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Customs - Notifications (Tariff)08.05.2012

Privileged Persons Imports - Exemption to specified goods imported by Defence, Coast Guard, Deptt. of Revenue, Police Forces, HAL, specified Ordnance Factories and for ATVP,IGMDP, SAMYUKTA, LCAP, SANGRAHA, DIVYA DRISHTI and DHANUSH Programmes - Further amends the notification No. 39/96-Customs, dated the 23rd July, 1996.

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[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) Notification No. 30/2012-Customs New Delhi, dated the 8thMay, 2012 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. 39/96-Customs, dated the 23rd July, 1996, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 291(E), dated the 23rd July, 1996, namely:- In the said notification, after the Table, the following shall be inserted, namely:- “2. Notwithstanding anything contained herein above, the exemption from whole of the additional duty leviable thereon under section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act shall not apply to the following goods, namely:- (i) Hand held Metal detector (ii) Postal Bomb detector (iii) Explosive Container (iv) Portable or Fixed Door frame Metal detector, (v) Deep search Metal or Mine detector (vi) Mine impactor (vii) Mine prodder (non- magnetic) and (viii) Under Vehicle search Mirrors.” [F.No.334/1/2012–TRU] (Sanjeev Kumar Singh) 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, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide G.S.R. 291(E), dated the 23rd July, 1996 and was last amended vide notification No. 11/2012-Customs, dated the 17th March, 2012 which was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 184 (E), dated 17th March, 2012.

Source: Government of India — Customs - Notifications (Tariff), dated 08.05.2012. Text is machine-extracted for reference; the officially published version prevails. Not legal advice.

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