Prescribes rate of custom duty on Import of Gold & Silver by an eligible Passenger.

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Prescribes rate of custom duty on Import of Gold & Silver by an eligible Passenger.

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....ustoms, dated the 30th September, 1994, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide, G.S.R. No. 734(E), dated the 30th September, 1994,and notification No.31/2003-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2003,published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide, G.S.R. No. 166(E), dated the 1st March, 2003, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts goods of the description specified in column (2) of the Table below and falling under Chapter 71 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), when imported into India by an eligible passenger, from so much of the duty of customs....

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.... subject to the conditions (i) and (ii) of para 2 above, and subject to further condition that such eligible passenger files a declaration in the prescribed form before the proper officer of customs at the time of his arrival in India declaring his intention to take delivery of the gold or silver from such a customs bonded warehouse and pays the duty leviable thereon before his clearance from customs. Explanation.- For the purposes of this notification, "eligible passenger" means a passenger of Indian origin or a passenger holding a valid passport, issued under the Passports Act, 1967 (15 of 1967), who is coming to India after a period of not less than six months of stay abroad; and short visits, if any, made by the eligible passenger duri....

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....ts studded with stones or pearls 5% 3. Silver, in any form including ornaments , but excluding ornaments studded with stones or pearls 6% (2) The exemption is subject to the following conditions, namely:- (i) the duty shall be paid in convertible foreign currency; (ii) the quantity of import shall not exceed ten kilograms of gold and one hundred kilograms of silver per eligible passenger; and (iii) the gold or silver is either carried by the eligible passenger at the time of his arrival in India or is imported by him within fifteen days of his arrival in India. Notwithstanding anything contained above, the exemption under this notification shall also apply to gold or silver taken delivery of by an eligible passenger from a customs b....

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Prescribes rate of custom duty on Import of Gold & Silver by an eligible Passenger.