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11-12-2014
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Notification No: |
Customs Notification No. 33/ 2014
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Issuing Authority: |
Indian Customs
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Type: |
Tariff
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File No: |
F.No. 356/24/2014-TRU |
Subject: |
Grants exemption from the duties of Customs to goods imported for donation for the relief and rehabilitation of people affected by the floods in the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
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MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
Notification No. 33/2014-Customs
New Delhi dated the 11th December, 2014
subject to the following conditions, namely:-
G.S.R. (E).- 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 floods in the State of Jammu and
Kashmir 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,
- 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 floods in the said State free of cost;
- that the said imported goods are sent to the Central Government, the
Government of Jammu and Kashmir; or as the case may be, the relief agencies of
the Central Government, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir including the relief
agencies duly approved by the Central Government or the Government of Jammu and
Kashmir for the purpose; and
- that the importer produces before the Deputy Commissioner or the Assistant
Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, within six 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 Jammu and Kashmir 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 March,
2015.
[F.No. 356/24/2014-TRU]
(Akshay Joshi)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
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