In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and sub-section (12) of section 3 of Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 50/2017-Customs, dated the 30th June, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 785(E), dated the 30th June, 2017, namely:-
In the said notification,
(a) in the Table,-
(i) after serial number 212 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: -
"International Organisation means an International Organisation to which the Central Government has declared, in pursuance of section 3 of the United Nations (Privileges and Immunities Act) 1947 (46 of 1947), that the provisions of the Schedule to the said Act shall apply.
(ii) after serial number 359 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: -
(iii) after S. No. 557 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely: -
(iv) after S. No. 608 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely:-
(b) in the Annexure,
(i) after condition No. 102, the following condition shall be inserted, namely: -
(1) furnishes a certificate from an officer not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, to the effect that the imported medicines or drugs or vaccines (in respect of description, quantity and technical specifications) are supplied by United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Red Cross or an international organisation and are required for Central Government/State Government sponsored immunisation programmes; and
(2) furnishes an undertaking to the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or the Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, to the effect that the imported goods shall be used for the above purpose and he shall pay, on demand, in the event of his failure to use the imported goods for the above purpose, an amount equal to the difference between the duty leviable on such quantity of the imported goods but for the exemption under this notification";
(ii) after List 33 and the entries relating thereto, the following list and entries shall be inserted namely: -
"List 34 (See S. No. 359A of the Table)
(Ruchi Bisht)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Note: The principal notification No.50/2017-Customs, dated the 30th June, 2017 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Subsection (i), vide number G.S.R. 785(E), dated the 30th June, 2017 and last amended vide notification No. 76/2017-Customs, dated the 15th September, 2017, published vide number G.S.R. 1181 (E), dated the 15th September, 2017.