[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)

Notification
No.31/2016 - Customs (N. T.)

New Delhi,the 1
st
March 2016
G.S.R. (E).-In exercise of powers conferred by clause (a) of section 81 of the Customs
Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following
regulations further to amend the Customs Baggage Declaration Regulations, 2013, namely:-
1. (1) These regulations may be called the Customs Baggage Declaration (Amendment)
Regulations, 2016.

(2) They shall come into force on the 1
st
day of April, 2016.

2. In the Customs Baggage Declaration Regulations, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as the
said regulations), in regulation 3, for the words “All passengers who come to India”, the
words “All passengers who come to India and have anything to declare or are carrying
dutiable or prohibited goods”, shall be substituted.

3. In the said regulations, in Form 1,-

(a) in serial number 10, after item (ix) and the entries relating thereto, the following item
and entries shall be inserted, namely:-
“(x) Drones Yes/No”;
(b) for the Table, the following Table shall be substituted, namely:-
“Customs Duty Free Allowance
TABLE
Eligible passenger Origin country Duty free allowance
(1) (2) (3)
Passengers of Indian origin
and foreigners residing in
India, excluding infants

Tourists of foreign origin,

Other than Nepal, Bhutan,
Myanmar
Rs 50, 000/-



Rs 15,000/-

excluding infants
Passengers of Indian origin
and foreigners residing in
India, excluding infants

Tourists of foreign origin,
excluding infants


Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar


By air Rs. 15,000/-
By land - Nil
Indian passenger who has been
residing abroad for over one
year
Anywhere Gold jewellery:
Gentleman – 20 gms with
a value cap of Rs.
50,000/-
Lady – 40 gms with a
value cap of Rs.
1,00,000/-
All passengers Anywhere Alcohol liquor or wine: 2
litres
All passengers Anywhere Cigarettes: 200 numbers
or Cigars upto 50 or
Tobacco 250 grams
Passenger of 18 years and
above
Anywhere One laptop computer
(note book computer)”.

[F. No.334/8/2016 -TRU]



(Mohit Tewari)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note: The principal regulations were published, vide, notification no. 90/2013- Customs (N.T.),
dated the 29
th
August, 2013 in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section
(i), vide, number G.S.R. 584(E), dated the 29
th
August, 2013 and last amended, vide, notification
no. 10/2014- Customs (N.T.), dated the 10
th
February, 2014, published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide, number G.S.R, 82(E), dated the 10
th

February, 2014.
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