**Policy Summary**
This notification, No. 68/2017-Customs, issued by the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, Government of India, dated July 27, 2017, introduces amendments to Notification No. 96/2008-Customs, dated August 13, 2008. The amendment, made under the powers conferred by subsection (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962, adds the Republic of Niger and the Republic of Guinea to the schedule of countries listed in the original notification. The purpose of this amendment is deemed to be in the public interest. The responsible officer for this notification is Mohit Tewari, Under Secretary, and the file number is F. No. 354/189/2005-TRU Vol. II. The principal notification No. 96/2008-Customs was last amended by Notification No. 46/2016-Customs, dated August 23, 2016. The notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Subsection i.
Key Entities Referenced
Customs Act, 1962: An act of the Parliament of India that consolidates the law relating to customs duties.
Central Government: The executive authority of the Union of India.
Ministry of Finance: A ministry in the Government of India responsible for the country's finances and economy.
Department of Revenue: A department under the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, responsible for tax collection.
New Delhi: Capital of India; place of notification.
Republic of Niger: A country in West Africa.
Republic of Guinea: A country in West Africa.
G.S.R. 962(E): A government notification number.
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MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 27th July, 2017
No. 68/2017-Customs
G.S.R. 962(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. 96/2008-Customs, dated the 13th August, 2008, published
vide number G.S.R. 590(E), dated the 13th August, 2008, namely:—
In the said notification, in the Schedule, after serial number 34 and the entries relating thereto, the
following serial numbers and entries shall be added, namely:—
S. No. Name of Country
“35 Republic of Niger
36 Republic of Guinea”.
[F. No. 354/189/2005-TRU (Vol. II)]
MOHIT TEWARI, Under Secy.
Note: The principal notification No. 96/2008-Customs, dated the 13th August, 2008 was published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 590(E), dated
the 13th August, 2008 and was last amended by notification No. 46/2016-Customs, dated the
23rd August, 2016, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i)
vide number G.S.R. 813(E), dated the 23rd August, 2016.
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