[TO BE PUBLISHED IN PAART-II, SECTION-3, SUB-SECTION (ii) OF THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY]

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

(Department of Revenue)

(Central Board of Excise and Customs)

Notification No. 50/2011- Customs (N. T.)

New Delhi, 22^nd July, 2011

1 Shravana, 1933 (SAKA)

            S.O. … (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 63/1994-Customs (N.T.) dated the 21^st November, 1994, namely:-

In the said notification,-

1.   In the opening paragraph, after the third proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-

      “Provided also that the clearance of following class of goods only shall be permitted at Balat and Kalaichar Border Haats namely:-

(a)        locally produced vegetables, fruits, food items, spices;

(b)        minor local forest produce including bamboo, bamboo grass and broom stick but excluding timber;

(c )       produce of local cottage industry including gamcha, lungi and the like;

(d)        small locally produced agricultural household implements including dao, plough, axe, spade, chisel and the like; and,

(e)        locally produced garments, melamine products, processed food items, fruit juice and the like.

Explanation.- For the purposes of this notification, the term “locally produced” shall mean produce of the concerned border district.”

2.         In the TABLE, against serial number 2 relating to the land frontier of Bangladesh, in columns 3 and 4, after the existing entries, the following entries shall be inserted, namely:-

[F. No. 550/3/2010-LC]

(Abhinav Gupta)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note:- The Principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide Notification No. 63/1994-Customs (N. T.), dated, the 21^st November , 1994 (S. O. 830 (E), dated the 21^st November, 1994) and was last amended vide Notification No. 45/2010-Customs (N.T.), dated, the 4^th June, 2010 (S. O. 1322 (E), dated the 4^th June, 2010).