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Foreign Trade (Exemption from application of Rules in certain cases) Amendment Order, 2017
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....may be called the Foreign Trade (Exemption from application of Rules in certain cases) Amendment Order, 2017. (2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definitions. In this order, unless the context otherwise requires:- (a) "Act" means the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (22 of 1992) as amended by the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Amended Act, 2010; (b) "Import Trade Regulations" means the Act and the rules and order made there under and the export and import policy; (c) "Rules" mean the Foreign Trade (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2015; (d) Words and expressions used in this Order and not defined but defined in the Act shall have the meaning....
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....der claim for exemption from duty or for refund of duty either in whole or in part: (i)Provided that such goods are imported by or on behalf of the Government or a country bordering on India or that the importer undertakes to produce within a specified period evidence that such goods have crossed the borders of India or in default to pay such penalty as the proper officer of customs may deem fit to impose on such goods: (ii)Provided further that nothing contained in this order will exempt any goods from the Import Trade Regulations; (h) by the person as passenger baggage to the extent admissible under the Baggage Rules for the time being in force: Provided that in the case of imports by a tourist, articles of high value whose re....
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....ing vehicles as defined in Article I of the Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles or the component parts thereof referred to in Article 4 of the said Convention and which are exempted from payment of customs duty under the relevant notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue): Provided that (i) such vehicles or component parts are re-exported within the period specified in the said notification or within such further period as the customs authorities may allow; (ii) the provisions of the said notification or of the "trip tyque or Carnel-De-Passage" permit are not contravened in relation to such vehicle or component parts: Provided further that....
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....ce, a declaration to the effect that the import in question has been approved by the Central Government is furnished by the importer to the Customs authorities; (t) deleted. (2) Nothing contained in the Rules shall apply to - (a) any goods exported by or under the authority of the Central Government; (b) any goods other than food-stuffs constituting the stores or equipment of any outgoing vessel or conveyance; (c) any goods constituting the bona fide personal baggage of any person, including a passenger or member of a crew in any vessel or conveyance, going out of India: Provided that the Wild Life (as defined in the wild life (Protection) Act,1972 (as amended from time to time) shall not be treated as part of such p....