In exercise of the powers conferred by section 157 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise and Customs, hereby makes the following regulations to amend all regulations made under the said section and for the time being in force on the date of commencement of the Customs Tariff (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003 (1 of 2003), namely:-

1.(1) These regulations may be called the Customs Regulations under section 157 (Amendment) Regulations, 2003.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of the commencement of the Customs Tariff (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003 (1 of 2003).

2. In each of the regulations made under section 157 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), for any reference to the Chapter, heading or sub-heading of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), as the case may be, relating to any goods or class of goods, wherever referred to in the said regulation, the corresponding reference to the Chapter, heading and sub-heading of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) as amended by the Customs Tariff (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003 (1 of 2003) shall be deemed to have been substituted.

[F. No. 349/2/2002 - TRU]

(ALOK SHUKLA)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

Note: This notification intends to take care of the technical changes adopted in the numbering scheme for Customs classification through Customs Tariff (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003 (1 of 2003). These amendments do not involve any substantive changes in the existing regulations. Hence, the particulars of the individual regulation are not indicated.