The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) vide its Notification No 30/2021-Customs (NT) dated 17th March 2021 declared the New Jalpaiguri Railway Station as Land Custom Stations for the purpose of clearance of baggage. The said Railway Station connects Jalpaiguri in India to Dhaka in Bangladesh.
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 17th March, 2021
No. 30/2021- Customs (N.T.)
S.O. 1240(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (b) and (c) of sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 63/1994-Customs (N.T.), dated the 21st November 1994, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) vide number S.O. 830 (E), dated the 21st November 1994, namely:
In the said notification, –
(i) in the opening paragraph, after the twelfth proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: –
“Provided also that New Jalpaiguri Railway Station is appointed as Land Customs Station for the purpose of clearance of baggage.”;
(ii) in the TABLE, against serial number 2 relating to Bangladesh, in column (3) after item (62) and the corresponding entry relating thereto in column (4), the following entries in columns (3) and (4) shall respectively be inserted, namely:-
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| “(63) New Jalpaiguri Railway Station in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal | The rail route through Haldibari[1]Chilhati rail link connecting Jalpaiguri in India to Dhaka in Bangladesh”. |
[ F.No.550/03/2021-LC] BULLO MAMU, Under Secy.
Note: The principal notification No. 63/1994- Customs (N.T.), dated the 21st November 1994 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number S.O. 830(E), dated the 21st November 1994, and was last amended vide notification No. 27/2021-Customs (N.T.), dated the 5th March 2021, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) vide number S.O. 1052 (E), dated the 5th March 2021.
