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[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY,
PART II, SECTION 3,
SUB-SECTION (i)]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
(CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS)
Notification No. 58/2023-Customs (N.T.)
New Delhi, dated the 3rd August, 2023
G.S.R… (E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by proviso to sub-section
(1) of section 47 and section
156 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby makes
the following rules
further to amend the Deferred Payment of Import Duty Rules, 2016, namely:-
1. (1) These rules may be called the Deferred Payment of Import Duty
(Amendment) Rules, 2023.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the
Official Gazette.
2. In the Deferred Payment of Import Duty Rules, 2016, (hereinafter referred
to as the said rules), in
rule 4, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: -
“Provided that, where the Central Government considers it necessary and
expedient, it may, under
exceptional circumstances, and for reasons to be recorded in writing, allow
payment to be made
on a different due date.”
3. In the said rules, in rule 6, the following proviso shall be inserted,
namely: -
“Provided further that the eligible importer shall be permitted to make the
deferred payment if he
has-
(i) paid the duty for a bill of entry within due date in terms of rule 4; and
(ii) paid the differential duty for the same bill of entry along with the
interest on
account of reassessment within one day (excluding holidays).”
[F. No. 450/81/2016-Cus IV]
(Ananth Rathakrishnan)
Director (Customs)
Note: The principal Notification No.134/2016-Customs(N.T.) dated the 2nd of
November, 2016 was
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3,
sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R.
1037(E), dated the 2nd November 2016, and was amended by Notification
No.28/2017-Customs(N.T.)
dated the 31st of March, 2017, vide number G.S.R. 321(E) dated the 31st March
2017 and Notification
No.79/2020-Customs(N.T.) dated the 19th of August, 2020, vide number G.S.R.
514(E) dated the 19th
August, 2020.
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