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Customs - Notifications (Tariff)08.09.2005

Seeks to further amend Notification No. 81/2005-Customs, dated the 08.09.2005 so as to carry out Budgetary changes

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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. 22/2016-Customs New Delhi, the 1st March, 2016 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. 81/2005- Customs, dated the 8th September, 2005, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R.569(E), dated the 8th September, 2005, namely:- In the said notification, after proviso to the condition (ii), the following shall be inserted:- “Provided further that this condition shall not apply to the power generation projects based on municipal and urban waste, if the importer proves to the satisfaction of the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or the Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, that there is a valid agreement between the importer and urban local body for processing of municipal solid waste for not less than ten years from the date of commissioning of project;” [F.No.334/8/2016-TRU] (Anurag Sehgal) Under Secretary to the Government of India Note: The principal notification 81/2005- Customs, dated the 8th September, 2005 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section-3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R.569(E), dated the 8th September, 2005 and last amended by notification No 13/2014-Customs dated the 11th July, 2014 vide number G.S.R. 460(E) dated the 11th July, 2014.

Source: Government of India — Customs - Notifications (Tariff), dated 08.09.2005. Text is machine-extracted for reference; the officially published version prevails. Not legal advice.

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1962200520142016

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