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Donation for Relief and Rehabilitation of Victims of Gujarat Earthquake
Notification
No. 7 dated 27th January 2001 (As amended by Notification
No. 77 dated 17th July 2001)
In
exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs
Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is
necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts all goods falling
under the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) when
imported into India and intended for donation for the relief and rehabilitation
of the people affected by the earthquake in the State of Gujarat from -
(a)
the whole of the duty of customs leviable thereon under the First
Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act; and
(b)
the whole of additional duty of customs leviable thereon under the
section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act,
Subject
to the following conditions, namely: -
(i)
that it is certified by the importer on the relevant clearance documents
that the goods are intended to be donated for the relief and rehabilitation of
the people affected by the earthquake in the said State without making any
charge therefore;
(ii)
that the said imported goods are sent to the Central Government, the
Government of Gujarat; or as the case maybe, the relief agencies of the Central
Government, the Government of Gujarat including the relief agencies duly
approved by the Government for the purpose; and
(iii)
that the importer produces before the Deputy Commissioner or the
Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case maybe, within
three months from the date of importation of the said goods or within
such extended period as the said officer may allow, a certificate from the
District Magistrate of the affected area in the State of Gujarat that the said
goods have been donated for use for the aforesaid purpose.
2.
This notification shall remain in force upto and inclusive of the 31st
day of July 2002.
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