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Applied rate of duty means the standard rate of duty specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), with respect to the goods specified in the said Table, read with any other notification for the time being in force, issued in respect of such goods under sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) but not including the notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) Nos. 236/89-Customs dated the 1st September, 1989, 26/95-Customs dated the 16th March, 1995 and 105/99-Customs dated the 10th August,1999.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), read with sub-section (4) of section 118 of the Finance Act, 1999 (27 of 1999), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts all gods specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975), when imported into India, from the surcharge of customs leviable thereon under sub-section (1) of section 188 of the Finance Act, 1999.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), read with sub-section 118 of the Finance Act, 1999 (27 of 1999), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby rescinds notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finanace (Department of Revenue), No. 58/99-Customs, dated the 11th May, 1999, published in the Official Gazette vide number G.S.R. 330(E), dated the 11th May, 1999.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby rescinds the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 22/99-Customs, dated the 28th February, 1999, published in the Official Gazette vide number G.S.R. 158(E), dated the 28th February, 1999.
In exercise of the powers conterred 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 rescinds following notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), namely.
The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide notification No. 42/96-Customs, dated the 23rd July, 1996 [G.S.R. 294 (E), dated the 23rd July, 1996] and was last amended by notification No. 29/99-Customs, dated the 28th February, 1999.
The principal notification No. 51/96-Customs, dated the 23rd July, 1996 was published in the Official Gazette, vide G.S.R. 303(E), dated the 23rd July, 1996 and was last amended by notification No. 28/98-Customs, dated the 2nd June, 1998.
Provided further that the exemption under this notification shall bot be applicable in respect of goods mentioned against serial No.3, where the mode of levy of duty of customs under the said First Schedule is ad valorem or specific, whichever is higher, if the sum of duty calculated at such ad valorem rate and the surcharge calculated on the basis of the ad valorem duty exceeds the anmount of duty calculated at the specific rate.
Provided that in respect of the goods specified against S. Nos. 24, 25, 26 , 31 and 32 of the said Table, “Nil” rate shall be subject to the conditions, if any, subject to which the goods are exempt either partially or wholly from the duty of customs leviable thereon which is specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act.
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 exempts goods falling under the heading No. or sub-heading No. of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975.