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Customs - Notifications (Tariff)18.10.2012

Further amends the notification, No. 39/96-Customs, dated the 23rd July, 1996 - Exemption to Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LR-SAM) Programme.

Document Text

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)] GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) New Delhi, the 18th October, 2012 Notification No. 57/2012-Customs G.S.R. 774(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, on 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. 39/96-Customs, dated the 23rd July, 1996, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 291(E), dated the 23rd July, 1996, namely:- In the said notification, in the Table, after S.No.38 and the entries relating thereto, the following S.No. and entries shall be inserted, namely:- (1) “39. Machinery, (2) (3) jigs, equipment, components, instruments, spares, fixtures, dies, tools, accessories, computer software, raw materials and consumables required for the Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LR-SAM) Programme of Ministry of Defence If,- (a) the said goods are imported by authorized works centres of the Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LR-SAM) Programme, as may be designated by an officer not below the rank of Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Defence; and (b) the authorized works centre produces Deputy Commissioner of Customs or the of Assistant Customs, as the case may be, at the time of import, in each case, Commissioner the to a list of the said goods with their relevant description duly certified by the Programme Director, Programme Office LR-SAM, to the effect that - i) the goods mentioned in the said list are required for the purposes of the LR-SAM; (ii) the import of the goods mentioned in the said list are authorized by the Ministry of Defence LR-SAM under these goods programme and the for shall be used only purpose LR-SAM programme. the of – Explanation. Nothing contained in this exemption shall have effect on or after the 25th day of November, 2012.” [F.No.354/139/2006 –TRU (Pt)] (Raj Kumar Digvijay) Under Secretary to the Government of India Note: - The principal notification No. 39/1996-Customs, dated the 23rd July, 1996 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide G.S.R. 291(E), dated the 23rd July, 1996 and was last amended vide notification No. 30/2012-Customs, dated the 8th May, 2012 which was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 343(E), dated the 8th May, 2012.

Source: Government of India — Customs - Notifications (Tariff), dated 18.10.2012. Text is machine-extracted for reference; the officially published version prevails. Not legal advice.

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