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Notification No. 20/2012-Customs Government hereby exempts dredgers falling under heading 8905 10 00 of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act, when imported into India, -(a) from the whole of the duty of customs leviable thereon under the said First Schedule; and (b) from that portion of the additional duty of customs leviable thereon under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act, as is in excess of one hundred twentieth part of the applicable duty for each month or part thereof for which the dredger has been granted a licence by the Director General of Shipping for stay in India.
Notification No.19/2012-Customs Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts dredgers falling under heading 8905 10 00 of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act, when imported into India, – (a) from the whole of the duty of customs leviable thereon under the said First Schedule; and
Notification No. 18/2012-Customs 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 further to amend the Project Imports Regulations, 1986, namely :- 1. (1) These regulations may be called the Project Imports (Amendment) Regulations, 2012.
Notification No. 17/2012-Customs G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-item (6) specified against heading 9801 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), the Central Government, having regard to the economic development of the country, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 42/96-Customs, dated the 23rd July, 1996, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 294(E), dated the 23rd July, 1996, namely:-
Notification No. 16/2012-Customs Central Government makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 25/99-Customs, dated the 28th February, 1999, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R.161(E), dated the 28th February, 1999, namely:-
Notification No. 15/2012-Customs In the said notification, in the Table annexed thereto, (i) against serial number 13, for the entry in column (3), the following entry shall be substituted, namely:- Digital still image video cameras. Explanation. – For the purposes of this entry, digital still image video camera means a digital camera not capable of recording video with minimum resolution of 800 x 600 pixels, at minimum 23 frames per second, for at least 30 minutes in a single sequence using the maximum storage (including expanded) capacity
Notification No. 14/2012-Customs Central Government being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts all the goods falling within the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 ( 51 of 1975), when imported into India, from whole of Secondary and Higher Education Cess which is leviable thereon under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Customs tariff Act, 1975, read with section 136, 138 and 139 of the said Finance Act.
Notification No. 13/2012-Customs In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), read with sections 91 and 94 of the Finance (No. 2), Act, 2004 (23 of 2004), the Central Government being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts all the goods falling within the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 ( 51 of 1975), when imported into India, from whole of Education Cess which is leviable thereon under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Customs tariff Act, 1975, read with sections 91, 93 and 94 of the said Finance Act.
Notification No. 12/2012-Customs Longest and most amended Customs Notification No. 21/2002 – Cus dated 1.3.2002 is superseded. The new Notification contains 521 items compared to 614 in Notification No. 21/2002. Some of the items in this exemption notification are not valid after 1st April 2012 that is after just 15 days of issue of Notification.
Notification No. 11/2012-Customs 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. 39/96-Customs, dated the 23rd July, 1996, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 291(E), dated the 23rd July, 1996, namely:-
