Notification No. 110/2008, Dated 22 Oct 2008

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

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)

New Delhi, the 22 October, 2008

NOTIFICATION No. 110/2008-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, on 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. 21/2002-Customs, dated the 1^st March, 2002 which was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary PART II, SECTION 3 Sub-Section (i)vide number G.S.R. 118 (E) of the same date, namely:-

In the said notification,-

(I) in the Table,-

(i) after S. No. 154 and the entries relating thereto, the following S. Nos. and entries shall be inserted, namely:-

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
154 A	48	Uncoated paper of a kind used for the printing of newspapers, of which not less than 50% by weight of the total fibre content consists of wood fibres obtained by a mechanical or Chemi-mechanical process, unsized or very lightly sized, having a surface roughness Parker Print Surf (1 Mpa) on each side not exceeding 2.5 micro metres (microns) weighing not less than 40 m² and not more than 65 gms/m²	2%	Nil	20 A

(II) in the Annexure,-

(i) after Condition No. 20, the following shall be substituted, namely:-

Condition No.

Conditions

(1)

(2)

“20 A.

If the importer, at the time of import,-

Is an establishment registered with the Registrar of Newspapers, India (RNI).”

[F.No. 341/45/2008-TRU]

(S. Bajaj)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note: The principal notification No. 21/2002-Customs, dated the 1^st March, 2002 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, PART II, SECTION 3 Sub-Section (i) vide number G.S.R. 118(E), dated the 1^stMarch, 2002 and was last amended vide notification No. 95/2008-Customs, dated the 4^th August, 2008, published vide number G.S.R.. 572(E) dated the 4th August, 2008.

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