Customs amendment: insertion of a new Schedule entry adding a referenced exemption notification under statutory powers.
Amendment to an existing customs exemption notification inserts a new entry into the Schedule of Notification No. 161/89-Customs by adding, after serial number 96, a new serial number 97 referencing Notification No. 225/89-Customs, effected under powers conferred by the Customs Act and the Finance Act.

Customs duty exemption for specified dead burnt magnesite imports permitting relief from duty above the statutory ad valorem threshold.
Exempts certain imports of dead burnt magnesite within Chapter 25 from customs duty in excess of a specified ad valorem threshold where the material meets defined silica, magnesium oxide and bulk density criteria; the relief is time limited and eligibility must be determined by applying those compositional and density requirements.

Warehousing station declaration allows designated locality to operate as customs-controlled storage under customs law and procedures.
Murbad Town in District Thane, Maharashtra is declared a warehousing station by notification exercising powers under the Customs Act, enabling the locality to function as a customs-controlled storage facility subject to applicable customs procedures and oversight.

Central Excise rule amendment mandates disclosure of factory name and address, replacing the prior sub clause provision.
The amendment substitutes an existing sub clause of the Central Excise Rules to require inclusion of the name and address of the factory in the relevant records or returns, enacted under statutory rule making authority and coming into force on the notified commencement date.

Customs exemption amendment removes specified entries from an earlier notification, narrowing the scope of tariff exemptions and applicability.
The Central Government, exercising statutory authority, omits S. Nos. 1, 3 and 10 and the entries relating thereto from the Table annexed to Notification No. 224/85-Customs, thereby modifying the scope of the miscellaneous exemption framework established by that notification as necessary in the public interest.

Customs amendment expands exemption scope, substituting specified lysine and methionine compounds in the notification.
The Central Government amends Notification No. 40/89-Customs by substituting the words "amino acids L Lysine and D L Methionine" with "L Lysine, L Lysine Mono Hydrochloride, D L Methionine and Methionine hydroxy analog," thereby expanding the description of covered amino acid compounds under the existing customs exemption in the public interest.

Customs notification amendment expands authorised signatory to include Development Commissioner office and extends notification validity to a later date.
The Central Government, invoking powers under Section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, amends Notification No. 297/87-Customs to insert the Director in the office of the Development Commissioner, Small Scale Industries as an authorised signatory in clause (i) and to substitute the original terminal date in paragraph 3 with a later terminal date, thereby extending the notification's operative period.

Exemption for gas containers testing: duty-free samples allowed subject to BIS certification, officer presence and destruction proof.
The amendment exempts duty on samples of containers for liquefied or compressed gas drawn for ISI testing, subject to conditions: BIS certification that the sample is required; sampling in presence of Central Excise officers; production of a BIS certificate of actual destruction within three months or such extended period as the Collector permits; and a written undertaking by the manufacturer to pay duty if the destruction certificate is not produced.

Tariff wording amendment includes products twisted after rolling, altering scope of a Central Excise notification.
The Central Government amended the Table to Notification No. 202/88-Central Excises by substituting the phrase in column (3) against S. No. 02: replacing "not further worked than hot rolled, hot drawn or hot extruded" with "not further worked than hot rolled, hot drawn or hot extruded, but including those twisted after rolling," having been made under statutory power on satisfaction of public interest.

Certificate requirement for exempt clearance: manufacturer must obtain authorised certificate and may seek extension from Assistant Collector.
Amendment expands authorised certifiers to include the Chairman or Member-Secretary of the Programme Management Board or the Director of Management Services, DRDL, and replaces the third proviso to require that where use is outside the factory the manufacturer must produce, within the prescribed period or any extension allowed by the Assistant Collector of Central Excise, a certificate from one of those authorised signatories indicating date of receipt and certifying actual use for systems and sub-systems of the Integrated Guided Missiles.

Excise duty exemption for potassium metal when produced at designated Heavy Water Plants and used for potassium amide manufacture.
An excise duty exemption applies to potassium metal under Chapter 28 when produced at the Heavy Water Plant, Baroda, and either consumed within that factory for manufacture of potassium amide or supplied to Heavy Water Plants at Tuticorin, Talchar, Thal or Hazira for manufacture of potassium amide.

Excise exemption for potassium amide: duty waived where produced from potassium metal and used as a heavy water catalyst.
Central Government exempts potassium amide under Chapter 28 from the whole excise duty where it is produced from potassium metal and consumed within the factory of production as a catalyst in the manufacture of heavy water, exercising power under the Central Excises and Salt Act and superseding the earlier notification on the subject.

Extension of Notification Validity: excise notification validity extended to 31st March 1992 by central government in public interest.
The Central Government, exercising sub section (1) of Section 5A of the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944, amends paragraph 2 of Notification No. 193/87 Central Excises by substituting the expiry date "16th day of August, 1989" with "31st day of March, 1992," thereby extending the notification's validity.

Excise exemption for flax fabrics: duty capped at a prescribed ad valorem rate under delegated public interest power.
The Central Government, exercising powers under sub section (1) of Section 5A of the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944, exempts flax fabrics under heading No. 53.05 from so much of the excise duty as exceeds the amount calculated at the rate of ten per cent ad valorem, thereby capping the duty payable on those goods.

Tariff amendment adds an additional tariff classification code to existing central excise notification under Modvat.
The Government, exercising powers under the Central Excise Rules, amends Notification No. 177/86-Central Excises by inserting an additional tariff classification code after an existing heading in the last proviso, thereby formally modifying the notification's tariff schedule under the Modvat framework.

Baggage allowance revision in rule 4B increases the fixed figure, effective upon Gazette publication under Customs Act authority.
The amendment replaces the numeric figure in rule 4B of the Baggage Rules, 1978 with a higher fixed figure; it is made under delegated rulemaking authority provided by the Customs Act and comes into force on publication in the Official Gazette.

Customs notification amendment updates tariff table entry by substituting polyphenylene oxide including modified polyphenylene oxide.
Amendment substitutes, in the Table annexed to Notification No. 48/89-Customs against S. No. 1, column (2), the entry "polyphenylene oxide including modified polyphenylene oxide", made under sub-section (1) of Section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 as necessary in the public interest.

Amendment to exemption notification: Polyphenylene Oxide entry updated, changing the listed product description in the tariff table.
Amendment substitutes the entry in column (3) against S. No. 14 in the Table to Notification No. 133/86-C.E., replacing it with "Polyphenylene Oxide including modified polyphenylene oxide" under the Central Excises and Salt Act exercise of powers.

Customs service fees amended: specified hourly rates and table structure for categories of customs officers and staff.
Amendment substitutes a new table in the 1968 Regulations prescribing time banded hourly fees for distinct categories of customs personnel-senior technical officers, air customs officers, examiners and preventive staff, and class IV staff-differentiating rates by working day and Sunday/holiday time bands, and adjusts regulatory column references to match the revised table; commencement is upon publication in the Official Gazette.

Affidavit substitution for employer certificate permitted for small retirement deposits, and Form I amended to reflect this procedural change.
Amendment permits an affidavit on stamped paper evidencing retirement benefits to be accepted in lieu of an employer certificate for deposits not exceeding a specified threshold; Form I paragraph (4) is revised to offer the certificate-or-affidavit option and a footnote added to delete the inapplicable choice. The amendments take effect from publication in the Official Gazette under the Deposit Scheme for Retiring Government Employees, 1989.