Exemption to imports by Diplomats, Trade Representatives, etc.
In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 23 of the Sea Customs Act, 1878 (8 of 1878), the Central Government hereby exempts each of the following categories of goods imported into mdia and specified in column (2) of the Table below from the whole of the duty of Customs leviable thereon which is specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) and from the whole of the additional duty leviable thereon under Section 3 of the said Customs Tariff Act, subject to the conditions .and limitations specified against each such category in column (3) of the said Table, namely :—
TABLE
| Sl.No. | Goods | Conditions and limitations |
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| 1. | All goods, including motor vehicles, imported or purchased from bond, for the personal use by the following classes of members of the Diplomatic Missions in India and their families or on their behalf — (i) Ambassador, High Commissioner, Envoys, Extraordinary and Ministers, Plenipotentiary Charge-d' Affairs, Counsellors, First Secretaries, Second Secretaries, Third Secretaries and Attaches. (ii) Articles of office equipment and all other-goods, including motor vehicles, imported or purchased from bond by Ambassadors, High Commissioners, Envoys, Extraordinary and Ministers, Plenipotentiary and Charge-d' Affairs or any officer of the Mission authorised in this behalf for the Official use of their Missions. (iii) Calendars imported by the officers mentioned in item (i) for free distribution to the various agencies/public, if they are the product or manufacture of the country the officer represents. | Provided that — (a) a corresponding exemption is allowed to Indian Officers of the same status by the Government of the Diplomatic Mission concerned, and (b) the exemption of goods imported or purchased from bond under this concession is also subject to the Foreign Privileged Persons' (Regulation of Customs Privileges) Rules, 1957. |
| 2. | (i) Personal and household effects, excluding motor vehicles imported by the officials of the Diplomatic Mission in India, other than those holding diplomatic status, and by their families for their personal use on their first arrival to take up their appointments in India. (ii) One motor vehicle each imported by the officers of the Diplomatic Mission in India, other than those holding diplomatic status, for their personal use on their first arrival to take up their appointments in India. | Provided that — (a) the goods are imported within the time-limit fixed under the Baggage Rules made under Section 75 of the Sea Customs Act; (b) a corresponding exemption is allowed to Indian officers of the same status by the Government of the Diplomatic Mission concerned; (c) the claimants are nationals of the State employing them, are not normally resident in India, are sent by their respective Governments to posts in India and are not engaged in any gainful private occupation in India; and (d) the exemption of goods imported under this concession is also subject to the Foreign Privileged Persons' (Regulation af Customs Privileges) Rules, 1957. |
| 3. | (i) Personal and household effects and other articles, including motor vehicles, imported by or on behalf of the following classes of Career Consular Officers of Foreign States and their families, Consuls-General, Consuls (including Additional Consuls) and Vice-Consuls. (ii) Articles of office equipment including motor vehicles, imported for official use in a Consulate of a Foreign State to which a Career Consular Officer entitled to exemption under item (i) is posted. (iii) Calendars imported by the officers mentioned in item (i) for free distribution to the various agencies/public, if they are the product or manufacture of the country the officer represents. | Provided that — (a) the goods are imported at any time during the period the Consular Officer concerned holds his appointment in India; (b) a corresponding exemption is allowed to Indian Consular Officers of the same status by the Government which the Consular Officer represents; (c) the Consular Officer concerned is normally resident in India; (d) the Consular Officer is |
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