Fuel-efficiency certification requirement sets testing, certification and exemption conditions for motor cars under customs notification.
Amendment prescribes fuel-efficiency certification by a Deputy Secretary level officer based on tests by specified agencies, requiring defined payloads by engine-capacity bands, use of petrol of limited octane, steady speed track testing with averaged directional runs corrected to sea level and ambient temperature, random selection of two production cars with the lower test figure controlling certification, and rounding of engine cubic centimetres to the nearest multiple of ten; administrative validity and terminal dates in the parent notification are extended.

Regulatory amendment to Bill of Entry forms postpones the commencement date for implementation of prescribed forms.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under powers conferred by the Customs Act, issues the Bill of Entry (Forms) Third Amendment Regulations, 1988, effective on publication in the Official Gazette, which substitutes the date specified in sub regulation (2) of regulation 1 of the Bill of Entry (Forms) Regulations, 1987, thereby changing the commencement date for implementation of the prescribed forms.

Customs amendment: substitution of tariff entries adjusting duty treatment for specified pharmaceutical inputs under an existing notification.
Amendment to Notification No.136/86-Cus substitutes entries for serial numbers 53AA and 53AAA in the notification's Table, identifying 6-Amino Penicillinic Acid (6-APA) and TIOC (Crude Erythromycin)/Erythromycin thiocyanate and prescribing the tariff/exemption expressions to apply to those goods for customs treatment under the existing notification.

Special measures to check illegal export designate acetic anhydride for enhanced border controls and detection under customs powers.
Designation of Acetic Anhydride as a commodity subject to special customs measures to check and facilitate detection of its illegal export across the Indo Burma border, invoked by the Central Government under its enforcement powers due to the magnitude of unlawful shipments. The notification supersedes an earlier G.S.R. and directs that the special measures apply in the territorial areas specified in the cited prior notifications, requiring customs authorities to implement enhanced export checks and detection procedures for the listed good.

Customs duty exemption for imported components for power transmission and earth moving machinery subject to certification and usage proof.
The notification exempts customs duty on imported components for manufacture of power transmission systems and specified machinery to the extent duty exceeds a prescribed ad valorem rate, provided components are listed and certified by an Industrial Adviser, the importer holds Ministry of Industry approved programme certification, and a post import usage certificate is produced within the period specified by the Assistant Collector of Customs.

Customs notification amendment: omission and insertion modifying auxiliary duty schedules and linked notification entries administration.
Amendment effects changes to specified miscellaneous customs exemption notifications by exercising powers under the Customs Act and the Finance Act to alter schedule entries. The instrument omits Sl. No. 279 and its entry from the Schedule to Notification No. 159/88-Customs and inserts a new Sl. No. 84 after Sl. No. 83 in the Schedule to Notification No. 163/88-Customs, referencing an existing customs notification.

Customs exemption rate change reduces ad valorem tariff and adds injection blow moulding machine to notified exemptions list.
The Central Government, under the powers of sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962, amends Notification No. 250/88-Cus. by substituting "25 per cent ad valorem" for "35 per cent ad valorem" in the opening portion and inserting a new Sl. No. 5 in the annexed Table to list "Injection blow moulding machine" as a notified item eligible under the amended exemption.

Auxiliary duty exemption for toll-smelted imports allows relief where goods derive from exported feedstock and meet proof/time tests.
Auxiliary customs duty is exempted for imported copper wire bars, copper cathodes, copper wire rods, gold, silver and selenium produced from copper reverts, spent anodes or anode slime sent out of India for toll smelting or processing, to the extent of toll smelting/processing costs (labour, processing materials excluding exported goods, and other processing charges) and insurance and freight both ways, provided imports occur within three years of export and sufficient evidence shows the imports were obtained from that toll processing.

Customs duty exemption on imported metals limits assessable value to toll processing costs plus insurance and freight, subject to time and proof.
Exempts specified imported metals from customs duty to the extent that their value is limited to the aggregate of toll smelting or toll processing costs (labour, materials other than the exported goods, and other payable charges) plus two-way insurance and freight, where the metals are produced abroad from exported copper reverts, spent anodes or anode slime and are imported subject to a time limit and sufficient evidence of having been obtained by the foreign toll smelting or processing.

Warehousing station designation enables establishment of hundred percent export-oriented undertakings under Customs Act powers for export facilitation.
Declaration designates the village of Rachakandrika in Satayavedu Taluk, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh as a warehousing station to facilitate the setting up of hundred percent export-oriented undertakings, made under the powers conferred by the Customs Act.

Warehousing station designation enables establishment of exclusive export-oriented undertakings under customs regulatory authority.
Village Bibrod in District Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, is declared a warehousing station under powers conferred by the Customs Act, enabling the establishment of exclusive export-oriented undertakings and applying customs warehousing regulatory provisions to that geographic locality.

Warehousing station designation: Pazhamathur declared a warehousing station under customs powers, enabling regulated storage operations.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, exercising powers conferred by section 9 of the Customs Act, 1962, declares village Pazhamathur in Chingleput District to be a warehousing station, effecting a territorial designation that enables the locality to function as a warehousing station for customs purposes.

Exchange rate amendment for Canadian Dollars effective, altering customs schedule entries under statutory authority notification.
Amendment substitutes serial No. 4 of the Schedule to Notification No. 64/88/NT-Cus., replacing the entry with an updated exchange rate for Canadian Dollars. The Central Government, relying on powers under the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 and the Customs Act, 1962, issues Notification No. 86/88-Cus. (N.T.) to set the revised rate and declares it effective from 9-12-1988.

Scope of customs exemption broadened to include zip fastener parts, extending the notified product description and coverage.
Amendment substitutes the phrase "Zip fasteners" with "Zip fasteners and parts thereof" in Notification No. 5/85-Cus, thereby bringing component parts within the notification's description; the change is made under the public-interest power of section 11-N of the Customs Act, 1962.

Customs amendment updates the notification schedule to list zip fasteners and their parts as covered items.
Amendment enacted under the government's powers in the Customs Act substitutes the existing Serial No. 14 in the Schedule to Notification No. 205/84-Customs with a new entry expressly identifying "Zip fasteners and parts thereof" as the substituted item appearing at Serial No. 14.

Rescission of import prohibition removes ban on a specified periodical under customs powers in public interest.
Central Government rescinds the earlier notification prohibiting import of the periodical "Peking Review" by exercising the power under section 11(1) of the Customs Act, stating the action is necessary in the public interest and revoking the customs-based import restriction.

Exchange rate amendment updates specified foreign currency rates, altering customs valuation and stamp act reference for import transactions.
Notification No. 82/88-Cus. (N.T.) amends Notification No. 64/88-N.T.-Cus. under the Indian Stamp Act and the Customs Act by substituting Schedule entries for serial Nos. 2 and 14 to prescribe revised exchange rates for Australian Dollars and Pound Sterling; the substituted rates are declared effective from 5-12-88 and supersede the earlier Schedule entries and interim amendments.

Drawback classification change: substitution of Schedule entry to cover made-up textile articles and garments for drawback purposes.
Amendment to the Drawback Rules substitutes the Schedule entry for S. No. 27, redefining the covered goods as made up articles, garments and all other articles, chiefly made from textile materials, not elsewhere specified, thereby clarifying the tariff classification for drawback purposes; enacted under section 75 of the Customs Act, 1962 and section 37 of the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944 and effective on Gazette publication.

Exemption from additional duty extended to goods already exempt from customs duty under prior notification.
The notification amends Notification No. 262/86 Cus. by inserting the words "and from the whole of the additional duty leviable thereon under section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act" after the phrase exempting goods from the whole of the duty of customs specified in the First Schedule, thereby extending the exemption to the additional duty component; the amendment is made under the powers of sub section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962.

Extension of notification validity prolongs expiry of specified customs exemption notifications by substituting a later calendar date.
The Central Government, under its statutory power, directs amendment of five specified customs exemption notifications by substituting the earlier expiry date in paragraph 2 with a later calendar date, thereby extending the period of validity of those exemptions for the listed notifications.