Temporary removal of imported capital goods permitted subject to policy conditions, allowing duty-free outward movement for repairs, processing or display.
A new condition empowers the Collector of Customs, subject to the conditions and limitations in the Import and Export Policy as amended, to permit goods imported for export production or goods manufactured therefrom to be temporarily removed from the Hundred Percent Export Oriented Undertaking without payment of duty for repairs, processing or display, provided the importer complies with the policy's conditions and any limits imposed by the Collector.

Auxiliary duty amendment removes Schedule entry 86 from Notification No.207/87 under Customs Act and Finance Act powers.
The Central Government, invoking section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 and section 93(4) of the Finance Act, 1987, by Notification No. 8/88-Cus dated 29-1-1988, amends Notification No. 207/87-Customs (12 May 1987) by omitting S. No. 86 and the entry relating thereto from the Schedule.

Rescission of exemption notification removes seed import exemption under authority of the Customs Act, invoking public interest.
The Central Government, under section 25(1) of the Customs Act, rescinds an earlier departmental exemption notification concerning certain seeds, citing necessity in the public interest and thereby withdrawing the prior customs exemption treatment for those seed imports.

Appointment of Central Excise Officer grants Additional Collector powers for enforcement within the Kandla Free Trade Zone.
The Deputy Collector of Customs, Kandla is appointed as Central Excise Officer and vested with all the powers of an Additional Collector of Central Excise under the Central Excise Act and rules, to be exercised within the area comprising the Kandla Free Trade Zone; the Kandla Free Trade Zone is defined by reference to clause (viia) of rule 2 of the Central Excise Rules, 1944.

Excise exemption for rubberised textile fabrics confirms no duty required where non levy practice prevailed during the earlier period.
Exemption directed for specified rubberised textile fabrics where a prevailing practice resulted in non-levy of excise duty and additional excise duty during the earlier period; the government directs that those duties shall not be required to be paid in respect of instances where such duties were not levied pursuant to that practice for the identified class of rubber predominant textile fabrics under the relevant tariff classification.

Award of Appreciation Certificate under departmental awards scheme recognizes Customs officers for specially distinguished service.
Award of Appreciation Certificates were conferred on seven named officers of the Customs and Central Excise Department for specially distinguished service, authorized by the President on Republic Day. The notification states the awards are made under clause (a)(i) of para 1 of the departmental awards scheme as published in the Gazette and amended from time to time.

Addition of Potassium Chlorate to excise notification updates self removal procedure under Central Excise Rules governing removals.
The amendment adds Potassium Chlorate, falling under Chapter 28, as item (aa) in the table annexed to the first paragraph of Notification No. 23/86 Central Excises, thereby modifying the scope of the self removal procedure under the Central Excise Rules.

Central Excise Amendment removes a defined item from rule two, modifying the scope of the Central Excise Rules.
The Central Excise (1st Amendment) Rules, 1988 effectuate the deletion of item (zg) from the definitional provisions in rule two, clause (ii), sub-clause (A) of the Central Excise Rules, 1944; the amendment is issued under the prescribed rulemaking power and takes effect on publication in the Official Gazette.

Customs exemption added for wood veneer by amendment exercising statutory power to modify customs notification.
The Central Government, invoking its power under section 25 of the Customs Act, amends Notification No. 132 Customs (dated 2 July 1980) by inserting a new Serial No. after Serial No. 57 in the Schedule to add wood veneer as an exempted item, thereby extending the notification's exemption to wood veneer on grounds of public interest.

Firearm transfer prohibition: baggage exemption amended to bar gifting or transfer during passenger or crew lifetime.
Amendment substitutes rule clause to require that a firearm brought as baggage shall not be gifted, given to a retainer, or otherwise parted with in the lifetime of the passenger or crew member who brought it; the change is made under statutory rulemaking authority and takes effect on publication in the official gazette.

Public sector bonds designation enables wealth-tax benefit for specified debentures; transferee must notify issuer within sixty days.
Central Government notification specifies certain secured, redeemable, non-convertible debentures issued by public enterprises as public sector bonds for clause (xvie) of section 5(1) of the Wealth-tax Act. The tax benefit is subject to a condition that, on transfer of such bonds, the transferee must inform the issuing company by registered post within sixty days of the transfer.

Additional duty exemption for fents and rags of man-made fabrics limits excess duty and restricts aggregate clearances.
Exemption grants that fents and rags of man-made fabrics under specified tariff headings are relieved from additional excise duty to the extent the duty does not exceed a capped ad valorem rate, subject to an aggregate annual clearance limit by manufacturers. The notification defines fents and rags by precise dimensional criteria, excludes certain items such as towels, and confines coverage to bona fide cut-pieces, damaged pieces and pieces arising during normal manufacturing, processing, packing or sampling.

Specified fabrics excise rates revised; tiered per-square-metre duties set by width, value and fibre content.
Amends Notification No. 254/87-C.E. by substituting a new Table that prescribes excise duties per square metre for fabrics under specified tariff headings, differentiated by width bands (up to 100 cm, 100-130 cm, and others), by value bands per square metre, and by polyester content where fabrics with polyester of seventy per cent or more are separately treated. The substitution sets discrete duty rates for each value band and includes an exclusion for goods covered by Notification No. 4/88-Central Excises.

Additional duty exemption caps excise liability for specified cellulosic and nylon fabrics based on material and weight bands.
Notification limits additional duty on fabrics under headings 54.09 and 55.08 by exempting them from any amount of additional duty that exceeds specified rates. It sets two material-based categories (cellulosic-origin fabrics and nylon filament yarn fabrics), each split into two weight-per-square-metre bands, and prescribes a maximum additional-duty amount applicable to each band, thereby capping excise liability for those specified fabrics.

Exclusion of processed knitted man-made fabrics: amendment narrows notification scope for finished knitted or crocheted textile products.
Amendment inserts a proviso excluding knitted or crocheted fabrics of man-made textile materials under the specified tariff sub-heading from the earlier notification where such fabrics have been subjected to one or more finishing processes (bleaching, dyeing, printing, shrink-proofing, tentering, heat-setting, crease-resistant processing or other listed processes), thereby narrowing the notification's scope for tariff/excise treatment.

Effective rate of additional duty for knitted fabrics of manmade fibres set in tiered bands by value per square metre.
The Central Government exempts goods under sub heading 6001.12 (knitted or crocheted fabrics of manmade textile materials) from that part of the additional duty under the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957 which exceeds the amounts calculated at specified effective rates per square metre: fifty paise where value per square metre does not exceed rupees ten, and one rupee twenty five paise where value per square metre exceeds rupees ten but does not exceed rupees twenty five.

Capital gains debentures notified under section 193 clause (iib) for treatment under the proviso to that section.
Notification designates the 3 year HUDCO Capital Gains Debentures issued by the Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd., New Delhi, as notified under the proviso's clause (iib) to section 193 of the Income tax Act, exercising the Central Government's power to classify those debentures for the proviso's withholding tax treatment.

Customs amendment: substitution of the monetary threshold in a tariff exemption notification, lowering the applicable amount.
Amendment to a customs exemption notification substitutes the previously specified monetary figure for aluminium ingots with a lower amount expressed in words, made by the Central Government under its statutory powers on grounds of public interest; the change is purely textual and confined to recalibrating the monetary threshold without altering other terms or scope of the original notification.

Customs amendment: inserts a new schedule entry under statutory powers to include a specified customs notification.
Amends Notification No. 207/87 Customs by inserting, after S. No. 309, a new Schedule entry to record Notification No. 3 Customs (dated 14th January, 1988). The Central Government acts under section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 read with section 93(4) of the Finance Act, 1987, asserting public interest as the basis for the amendment to the notification governing customs tariff/exemption provisions.

Customs exemption for specified imports used in jewellery manufacture for export, subject to licensing, bonds and export obligations.
The notification grants Customs exemption for specified goods imported for use in manufacture of jewellery for export from the Jhandewalan Special Export Oriented Complex, subject to authorisation of the export oriented undertaking, required licences and RBI permits, manufacture in customs bond, execution of a bond securing the prescribed export obligation and value addition, maintenance of accounts, use and retention of goods within the Complex, export of produced jewellery for the stipulated period, and payment of duties on goods not used or on expiry/cessation as specified.