Exchange rate amendment: Canadian dollar valuation updated for customs valuation purposes, effective from the notified date.
The amendment replaces the Schedule entry for serial No. 4, revising the exchange rate applicable to Canadian Dollars for customs and stamp purposes under the cited statutory powers, and declares the revised rate effective from the subsequently notified date; the substitution amends Notification No. 80/90-NT-Cus. to establish the operative rate for valuation and related non tariff customs applications.

Customs notification amendment removes specified sub item from clause b, changing airport loading and unloading rules.
The Central Government, exercising powers under the Customs Act, amends Notification No. 6/89 Customs (N.T.) by omitting item (iv) in clause (b), thereby modifying the notification's provisions concerning loading and unloading of goods at customs airports.

Exchange rate amendment: substitution of Australian dollar entry in customs notification, altering notified rate and effective date.
The Central Government, invoking powers under the Indian Stamp Act and the Customs Act, substitutes the Schedule entry for serial No. 2 in Notification No. 80/90-NT-Cus., replacing it with an Australian dollar exchange rate of 6.6700; the amendment is promulgated by Notification No. 19/91-Cus. (N.T.) and is effective from 3-3-1991.

Exchange rate amendment: sets Singapore dollar customs rate, replacing prior schedule entry under statutory authority.
Amendment substitutes serial No. 18 in the Schedule of Notification No. 80/90-NT-Cus, fixing the Singapore dollar exchange rate at 8.9700 and making that rate effective from 1-3-1991 under powers conferred by the Stamp Act and the Customs Act.

Customs exemption for fairground amusements permits reduced duty and waiver of additional duty on imports for amusement parks.
The Central Government exempts roundabouts, swings and other fairground amusements and their parts and accessories imported for setting up amusement parks from customs duty in excess of a specified ad valorem cap and from the whole of the additional duty, subject to the importer producing an import licence under the Import and Export Policy and giving an undertaking that the goods will remain in his possession, control and use for five years, with liability to pay the duty differential on breach.

Exchange rate amendment updates Belgian franc customs schedule entry and applies from the stated effective date.
The operative change replaces serial No. 3 in the Schedule to Notification No. 80/90-Cus. (N.T.) with a new entry specifying the Belgian franc conversion rate and declares that this revised rate will be effective from 18-2-1991.

Exchange rate determination for Russian rouble under Customs Act; official conversion rate set and prior notification superseded.
Under authority of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, the Central Government fixes the official conversion rate for one Russian rouble at rupees 24.2324 for customs purposes, superseding the prior notification; this rate is effective from 13th February, 1991.

Exchange rate amendment updates notified currency rate entry and takes effect on the specified effective date.
The Central Government, exercising powers under provisions of the Indian Stamp Act and the Customs Act, substitutes serial No. 1 in the Schedule to Notification No. 80/90-NT-Cus., replacing the entry with a revised rate for Austrian Schillings; the amended rate is declared to be effective from the stated effective date.

Exchange rate amendment updates specified currency conversion rates under stamp and customs provisions, effective mid-February.
Amendment replaces the Schedule entries at serial numbers 5, 7, 13 and 15 of Notification No. 80/90-NT-Cus., specifying new conversion rates for Danish Kroner, Dutch Guilder, Norwegian Kroner and Swedish Kroner, and declares those rates effective from 15-2-1991 under powers derived from the Indian Stamp Act and the Customs Act.

Exchange rate amendment: substituted customs exchange rates for Deutsche Mark, French Franc and Japanese Yen, altering valuation for imports.
Amendment to customs exchange rates replaces prior Schedule entries by substituting revised conversion figures for three specified currencies, directing customs authorities to apply the new exchange rates for valuation, duty and stamp purposes; the substitution takes effect from the notification's stated effective date and is issued under provisions of the Stamp Act and the Customs Act.

Exchange rate amendment updates notified foreign currency valuation affecting customs and stamp duty calculations under enabling statutes.
Amendment substitutes the Serial No. 10 schedule entry in Notification No. 80/90-NT-Cus., revising the notified exchange rate for the Italian lire; made under section 20(2) of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 and sub-clause (i) of clause (a) of section 14(3) of the Customs Act, 1962, it limits its effect to replacing the existing schedule entry with the new exchange-rate specification for customs valuation and related statutory reference.

Exchange rate determination fixes Russian rouble conversion rate under Customs Act, standardising valuation and currency conversion procedures.
Determination under the Customs Act prescribes a statutory conversion rate for the Russian rouble into Indian currency for purposes of section 14, issued under the cited sub clause and superseding an earlier notification; the new rate is declared effective from the date stated in the notification and governs customs valuation and conversion procedures.

Exchange rate amendment sets revised legal conversion for Pound Sterling, effective in February, affecting customs valuation and stamp application.
Amendment sets the official exchange rate for Pound Sterling by substituting serial No. 14 in Notification No. 80/90-NT-Cus under section 20 of the Indian Stamp Act and section 14(3)(a)(i) of the Customs Act; the substituted Schedule entry specifies the revised Pound Sterling conversion and makes that rate effective from early February 1991 for customs and stamp purposes.

Exchange rate amendment: substitution of the Swiss franc customs valuation rate, effective in early February, updating the prior notification.
The Central Government, under the Indian Stamp Act and the Customs Act, amends Notification No. 80/90-NT-Cus. by substituting the Schedule entry at serial number sixteen to set a revised customs exchange rate for Swiss Francs, with the amendment taking effect from early February 1991 for all relevant customs valuations under the notification.

Warehousing station designation under section 9 enables Village Dhenkanal to function as a customs warehousing point.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, exercising the power conferred by section 9 of the Customs Act, 1962, declares Village Dhenkanal, Sadar Tehsil, District Dhenkanal, State of Orissa, to be a warehousing station, thereby subjecting the locality to the statutory regulatory framework governing customs warehousing and related operational and compliance requirements under the Act.

Customs airport appointment: amendment adds crew and passenger baggage to the notification's enumerated entries.
An amendment under clause (a) of section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962 inserts the sub item "crew and passenger baggage" into the Table annexed to Notification No. 75 Customs, 1975: once after sub item (vii) in item (a) and once after sub item (xxvi) in item (b) against Serial No. 1, column 3, thereby formally adding crew and passenger baggage to the enumerated entries for that serial entry.

Warehousing station declaration: Village Bhutarda designated under Customs Act powers to operate as a warehousing station.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, exercising statutory powers under the Customs Act, declares Village Bhutarda in Tehasil Mongoldai, Darang District, Assam, to be a warehousing station by Notification No. 6/91-Cus. (N.T.) dated 22-1-1991, thereby designating the location for customs warehousing functions.

Inland Container Depot appointment enables a designated terminal to load export goods under Customs Act provision.
The Central Government, exercising powers under the Customs Act, appoints the Container Corporation of India Complex at Babarpur as an Inland Container Depot specifically for the loading of export goods or any class of such goods, conferring designated status to operate as a recognized inland terminal for export cargo loading.

Import exemption conditions require actual-user registration and a post-clearance installation certificate for imported manufacturing equipment.
Importers claiming the exemption for specified goods in Chapters 84, 85 and 90 must be actual users (industrial) manufacturing jute products, registered with the Joint Commissioner, and produce evidence to the Assistant Collector at importation; they must also produce a certificate from the Joint Commissioner within three months of clearance confirming installation of the imported goods for manufacture of jute products. The amendment further broadens item descriptions to permit listed machinery to be present singly or in combinations.

Tariff exemption for life saving medical equipment expanded to include enhanced luminescence analysers for infectious disease testing.
The Central Government amends Notification No. 208/81 Customs by inserting, under the heading "B. Life saving equipments", a new item (56) identifying "Enhanced Luminescence Analysers for AIDS, Hepatitis and other Analytes" as included in the Schedule, thereby bringing those analysers within the notification's scope.