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MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(Department of Revenue)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 18th December, 1978

CUSTOMS

G.S.R. 582 (E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by

sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Custom:. Act, 1962

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(52 of 1962) and in supersession of the notification of the

Government of India in the Ministry of Finance, Department

of Revenue, No. 190~Customs dated the 27th August, 1977

the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary

in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts horses and

mares including colts and fillies

imported

only

for the

purposes of breed-tag and falling within Chapter I of the

First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975)

from the whole of the duty of customs leviable thereon which

is specified in the said First Schedule:

Provided that thj Stud Book

relating to

such

horses

mares, colts or fillies, as the case may be, shall be endorsed

by the proper officer of customs to the effect that the said

imported horses, mares, colts or fillies shall not be used or

allowed to be used for racing purposes before the expiry cf

five years from the date of their importation;

Provided further that every importer of such horses, mares,

colts or fillies as the case may be, executes a bond in such

form and for such sum as the Assistant Collector of Customs

may, having regard to the circumstances of the case, specify,

binding himself to pay that sum in the event of the horses,

mares, colts, or fillies as the case may be, being put to use

or sold for any purpose other than breeding, before the expiry

of five years from the date of their importation.

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