Duty Free Import Facility for Defence Extended
to Police
[Customs Notification No. 89 dated 12th September
2011]
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 Gazette of India,
Extraordinary part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i)
vide G.S.R. 291(E), dated the 23rd July,
1996, namely:-
In the said notification, in the TABLE,
(i) against S.No.2,
in column (2), for the words “ Indian Navy” the words, “Indian Navy or Central
Para Military Forces” shall be substituted;
(ii) against
S.No.8,-
(a) in
column (2), for the words “Ministry of Defence”, the
words “Ministry of Defence or Ministry of Home
Affairs” shall be substituted
(b) In column (3), for the words “Under Secretary to
the Government of India in the Ministry of Defence”
and “said Under Secretary”, the words “Under Secretary to the Government of
India in the Ministry of Defence or Joint Secretary
to the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs, as the case may be”
and “said Under Secretary or said Joint Secretary, as the case may be” shall
respectively be substituted;
(iii) against
S.No.10, in column (3), -
(a) in clause (b), in sub-clause (1), for the words
“Ministry of Defence” , the words “Ministry of Defence or Ministry of Home affairs, as the case may be”
shall be substituted;
(b) in
clause (2), sub-clause (iii), for the words “Ministry of Defence”
, the words “Ministry of Defence or Ministry of Home
affairs, as the case may be” shall be substituted;
(iv) against
S.No.11, in column (3),-
(a) in clause (a), for the words” for use in
anti-smuggling operations”, the words, “ for use in anti smuggling operations
or coastal security operations or internal security operations” shall be
substituted;
(b) for
clause (b),the following shall be substituted, namely,-
“(b) the importer produces
a certificate,-
(i) from the
Under Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Revenue that
the said goods are intended for use in anti-smuggling operations or
(ii) from an
officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of India, in
the Ministry of Home Affairs that the said goods are intended for use in
coastal security operations or internal security operations.”
(v) against
S.No.12, in column (3), for the words “ Central Reserve Police Force”, the
words “Central Para Military Forces” shall be substituted;
[F.No.354/76/2011
–TRU]