G.S.R. 775 (E) – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 157, read with sub-section (3) of section 160 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Foreign Privileged Persons’ (Regulation of Customs Privileges) Rules, 1957, namely :-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Foreign Privileged Persons’ (Regulation of Customs Privileges) Amendment Rules, 2002.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In rule 5 of the Foreign Privileged Persons’ (Regulation of Customs Privileges) Rules, 1957, in sub-rule (1B), the following proviso shall be inserted at the end, namely :-

“ Provided further that the facility of duty free sale of vehicles, after four years of import, shall be allowed to all privileged persons belonging to the United Nations or any other International Organization irrespective of the fact as to whether the United Nations or such other International Organization is allowing similar facility of duty free sale of vehicles to Indian privileged persons posted in the United Nations or such other International Organization, as the case may be.”

(D.S. GARBYAL)
UNDER SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

F.No.421/4/95-Cus.IV

Note - The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India vide notification Customs No.4, dated the 8th January, 1957 and last amended by notification No.33/2001-Customs(N.T.), dated the 27th June, 2001.