REGISTERED No.D.221
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 53] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15,1972, MAGHA 26, 1893
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MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue and Insurance)
FOREIGN TRAVEL TAX
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 15th February 1972 G.S.R. 76(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of section 46 of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1971 (32 of 1971), the Central Government, being satisfied that it Is necessary in the public Interest so to do, hereby exempts the categories of passengers specified in column (2) of the Schedule hereto annexed from the whole of the Foreign Travel Tax leviable under section 45(1) of the said Act, subject to the conditions stipulated in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Schedule.
SCHEDULE
Category of passengers.
Conditions to be satisfied to be eligilble for Sl No.
the exemption.
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1 (1) Members of the diplomatic missions in India (excluding Nepalese mission) holding diplomatic status, and their families; officials of such diplomatic missions other than those hoding dip- lomatic status who are not nationals of or permanently resident in India and are employed in administrative or tech- nical services of the mission and their families ;
(a) Production of a certificate from an autho- rised officer of the diplomatic mission or the consular office concerned or from a authorised dealer as defined in section 2(a) of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act. 1947 (7 of 1947), to the effect that the amount of fare paid in Indian currency has been drawn from an account which is ex- clusively fed by foreign exchange remitttan- ces received from abroad
OR
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232 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II - 2 I 3(ii) CirrierConsula Officers of Foreign Con- sulates In India (excluding Nopslese Consular) and their families; em- ployees of such Consulates who are not nationals of, or permanently resident, in India.
(b) Where "foreign Government has entered into a rupee payment agreement with the Government of India, production of a cer- tificate from an authorised officer of the diplomatic mission or the consular office concerned) or from an authorised dealer as defined in section 2(ai) of the Foreign Ex- change Regulation Act, 1947 (7 of 1947), to the effect- that the payment of the fare ii made from an account fed by rupees from the rupee trade account of the foreign Government.
(i) Msmb-rs of the Nopalese diplomatic
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mission in India holding diplomatic siatus and their families; officials of inch mission other than those holding diplomatic status who are not nationals ofj or permanently resident, in India are employe.! in administrative or technical services of the mission and their families.
Insofar as the journey is between India and a place outside India other than Nepali pro- duction of a certificate from an authorised dealer, as defined in section a(ai) oi the Foreign Exchange Rejulation Act, 1947 (7 of 1947), to the effect that the amount of fare paid in Indian currency has been drawn from an account which is exclusively fed by foreign exchange remittances from abroad
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(li) Carrier Consular Officers of theNepa'ese Consulate in India and their families: employees of such Consulate who are not nationals of5 or permanently rcsidctl in,Indiaandtheir families-
[No. 3/FTT/72 (F. No. 306/6/71-FTT/CX-9]
R K THAWANI Under Sey.
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