Amends Notification No.39/96-Customs, dated the 23rd July, 1996 - Exemption to imports relating to Defence and internal security forces

Last updated: 08 June 2010

Notice Date : 04 June 2010

Amends Notification No.39/96-Customs, dated the 23rd July, 1996 - Exemption to imports relating to Defence and internal security forces.

[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)

New Delhi, 4th June, 2010

Notification No. 66 /2010-Customs

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 makes the following further amendments, in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.39/96-Customs, dated the 23rd July, 1996, published vide G.S.R. 291(E), dated the 23rd July, 1996, namely:-

In the said notification, in the TABLE, after S.No.33 and the entries relating thereto, the following S.No. and entries shall be added, namely:-

(1)

(2)

(3)

“34

Ballistic grade aramid yarn

If,-

(a) the goods are imported by a manufacturer for use in the manufacture of Ballistic grade aramid fabric;

(b) the procedure laid down in the Customs (Import of Goods at concessional Rate of Duty for Manufacture of Excisable Goods) Rules, 1996 is followed while importing the goods;and

(c) the importer, at the time of importation, in each case, furnishes to the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, an undertaking that such aramid fabric shall be supplied only to a manufacturer of bullet proof jackets for further supply to the armed Forces of the Union under the Ministry of Defence or the Police Forces of the States or the Union territories.

Explanation. – The expression “Police Forces of the States or the Union-territories” shall include the Central Reserve Police Force, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force, the Special Services Bureau, the Border Security Force, the Central Industrial Security Force and the National Security Guards maintained or constituted under the Central Reserve Police Force Act, 1949 (66 of 1949), the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force Act, 1992 (35 of 1992), the Border Security Force Act, 1968 (47 of 1968), the Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968 (50 of 1968) and the National Security Guard Act, 1986 (47 of 1986).”.

[F.No. 354/42/2010-TRU]

(K.S.V.V.Prasad)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note:- The principal notification No.39/96-Customs dated the 23rd July, 1996 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 291 (E), dated the 23rd July,1996 and last amended vide notification No.51/2010-Customs dated , the 16^th April, 2010, published vide number G.S.R. 328(E), dated the 16^th April, 2010.