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26-12-1996
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| Notification No: |
Customs Circular No 66/1996
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| Issuing Authority: |
Indian Customs
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| Type: |
Circular
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| File No: |
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| Subject: |
Authorising Central Excise and Customs Officer in ICD/ FPO and Cargo Complexes to issue Export Certificates for frequently travelling international passengers
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Authorising Central Excise and Customs Officer in ICD/ FPO and Cargo
Complexes to issue Export Certificates for frequently travelling international
passengers
Circular No. 66 dated 26th
December 1996
With increasing
trade interaction, many Business Executives are travelling abroad quite
frequently. They carry expensive equipment's like Camera, Camcorder, Cellular
Phone, Note Book Computers etc. with them. At the time of departure, they have
to the a Export Certificates with them to enable them to bring back the said
goods without payment of duty on return. Normally, some to these goods are
packed in the baggage of the passengers. It is, therefore, inconvenient for them
to take out these articles packed in the baggage for such passengers in
increasing and the frequency of their travel is also increasing and hence
instances of such inconvenience is on increase.
2. Board
have examined the issue and it is felt that there is a genuine need for issuing
the Export Certificate before the departure of the passenger as a facilitation
measure. It is decided that such certificates may now be issued in advance in
the Customs Houses, International Airports and Seaports. The certificate shall
remain valid for period of one year. The certificate should be serially
numbered; stamped with the official seal of the issuing authority and should
contain the details of
(a) Name of the
product,
(b) Manufacturers
name
(c) Marks/
number/ Mode, and
(d) Year of
Manufacture.
3. All
Commissioners may please issue suitable public notice intimating of the facility
giving, inter-alia, name and designation of the officer (s) competent to issue
such certificate.
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