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GOVERNMENT OF
INDIA
MINISTRY OF
FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF
REVENUE)
Notification
No. 30/2016 - Customs (N. T.)
New Delhi, the
1st March, 2016
G.S.R. (E ).- In exercise of the powers
conferred by section 79 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and in
supersession of the Baggage Rules, 1998, except as respects things done or
omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby
makes the following rules, namely:-
1.
Short title and commencement. - (1) These rules may be called
the Baggage Rules, 2016.
(2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of
April, 2016.
2.
Definitions. – (1) In these rules, unless the context
otherwise requires, -
(i) “Annexure” means Annexure appended to these
rules;
(ii) “family” includes all persons who are residing
in the same house and form part of the same domestic establishment;
(iii) “infant” means a child not more than two years
of age;
(iv) “resident” means a person holding a valid
passport issued under the Passports Act, 1967 (15 of 1967) and normally
residing in India;
(v) “tourist” means a person not normally resident
in India, who enters India for a stay of not more than six months in the course
of any twelve months period for legitimate non-immigrant purposes;
(vi) “personal effects” means things required for
satisfying daily necessities but does not include jewellery.
(2) Words and expression used and not defined in
these rules but defined in the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) shall have the
same meaning respectively assigned to them in the said Act.
3.
Passengers arriving from countries other than Nepal, Bhutan or Myanmar.- An
Indian resident or a foreigner residing in India or a tourist of Indian origin,
not being an infant, arriving from any country other than Nepal, Bhutan or
Myanmar, shall be allowed clearance free of duty articles in his bona fide
baggage, that is to say, used personal effects, travel souvenirs and articles
other than those mentioned in Annexure I, upto the value of fifty thousand
rupees if these are carried on the person or in the accompanied baggage of the
passenger:
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