[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. 57/2017-Customs (N.T.)

New Delhi, the 29
th
June, 2017

G.S.R. (E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by section 74 of the Customs Act, 1962
(52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Re-export
of Imported Goods (Drawback of Customs Duties) Rules, 1995, namely:-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Re-export of Imported Goods (Drawback of Customs Duties)
Amendment Rules, 2017.

(2) They shall come into force on 1
st
July, 2017.

2. In the Re-export of Imported Goods (Drawback of Customs Duties) Rules, 1995,-

(a) in rule 2, for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-

„(a) “drawback” in relation to any goods exported out of India, means the refund of duty or tax or
cess as referred to in the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) and paid on importation of such
goods in terms of section 74 of the Customs Act;‟;

(b) in rule 5, in sub-rule (1), in the proviso, the words “or Principal Commissioner or Commissioner
of Customs and Central Excise” wherever they occur shall be omitted.


[F. No. 609/53/2017-DBK]



(Anand Kumar Jha)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note: The principal rules were published vide notification No. 36/95-Cus. (N.T.), dated the 26
th
May,
1995, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number
G.S.R. 440(E), dated the 26
th
May, 1995, and was last amended vide Notification No. 56/2014-Cus
(N.T.), dated the 6
th
August, 2014, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3,
Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 565(E), dated the 6
th
August, 2014.
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