CUSTOMS NOTIFICATION No.57/2001 Dated 29/05/2001

Secondhand Computers and Computer Peripherals - Exemption from Duty of Imports by Recognised Schools Run on Non-Commercial Lines
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 18/99-Customs, dated the 11th February, 1999, namely:-

In the said notification, -


1. For the words “or a local body”, the words “ or a local body or a recognized school run on a non-commercial basis by any organization” shall be substituted;
   
   
2. The following proviso shall be added at the end, namely:-
   
   “Provided that where the imports are made by a school run by any organization and such school is not run by the Central Government, State Government, Government of a Union territory or a local body, the importer shall furnish a certificate issued by the Education Department of the concerned State Government or the Government of the Union Territory, as the case may be, certifying that the said school is recognized by the State Government or the Government of the Union territory and is run on a non-commercial basis.”

Sd/-
(G.D. Lohani)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

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