The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3— Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 289] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1979/BHADRA 16, 1901
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11 <;" T HE G A Z E T TE OF INDIA : E X T R A O R D I N A RY [PATR I I —S E C. 3(0](iii) where the goods have been purchased out ij/l dona- lions received abroad in foreign exchange; the or- ganisation has been permitted to maintain an account abroad by the Reserve Bak of Tndia for the purpose of receiving funds donated overseas.
[No, 190 Customs/F. No. 460/20/79-Cus. V]
MINISIHY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
NOTIFICATIONS
New Delhi, the 7th September, 1979
CUSTOMS
G.S.R. S32(E)—-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub- section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and in supersession of the notification of the Govern- ment of India in the Ministry of Fjnace, Department of Revenue, No. 128-Cuatoms, dated the 18th June, 1974, the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts foodstuffs, medicines, medical stores of perishable nature, clothing ,ind blankets when imported into India by a charitable organisation in India as free gift to it from abroad or purchased out of dona- tions received abroad in foreign exchange by it, for free dis- tribution to the poor and the needy without any distinction of caste, creed or race, from—-
(a) the whole of the duty of customs leviable thereon under the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975); and
fb) the whole of the additional duty leviable thereon under section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act,
subject to the following conditions, namely :-—
(i) The Assistant Collector of Customs is satisfied, having regard to the activities and bonafldes of the import- ing organisation; the area of its operations; its financial resources; the status of the donor; the nature, value and quantity of the goods imported; the food and sartorial habits of the people amongst whom the imported goods are to be distributed and the climatic conditions in the area where the goods are to be distributed, that the goods arc bonafldo gift for free distribution to the poor and the needy without any distinction of caste, creed or race;
(ii) the organisation importing the goods furnishes a certificate in this behalf from the State Government concerned and otherwise satisfies the Assistant Col- lector of Customs that the goods are for free dis- tribution to the poor and the needy without any distinction of caste, creed or race and also proves to the satisfication of the Assistant Collector of Customs within six months from the date of im- portation or such extended period as the Assistant Collector of Customs may allow that the goods have been so distributed;
G.S.R, 533(E),—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub section (1) of the section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 ot 1962) read with sub-section (4) of section 31 of the Finance Act, 1979 (21 of 1979), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the noti- ficaion of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 104-Customs, dated the 10th May, 1979, namely :—
In the Schedule annexed to the said notification—
(i) Serial No. 222 and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted;
(ii) after Serial No, 230 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely ;—
"231 No. 190-Customs, dated the 7th September, 1979".
[No. 191-Customs/F. No, 460/20/79-Cus. V]
S. BASU, Under Secy.