[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
New Delhi, the 16th May, 2013
No. 28 /2013-Customs
G.S. R. (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, 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. 12/2012-Customs, dated the 17th March,2012, published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i),vide G.S.R.185 (E), dated the
17th March,2012, namely:-
In the said notification, in the ANNEXURE,-
(I) against Condition No.41, in clause (c), in sub clause (iv), after the proviso, the following
shall be inserted, namely:-
"(d) where the goods so imported by the licensee or a sub-contractor of the licensee
are sought to be transferred, the importer produces to the Deputy Commissioner of
Customs or the Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, at the time of
such transfer, the following, namely:-
(i) a certificate from a duly authorised officer of the Directorate General of
Hydro Carbons in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of
India, to the effect that the said goods may be transferred in the name of
another sub-contractor of the licensee or another licensee or a sub-contractor of
such licensee (hereinafter referred to as the "transferee") and that the said
goods are required for petroleum operations to be undertaken under petroleum
exploration or mining leases referred to in clause (a);
(ii) undertaking from the transferee to comply with all the conditions of the
notification, including that he shall pay duty, fine or penalty that may become
payable, if any of the conditions of the notification are not complied with by
himself, where he is the licensee or by the licensee of the transferee, where
such transferee is a sub-contractor;
(iii) a certificate, in the case of a petroleum exploration license or mining
lease, as the case may be, issued or renewed after the 1st of April, 1999, by the
Government of India or any State Government on nomination basis, that no
foreign exchange remittance is made for the transfer of such goods undertaken
by the transferee on behalf of the licensee or lessee, as the case may be:
Provided that nothing contained in this sub-clause shall apply if such transferee
is an Indian Company or Companies.";
(II) against Condition No.43, in clause (c), in sub clause (iv), after the proviso, the following
shall be inserted, namely:-
"(d) where the goods so imported by the contractor or a sub-contractor of the
contractor are sought to be transferred, the importer produces to the Deputy
Commissioner of Customs or the Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case
may be, at the time of such transfer, the following, namely:-
(i) a certificate from a duly authorised officer of the Directorate General of
Hydro Carbons in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of
India, to the effect that the said goods may be transferred in the name of
another sub-contractor of the contractor or another contractor or a sub-
contractor of such contractor (hereinafter referred to as the "transferee") and
that the said goods are required for petroleum operations to be undertaken
under a contract referred to in clause (a);
(ii) undertaking from the transferee to comply with all the conditions of the
notification, including that he shall pay duty, fine or penalty that may become
payable, if any of the conditions of the notification are not complied with by
himself, where he is the contractor or by the contractor of the transferee, where
such transferee is a sub-contractor;
(iii) a certificate, in the case of a contract entered into by the Government of
India and a Foreign Company or Companies or, the Government of India and a
consortium of an Indian Company or Companies and a Foreign Company or
Companies, that no foreign exchange remittance is made for the transfer of
such goods undertaken by the transferee on behalf of the Foreign Company or
Companies, as the case may be:
Provided that nothing contained in this sub-clause shall apply if such
transferee is an Indian Company or Companies.";
(III) against Condition No.44, in clause (c), in sub clause (iv), after the proviso, the following
shall be inserted, namely:-
"(d) where the goods so imported by the contractor or a sub-contractor of the
contractor are sought to be transferred, the importer produces to the Deputy
Commissioner of Customs or the Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case
may be, at the time of such transfer, the following, namely:-
(i) a certificate from a duly authorised officer of the Directorate General of
Hydro Carbons in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of
India, to the effect that the said goods may be transferred in the name of
another sub-contractor of the contractor or another contractor or a sub-
contractor of such contractor (hereinafter referred to as the "transferee") and
that the said goods are required for such petroleum operations or coal bed
methane operations, as the case may be, to be undertaken under a contract
referred to in clause (a);
(ii) undertaking from the transferee to comply with all the conditions of the
notification, including that he shall pay duty, fine or penalty that may become
payable, if any of the conditions of the notification are not complied with by
himself, where he is the contractor or by the contractor of the transferee, where
such transferee is a sub-contractor;
(iii) a certificate, in the case of a contract entered into by the Government of
India and a Foreign Company or Companies or, the Government of India and a
consortium of an Indian Company or Companies and a Foreign Company or
Companies, that no foreign exchange remittance is made for the transfer of
such goods undertaken by the transferee on behalf of the Foreign Company or
Companies, as the case may be:
Provided that nothing contained in this sub-clause shall apply if such
transferee is an Indian Company or Companies.".
[F. No. B1/20/2013-TRU]
(Raj Kumar Digvijay)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Note.- The principal notification No. 12/2012-Customs, dated the 17th March, 2012 was
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide
number G.S.R. 185(E), dated the 17th March, 2012 and last amended vide notification
No-. 27/2013-Customs, dated the 10th May, 2013 published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R.301 (E), dated the
10th May, 2013.
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