GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
Notification No. 77 /2011-Customs (N.T.)
New Delhi dated the 14th November, 2011
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 79 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52
of 1962), the Central Government makes the following rules further to amend the
Baggage Rules,1998, namely :-
- (1) These rules may be called the Baggage (Amendment) Rules, 2011.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official
Gazette.
- In the Baggage Rules, 1998, -
(I) for the letters “Rs.”, wherever it occurs, the symbol “`” shall be
substituted;
(II) for Appendix E, the following shall be substituted-
| (1)
|
(2) |
(a) Tourists of Indian origin coming to
India
other than tourists of Indian origin coming by land
routes as specified in Annexure IV; |
(i) used personal effects and travel souvenirs, if -
(a) these goods are for personal use of
the tourist, and
(b) these goods,other than those consumed
during the stay in India,are re-exported when
the tourist leaves India for a foreign destination.
(ii) articles as allowed to be cleared under rule 3 or rule 4. |
(b) Tourists of foreign origin, other than
those of
Pakistani origin coming from Pakistan, coming to
India by air. |
(i) used personal effects
(ii) articles other than those mentioned in Annexure I
upto a value of ` 8000 for personal use of the tourist or
as gifts and travel souvenirs if these are carried on the
person or in the accompanied baggage of the passenger. |
(c) Tourists – (i) of Pakistani origin
coming from
Pakistan other than by land routes;
(ii) of Pakistani origin or foreign tourists coming
by land routes as specified in Annexure IV;
(iii) of Indian origin coming by land routes as
specified in Annexure IV. |
(i) used personal effects
(ii) articles other than those mentioned in Annexure I
upto a value of ` 6000 for personal use of the tourist or
as gifts and travel souvenirs if these are carried on the
person or in the accompanied baggage of the passenger.” |
Raj Kumar Digvijay
Under Secretary to the Government of India
[F. No. 354/295/2011-TRU]
Note: - The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary
Part II, Section III, Sub-Section (i) vide notification No. 30/98-Customs (N.T),
dated the 2nd June, 1998[ G.S.R. 296 (E), dated 2nd June, 1998] and were last
amended vide
notification No.76/2006-Customs (N.T), dated the 30th June, 2006 [
G.S.R 392 (E), dated the 30th June, 2006].