The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
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No. 103] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JUNE 9,I966/JYAISTHA 19,1888
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MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue and Insurance)
NOTIFICATIONS
CUSTOMS
New Delhi, the 9th June 1966
G.S.R. No, 907—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 79, read with sub-section (3) of section 160 of the Customs Act7 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further 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 be called the Passengers (Non-Tourist) Baggage (Amendment) Rules, 1968.
(2) They shall come into force at once.
2. In the Passengers (Non-Tourist) Baggage Rules, 1960, for rule 5. the following rule shall be substituted, namely:—
424 T HE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(1)}articles not exceeding rupees eight hundred in value, provided that the articles are not imported for sale or exchange and are such as could reasonably be treated as baggage or are of a kind normally used for making gifts or souvenirs. In the case of a passenger who is coming or returning to India after a stay of not less than three months abroad, the value of the articles which can be passed under this rule may be increased by rupees one hundred and sixty for each complete month in excess of three months, subject to a maximum of rupees sixteen hundred 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 his 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. 113/F. No, 5/25/M-Cus. VI.l G.S.R. No. 908.—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sectin (2) of section 79 read with sub-section (3) of section 160 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 10621. the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Tourist Baggage Rules, 1958, Issued with the notification of the late Central Board of Revenue No. 225-Customs, dated the 3rd August, 1958, namely:—
1. (1) These rules may be called the Tourist Baggage (Amendment) Rules, 1966.
(2) They shall come into force at once.
2. In the Tourist Baggage Rules, 1958, for rule 4, the following rules shall be sub- stituted, namely:—
"4. Exemption from Customs Duty for travel souvenirs imported tempo- rarily.—In addition to the articles specified in rule 3, a tourist may also be allowed to import temporarily free of customs duty travel souvenirs for a total value not exceeding rupees eight hundred, pro- vided that such souvenirs are carried on the person of or in the luggage accompanying the tourist, they are not intended for com- mercial purposes, and they are re-exported by the tourist on his leaving India for a foreign destination".
[No. 114/F. No. 9/35/66-Cus. VI.]
D. N. LAL, Dy. Secy.