Customs exemption rate change reduces ad valorem exemption in specified machinery notifications under Customs Act authority.
Under the power conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962, the Central Government directs substitution of a lower ad valorem rate for the previously stated higher ad valorem rate in Notification Nos. 76/85-Cus., 77/85-Cus., 78/85-Cus. and 66/89-Cus., thereby amending the tariff exemption language applicable to specified machinery classified in Chapter 84.

Customs exemption rate change for colour jumbo films under statutory customs powers alters the notified tariff percentage.
Amendment to a customs exemption notification substitutes the previously notified percentage figure with a lower percentage for imports of colour jumbo films by expressly replacing the figures in Notification No. 266/86 Cus under the statutory customs power, invoked in the public interest.

Customs exemption amendment expands covered goods to expressly include penicillin V acid first crystals in the tariff description.
The Central Government, exercising powers under sub-section (1) of Section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962, amends Notification No. 11/86-Customs by substituting the words "and potassium penicillin V first crystals" with "potassium penicillin V first crystals and penicillin V acid first crystals," thereby expanding the descriptive coverage of the listed goods in the exemption notification.

Customs amendment expands exemption list to include bulk drug cefotaxime and ceftriaxone under Section 25 authority.
Central Government, exercising powers under sub-section (1) of Section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 and citing public interest, amends Notification No. 45/79-Customs by inserting two entries after Sl. No. 98 in the Table: Cefotaxime (Sl. No. 99) and Ceftriaxone (Sl. No. 100), thereby adding these bulk drugs to the notification's exemption schedule.

Customs exemption expansion: additional Nepalese imports now listed for preferential entry under amended notification regime.
Amendment inserts four additional commodity entries-BIDI, CHEWING GUM, BUBBLE GUM, and ASBESTOS CEMENT PIPE-into the Table of Notification No. 203/90 Customs, thereby expanding the list of Nepalese goods covered by the existing customs exemption effected under the powers of sub section (1) of Section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962.

Shipping Bill and Bill of Export form requirements mandate specified annexures, paper and layout specifications, and typewriter completion.
Regulation mandates that exporters present shipping bills in Annexures I-IV and bills of export in Annexures V-VIII, with those annexured forms determining content and layout. The forms must conform to specified physical and typographical standards-paper size and margins, paper grammage and humidity stability, caption typeface and placement, box layout and sizes-and must be completed using a typewriter. The regulation supersedes earlier forms and specifies its commencement.

Controls on acetic anhydride exports imposed to enable special measures and facilitate detection of illegal cross-border shipments.
Acetic anhydride is designated as a good subject to special measures under the Customs powers to check and facilitate detection of illegal exports across the Indo Burma and Indo Pakistan borders, and this notification supersedes the earlier related customs notification tying the measures to specified border enforcement regimes.

Exchange rate determination: notified currency conversion rates to standardise stamp duty and customs calculations effective September.
The Central Government notifies a Schedule prescribing the rate of conversion of each listed foreign currency into Indian currency and vice versa, effective 1st September 1991, for the purposes of calculating stamp duty and for Section 14 of the Customs Act; the Schedule lists each foreign currency and its equivalent rate to be applied for statutory conversions and supersedes the earlier notification.

Warehousing station declaration: Dhenkanal tehsil designated for customs warehousing under customs law, superseding earlier notification.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, exercising powers under the Customs Act, declares Dhenkanal tehsil in District Dhenkanal, State of Orissa, to be a warehousing station for customs purposes, superseding the earlier notification that previously designated warehousing status.

Auxiliary duty amendment removes a specified schedule entry from a customs exemption notification under statutory authority.
The Central Government, exercising powers under Section 25(1) of the Customs Act read with Section 3(4) of the Finance Act, 1991, amends Notification No. 109/91 Customs by omitting S. No. 87 and the entry relating thereto from the Schedule to that notification, thereby removing the specified exemption item as set out in Notification No. 123/91 Cus dated 21 8 1991.

Ad valorem tariff adjustment changes the applicable ad valorem rate in a customs notification under a statutory amendment.
The Central Government, exercising statutory authority under the Customs Act, amends Notification No. 100/90-Customs by substituting the figures and words in the Table annexed to that notification to change the previously specified ad valorem rate to a new ad valorem rate for the tariff entry concerning Chapter 84.

Exchange rate determination sets the statutory conversion rate for the Russian rouble to apply in customs valuation and conversion.
The Central Government, under sub-clause (i) of clause (a) of sub-section (3) of Section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, prescribes the rate of exchange for conversion of one Russian rouble into Indian currency or vice versa for customs purposes, superseding the earlier notification; the newly prescribed exchange rate is declared effective from the stated date and applies to customs valuation and statutory conversion requirements.

Appointment of Collector of Customs to adjudicate specified gold seizure cases across adjacent collectorates.
The Central Government designates the Collector of Customs (Judicial), Madras to exercise the powers of a Collector of Customs within the Collectorates of Central Excise, Coimbatore and Madras for the limited purpose of adjudicating specified seizure proceedings concerning certain gold consignments and a seized vessel, creating a common adjudicating authority confined to those incidents.

Tariff concession rate reduced for specified Chapter 84 goods, replacing prior higher ad valorem rate.
Operative amendment substitutes, in Notification No. 172/89 Customs, the figures and words "40 per cent ad valorem" with the figures and words "30 per cent ad valorem" under the authority of section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, thereby reducing the ad valorem rate specified for the relevant Chapter 84 items.

Auxiliary duty amendment removes specified scheduled exemptions under customs tariff, altering applicability of prior exemption notifications.
Amendment to auxiliary duty exemption notifications directs the removal of specified entries from existing exemption schedules under the customs tariff, narrowing the scope of exemptions by omitting listed serial numbers and their related schedule entries from two prior exemption notifications.

Extension of notification validity under the Customs Act prolongs an exemption notification's operative period.
The Central Government, exercising the powers under sub section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962, amends Notification No. 287/87 Customs by substituting the figures, letters and words in paragraph 2 specifying the expiry date with a new later expiry date, thereby extending the validity of the exemption notification for the substituted period.

Exchange rate determination for stamp duty and customs prescribed, superseding prior notification and effective from August.
Government notification prescribing exchange rates for conversion between specified foreign currencies and Indian currency for stamp duty and for section 14 of the Customs Act, superseding an earlier notification and taking effect from the first day of August, 1991, with rates listed in the Schedule for each currency.

Customs tariff amendment reduces ad valorem rate in notification, changing table entry and affecting exemption applicability.
Amendment under section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 substitutes the figures and words in column (4) of the Table annexed to Notification No. 99/90-Customs with a different ad valorem expression, thereby altering the tariff rate recorded in the annexed schedule and affecting the related exemption entries.

Auxiliary Duty amendment removes a specified schedule entry, altering the exemption notification's operative scope under customs law.
Central government, invoking statutory powers under the Customs Act and the Finance Act, amends Notification No. 109/91 Customs by deleting S.No. 86 and the entry relating thereto from the Schedule to that notification, thereby removing that specific exemption item from the notification's scope.

Transfer of Residence amendment raises monetary threshold for duty-free allowances, changing customs entitlement criteria by notification.
Amendment substitutes the monetary ceiling in rule 4 of the Transfer of Residence Rules, 1978 by replacing the previously specified figure with a higher figure, thereby changing the threshold relevant to customs allowances under those rules. The amendment is made under the authority of subsection (2) of section 79 of the Customs Act, promulgated by notification and brought into force on the date specified in the notification.