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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
Notification No. 31/2014-Customs
New Delhi, the 11th November, 2014
G.S. R. (E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of
section 25 of the Customs Act,1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government being
satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the
following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in
the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue)
No. 12/2012-Customs, dated the
17th March,2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
Section 3, Sub-section (i),vide number G.S.R.185 (E), dated the 17th March,2012,
namely:-
In the said notification,-
(a) in the Table, after serial number 121and the entries relating thereto, the
following serial number and the entries shall be inserted, namely :-
| “121A |
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The following bunker fuelsfor use in ships or vessels, namely:-
(i) IFO 180 CST;
(ii) IFO 380 CST. |
Nil |
Nil |
101”; |
(b)after the Table, in the proviso, after clause (bc), the following clause
shall be inserted, namely:-
“(bd) the goods specified against serial number 121A of the said Table on or
after the 11th day of May 2015; ” ;
(c) in the ANNEXURE, after condition number 100 and the entries relating
thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely:-
| 101 |
If,-
- the bunker fuels are imported for use in ships or vessels which are
registered under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958) and fly the Indian
flag only;
- such ships or vessels carry cargo between two or more Indian ports
(including an intermediate foreign port);
- such ships orvessels carry either containerised export-import cargo or
empty containers or both between such ports;
- such ships or vessels do not file any cargo related documentation under the
Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962)with the Customs authorities, other than an import
manifest (IGM) or an export manifest (EGM), as the case may be;
- the Master of the vessel or his authorised agent and the importer submit a
declaration-cum-undertaking stating the quantity of bunker fuels required under
this notification to the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy
Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, based on a document certifying the
consumption rate of fuel issued by any classification society which is a member
of International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) and the distance
proposed to be covered by the vessel during its voyage;
- the Master of the vessel or his authorised agent and the importer submit an
undertaking to the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of
Customs, as the case may be, to pay, in the event of his failure to comply with
any of the aforesaid conditions, an amount equal to the duty leviable on such
goods but for the exemption contained therein, along with the applicable
interest thereon.”.
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[F. No. 354/126/2014-TRU]
(Akshay Joshi)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Note.- The principal
notification No. 12/2012-Customs, dated the 17th March,
2012 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3,
Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 185(E), dated the 17th March, 2012 and last
amended by
notification No.30/2014-Customs, dated the 20th October, 2014,
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3,
Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R 736(E), dated the 20th October, 2014.
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