The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 86] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23,1965/ASADHA 2, 1887
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MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
NOTIFICATION
CUSTOMS
NEW DELHI , THE 23 RD JUNE 1965
G.S.R, 892.-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 79, read with sub-section (3) of section 16 th of the Customs Act, 1902 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to amend the Passengers (Non-Tourist) Baggage Rules, 1960, issued with the notification of the late Central Board of Revenue No 122-Customs dated the 19th November, 1960, namely : —
1. (1) These rules may bo called the Passengers (, Non-Tourist) Baggage (.Amendment) Rules, 1965.
(2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of August, 1965.,
2. In the Passengers (Non-Tourist ) Baggage Rules, 1960 for rule 8, the following rule shall be substituted, namely : —
jt$g THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART I I - ^ S E C U^as could reasonably be treated as baggage or are of a kind normally j.'sed for making gifts or souvenirs. In the case of a passenger who is coining or returning to India after a stay of not less than 3 months abroad, the value of the articles which can be passed under this rule may be increased by rupees one hundred for each complete month in excess of 3 months, subject to a maximum of rupees one thousand in all. A passenger shall not be permitted under this rule to import without payment of duty a large number of units of the same article, even though their total value may be within the free allowance.
Notwithstanding anything contained in the first paragraph of this rule, a passenger, who visits foreign countries more than once in the same calendar year, may be allowed on the second and subsequent occasions only one-half of the allowance admissible under that paragraph.
The full free allowance under this rule is not admissible to children or to passengers under eighteen years of age. The proper officer may, however, in big discretion, allow to such a child or passenger articles not exceeding one-fourth of that admissible to an adult passenger coming after the same period abroad."
[No. 84/F. No. 5/7/65-Cus.VL]
T. C. SETH, Joint Secy.
ERRATA
In Ministry of Food & Agriculture (Department of Food) Notification No. 203 (GEN) (18)/818/64-PY. II, dated 3rd June. 1965, published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3(i), dated 3rd June, 1965 as G.S.R. 810, the follow- ing corrections are to be made: —
Page 240, Serial No. 28—
For the word "Extention" read "Extension".
Page 241, Serial No. 45—
Before the word "Sugarcane", insert the word "The".
Page 242, Serial No. 6—
Omit "," between the words "Assam" and "Foodgrains".
Page 242, Serial No. 21—
Omit "," between the words "Dealers" and "Licensing".