. KARNATAKA 1. The President, Karnataka Branch of National Association for the Blind, No. 590, 1st Stage, Indira Nagar, Bangalore-560033. 2. The President, Dakshina Bharatha Mahila Sangam No. 122, 27th Cross VII Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore-560070. 3. The Secretary, Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind, Jaya Nagar, Bangalore, (Karnataka). 4. Secretary, The Karnataka Welfare Association for the Blind, Kamla Mansion, 143, Infantry Road, Bangalore-560001. KERALA 1. The General Secretary, Kerala Federation of the Blind, Trivandrum-695004. 2. The Trustee, Vimla Social Centre, Devagiri, Calicut. 3. Calicut Islami Cultural Society, P.O. Kollathara, Calicut, Kerala. 4. Chairman, Kerala Blind School Society, Alwaye (Kerala). 5. The Secretary, Women's Welfare Centre, Varuvila, Kottukoman, Kudayalpo-Vollarada, Kerala. MADHYA PRADESH The Secretary, MP Welfare Association for the Blind, 338/D, Industrial Estate, Indore-452006. MAHARASHTRA 1. The Hony. Secretary, National Association for the Blind, Jahangir Wadia Building, 51, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Bombay-400023. 2. The Chairman, Pune School and Home for the Blind Trust for Blind, Kothrud, 14-17, Koregaom Park, Pune-411001. 3. N.S.D. Industrial Home for the Blind, B.D.D. Block, No. 52, Worli, Bombay-400018. 4. Industrial Home for the Blind, 25, Lallu Bhai Park, Andnen West, Bombay-40005B. ORISSA 1. The Secretary, Red Cross School for the Blind, Berhampur, Ganjam. 2. Onssa Association for the Blind, Malegodown Road, Unit-III, Bhubaneswar, Orissa. PUNJAB The Secretary, The Vocational Rehabilitation Centre, Harbowal Road, New Civil Lines, Ludhiana, (Punjab). RAJASTHAN 1. The Chairman, Netraheen Vikas Sansthan, Bagar Chowk, Jodhpur. 2. The Secretary, Rajasthan Netraheen Kalyan Sangh, 3780, Langar Ke Balaji Ka Rasta, Gagori, Jaipur-302001. 3. The Secretary, Pragya Chhakshu Shikshan Sansthan, (Andh Vidyalaya) Ambamata Scheme, Udaipur-313001. TAMIL NADU 1. Hellen Keller, Educational Society for the Blind, 23, Dr. Thangaraj Road, Madurai-625020. 2. The Secretary, The Tamil Nadu Association of the Blind, Rettaikula Street, Near Police Station, Tondiapet, Madras-600081. UTTAR PRADESH 1. The General Secretary, Sur Samarak Mandal, E-113 Kamla Nagar, Agra-282005. 2. Hanuman Prasad Poddar Andh Vidyalaya, Durga Kund, Varanasi. 3. Sri Vrindaban Andh Maha Vidyalaya, Vrindaban-281121, Distt. Mathura. 4. The General Secretary, National Association for the Blind, C/o. Ahmedi School for the Blind, Civil Lines, Aligarh. WEST BENGAL The Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur -743503. DELHI 1. The Executive Secretary, National Federation of the Blind, 2322 Laxminarayan Street, Paharganj, New Delhi-110055. 2. The Public Relation Officer, All India Confederation of the Blind, F. 14/61, Model Town, New Delhi-110009. 3. The Executive Secretary, Blind Relief Association, Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg, New Delhi-110003. CHANDIGARH Secretary for the Care of the Blind, 114, Sector 8-A, Chandigarh-U.T.