CBIC notifying New Jalpaiguri Railway Station LCS


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The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has officially designated New Jalpaiguri Railway Station as a Land Customs Station. This appointment is specifically for the clearance of baggage. The notification also details the inclusion of New Jalpaiguri Railway Station within the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, facilitating the rail route through Haldibari-Chilhati connecting to Dhaka, Bangladesh.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)

Notification No. 30/2021- Customs (N.T.)

New Delhi, the 17th March, 2021
26 Phalguna, 1942 (SAKA)

S.O. (E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (b) and (c) of sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), notification No. 63/1994- Customs (N.T.), dated the 21st November, 1994, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) vide number S.O. 830 (E), dated the 21’November, 1994, namely: –

In the said notification, –

(i) in the opening paragraph, after the twelfth proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: –

“Provided also that New Jalpaiguri Railway Station is appointed as Land Customs Station for the purpose of clearance of baggage.”;

(ii) in the TABLE, against serial number 2 relating to Bangladesh, in column (3) after item (62) and the corresponding entry relating thereto in column (4), the following entries in columns (3) and (4) shall respectively be inserted, namely: –

(1)  (2)  (3)  (4)
    “(63) New Jalpaiguri Railway Station in
Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal
The rail route through Haldibari-Chilhati rail link connecting Jalpaiguri in India to Dhaka in Bangladesh”.

( F.No.550/03/2021-LC)

(Bullo Mamu)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note: The principal notification No. 63/1994- Customs (N.T.), dated the 21st November, 1994 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number S.O. 830(E), dated the 21st November, 1994 and was last amended vide notification No. 27/2021-Customs (N.T.), dated the 5th March, 2021, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub­section (ii) vide number S.O. 1052 (E), dated the 5th March, 2021.

FAQ :

The main purpose of this notification is to appoint New Jalpaiguri Railway Station as a Land Customs Station for the clearance of baggage.

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) issued this notification.

New Jalpaiguri Railway Station is located in the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal.

The appointment is associated with the rail route through Haldibari-Chilhati, connecting Jalpaiguri in India to Dhaka in Bangladesh.

The notification specifically states the appointment is for the 'clearance of baggage'. Further details on other types of goods would require consulting the principal notification.

 

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