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[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. 77 /2011-Customs (N.T.)
New Delhi dated the 14
th
November, 2011
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 79 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government makes the
following rules further to amend the Baggage Rules,1998, namely :-
1. (1) These rules may be called the Baggage (Amendment) Rules, 2011.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Baggage Rules, 1998, -
(I) for the letters "Rs.", wherever it occurs, the symbol "`" shall be substituted;
(II) for Appendix E, the following shall be substituted-
(1) (2)
(a) Tourists of Indian origin coming to India
other than tourists of Indian origin coming by
land routes as specified in Annexure IV;
(i) used personal effects and travel souvenirs, if -
(a) these goods are for personal use of the tourist, and
(b) these goods,other than those consumed during the stay in India,are re-
exported when the tourist leaves India for a foreign destination.
(ii) articles as allowed to be cleared under rule 3 or rule 4.
(b) Tourists of foreign origin, other than those
of Pakistani origin coming from Pakistan,
coming to India by air.
(i) used personal effects
(ii) articles other than those mentioned in Annexure I upto a value of ` 8000 for
personal use of the tourist or as gifts and travel souvenirs if these are carried on
the person or in the accompanied baggage of the passenger.
(c) Tourists - (i) of Pakistani origin coming
from Pakistan other than by land routes;
(ii) of Pakistani origin or foreign tourists
coming by land routes as specified in
Annexure IV;
(iii) of Indian origin coming by land routes as
specified in Annexure IV.
(i) used personal effects
(ii) articles other than those mentioned in Annexure I upto a value of ` 6000 for
personal use of the tourist or as gifts and travel souvenirs if these are carried on
the person or in the accompanied baggage of the passenger."
[F. No. 354/295/2011-TRU]
Raj Kumar Digvijay
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Note: - The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part II, Section III, Sub-Section (i) vide
notification No. 30/98-Customs (N.T), dated the 2
nd
June, 1998[ G.S.R. 296 (E), dated 2
nd
June, 1998] and were last
amended vide notification No.76/2006-Customs (N.T), dated the 30
th
June, 2006 [ G.S.R 392 (E), dated the 30
th
June, 2006].
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