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THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY

[PART I—Sec. 1]

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE, CIVIL SUPPLIES AND

COOPERATION

(Department of Commerce)

PUBLIC NOTKK NO. 52-ITC(1PN)/78

New Delhi, the 2()ih July, 197K

IMPORT TRADK CONTROL

i>»ibject :—Import of spares for motor vehicles and agricul-

tural ttactonj for persona] use.

F. No. IPC/3/15/78.~Attcntion is invited to the provi-

sions made in para l(e) in Appendix 16 to the Import Policy,

J 978-79, according to which pcraoas owning imported motor

vehicles or agricultural tractors can import spares for them

upto a c.ii. value of Rs. 2,500 per vehicle/tractor, in a

financial year, for their own use, subject to the production to

the customs authorities/ at the timo of their clearance (i) valid

registration certificates for the vehicle or tractor concerned

and with upto-date payment of taxes under the Motor Vehi-

cles Act, 1939, nnd (li) a declaration to the effect that the

c.i.f. value of such goods already imported during the »mt

financial year for the same motor vehicle or agricultural trac-

tor does not exceed Rs, 2,500.

2, It has been decided that registered Associations and

Co-operative Societies having owners

of imported motor

vehicles or agricultural tractors as their members, may im-

port spares on behalf

of auch members

in accordance

with the aforesaid provisions.

3. At the time oi clearance of imported goods and at tnt

time of remittance towards imports, the concerned Asso-

ciation/Co-operative society '.hall produce the following docu-

ment* to the customs authorities/foreign exchange dealers:—

(a) A list of the members on whose behalf the import

has been made, giving (i) the name and address of

the membcj, (ri) make of the imported motor vehi-

cle/tractor owned by the member, (iii) No. and date

of registration eeilificatc

of the vehicle/tractor,

(iv) the dale upLo which the registration certificate

is valid and (v) the c.i.f. value of spares impoited

for the tnernber concerned.

(b) A declaration from each member, duly countersigned

by the Association /Co-operative Society,

to the

effect that the member has made up:o-date payment

of taxci unilt. i llit- Motui Vehicles Act, 1939 and

thui the c.ii". wiliit: of Mich goods already imported

during ihe 'Mine linanci.-i] year for ihe same motor

vehicle oi agricultural

liacloi, does

not exceed

Rs. 2,500. in Ihe declaration, the member concerned

should alio slate that he has authorised the As-'o-

cintion/Co-operative Sociely concerned lo effect im-

poiis on his behalf,

(cj The currently valid ceitificnte of rcgiylration of the

concerned Association oi Co-operative Society under

the relevant staiutc.

4. It shall be a condition that the imported spares shall

bo supplied by the importing Association/Co-operative Society

to the individual members for whom the import is made.

The Association/Co-operative Society shall keep an account

(in the form of a register) of all such importu and distribution

and it shall bo available for inspection by the licensing autho-

rity or any other authority concerned in this behalf, at all

times,

5. The Actual User condition shall, however, apply in all

ruich cases, as if the imports had been made by the individual

members on their own volition, dirce'ly,

K. V. SESHADRI, Chief Controller

of Imports and Exporls

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AND PUBLISHED BY THK CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI-110054, 1978