Notification No. 64/2008, Dated 29 May 2008

[To be published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary]

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

(Department of Revenue)

Notification No.64/2008-CUSTOMS (N.T.)

New Delhi, the 29 May, 2008

G.S.R.413 (E).-  In exercise of the powers conferred by section 75 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), section 37 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) and section 93A read with section 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Customs, Central Excise Duties and Service Tax Drawback Rules, 1995, namely:-

1.         (1)     These rules may be called the Customs, Central Excise Duties and Service Tax Drawback Amendment Rules, 2008.

            (2)             These rules shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2.         In the Customs, Central Excise Duties and Service Tax Drawback Rules, 1995,-

        (i) in rule 3, in sub-rule (1), after clause (iv) of the second proviso, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-

    “(v) on any of the goods falling within  Chapter 72 or heading 1006 or 2523 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975).”;

    (ii) in rule 6, after sub-rule (3),  the following sub- rule shall be inserted, namely:-

      “(4)No amount or rate of drawback shall be determined in respect of  any of the goods falling within  Chapter 72 or heading 1006 or 2523 of the First             Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975).”;

(iii) in rule 7, after sub-rule (4),  the following sub- rule shall be inserted, namely:-

“(5) No amount or rate of drawback shall be determined in respect of any of the goods falling within  Chapter 72 or heading 1006 or 2523 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975).”.

 (JAGMOHAN SINGH)

Under Secretary to the Government of India 

 F. No. 609/73/2008-DBK

Note:-    The principal rules were published vide notification No. 37/95-Customs  (N.T.), dated the 26^th May, 1995, published in the Gazette of India, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide G.S.R.441(E), dated the 26^th May, 1995, and was last amended vide notification No. 80/2006-Customs (N.T.), dated the 13^thJuly, 2006 [G.S.R. 419 (E), dated the 13^th July, 2006].