Tribunal Rules Compliance with Rules 3 & 4 of Customs 1996 is Procedural, Grants Exemption for 2003 Imports.

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....Requirement of Registration under Rules 3 and 4 of the Customs (Import of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty for Manufacture of Excisable Goods) Rules, 1996 - whether the requirements are procedural in nature or not - By holding that the Rules of 1996 are only procedural or directory in nature, the learned Tribunal has frustrated the very purpose of Rules 3 and 4 in question by holding that the Assessee is entitled to the exemption for import made on 28.6.2003.....