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Seeks to notify Baggage Rules, 2016.

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..... o force on the 1st day of April, 2016. 2. Definitions . (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, - (i) Annexure means Annexure appended to these rules; (ii) family includes all persons who are residing in the same house and form part of the same domestic establishment; (iii) infant means a child not more than two years of age; (iv) resident means a person holding a valid passport issued under the Passports Act, 1967 (15 of 1967) and normally residing in India; (v) tourist means a person not normally resident in India, who enters India for a stay of not more than six months in the course of any twelve months period for legitimate non-immigrant purposes; (vi) personal effects means thing .....

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..... pal, Bhutan or Myanmar . - An Indian resident or a foreigner residing in India or a tourist, not being an infant, arriving from Nepal, Bhutan or Myanmar, shall be allowed clearance free of duty articles in his bona fide baggage, that is to say, used personal effects, travel souvenirs and articles other than those mentioned in Annexure I upto the value of fifteen thousand rupees if these are carried on the person or in the accompanied baggage of the passenger: Provided that where the passenger is an infant, only used personal effects shall be allowed duty free: Provided further that where the passenger, is arriving by land, only used personal effects shall be allowed duty free. Explanation. - The free allowance of a passenger under .....

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..... luding articles mentioned in Annexure III upto an aggregate value of sixty thousand rupees. Indian passenger - From six months upto one year Used personal and household articles, other than those mentioned in Annexure I or Annexure II but including articles mentioned in Annexure III, upto an aggregate value of one lakh rupees. Indian passenger - Minimum stay of one year during the preceding two years. Used personal and household articles, other than those mentioned in Annexure I but including articles mentioned in Annexure II or Annexure III, upto an aggregate value of two lakh rupees. The In .....

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..... notifications issued thereunder. 8. Provisions regarding unaccompanied baggage . - (1) These rules shall apply to unaccompanied baggage except where they have been specifically excluded: Provided that the said unaccompanied baggage had been in the possession, abroad, of the passenger and is dispatched within one month of his arrival in India or within such further period as the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs may allow: Provided further that the said unaccompanied baggage may land in India upto two months before the arrival of the passenger or within such period, not exceeding one year, as the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs may allow, for reasons to be record .....

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..... . 2. Video Home Theatre System. 3. Dish Washer. 4. Domestic Refrigerators of capacity up to 300 litres or its equivalent. 5. Deep Freezer. 6. Video camera or the combination of any such Video camera with one or more of the following goods, namely:- (a) television receiver; (b) sound recording or reproducing apparatus; (c) video reproducing apparatus. 7. Cinematographic films of 35mm and above. 8. Gold or Silver, in any form, other than ornaments. ANNEXURE III (See rule 6) 1. Video Cassette Recorder or Video Cassette Player or Video Television Receiver or Video Cassette Disk Player. 2. Digital Video Disc player. 3. Music System. 4. Air-Conditioner. 5. Microwave Oven. 6. Word Processing .....

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