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Customs - Notifications (Tariff)31.03.2003

Amends Notification No.52/2003-Customs dated 31.03.2003 for extending exemption from IGST and compensation cess to EOUs on imports till 31.03.2021.

Document Text

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i) OF THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY] GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE (CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS) Notification No. 16 /2020-Customs New Delhi, the 24th March, 2020 G.S.R. (E).— 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 makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 52/2003-Customs, dated the 31st March, 2003, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 274 (E), dated the 31st March, 2003, namely:- In the said notification, in the opening paragraph, in the proviso, for the figures, letters and words “1st day of April, 2020”, the figures, letters and words “1st day of April, 2021” shall be substituted. [F.No. DGEP/SEZ/09/2017(Pt-2)] (GAURAV SINGH) Deputy Secretary to the Government of India Note:-The principal notification No. 52/2003-Customs, dated the 31st March, 2003 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 274 (E), dated the 31st March, 2003 and was last amended by notification No. 09/2019-Customs, dated the 25th March, 2019, published vide number G.S.R 238(E), dated the 25th March, 2019.

Source: Government of India — Customs - Notifications (Tariff), dated 31.03.2003. Text is machine-extracted for reference; the officially published version prevails. Not legal advice.

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196220032017201920202021

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