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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-19012024-251491
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 284]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2024/PAUSHA 29, 1945
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 19th January, 2024
S.O. 293(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 43 of the Arms Act, 1959
(54 of 1959), and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India, Extraordinary, Part- II, Section 3,
Sub-section (ii) vide S.O. 5607(E) dated the 1st November, 2018, the Central Government hereby directs that, the
powers and functions which are exercised and performed by it under section 10 of the said Act, shall also be exercised
and performed by the following officers, namely:-
(a) the Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and
Industry or an officer authorised by him in this behalf for import of Arms and Ammunition as specified in
Schedule I of Arms Rules, 2016, except for import of items for defence use as specified in the Annexure, for
which the Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence
or an officer authorised by him in this behalf shall be the authority;
(b) the Secretary to the Government of India in Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence or an
officer authorised by him in this behalf for export of Arms and Ammunition as specified in Schedule I of the
Arms Rules, 2016.
2. The powers and functions under this notification shall be exercised and performed by the said officers subject to
following conditions, namely: -
(i) the Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and
Industry and the Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Defence Production, Ministry of
Defence shall observe the policies and instructions laid down by the Central Government in the Ministry of
Home Affairs and shall not enunciate any new policy or issue instructions in relation thereto without the prior
consent of the Central Government in the Ministry of Home Affairs; and
(ii) the Central Government may revoke such delegation of powers and functions or may itself exercise or
perform the powers or functions under the said section, if in its opinion such a course of action is necessary in
the public interest.
Annexure
Restricted items (only for defence use):
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| Sl.| EXIM Code | Item Description |
| No.| | |
+====+====================+================================================================================+
| 1. | 87100000 | Tanks and other Armoured Fighting vehicles, motorized, whether or not fitted |
| | | with weapons and parts or such vehicles. |
+----+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 2. | 93011100, 930110 | Self-propelled Artillery Weapons (for example, guns, howitzers and mortars). |
+----+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 3. | 93012000 | Rocket Launchers/Flame Throwers/Genade Launchers, Torpedo Tubes and similar |
| | | projectors. |
+----+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 4. | 93062100, 93063000 | Cartridges and parts thereof. |
+----+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 5. | 9301 | Military Weapons, other than revolvers and pistols. |
+----+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 6. | 93020000 | Revolvers and Pistols (only for defence use). |
+----+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 7. | 9306 | Bombs, Grenades, Torpedoes, Mines, Missiles and Similar Munitions of war and |
| | | parts thereof; Cartridges and other ammunition and projectiles and parts |
| | | thereof, including shot and cartridges wads. |
+----+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | CCECCNS | Description |
+====+====================+================================================================================+
| 8. | 2B018 | Equipment as follows (only for defence applications). |
| | | Specialized machinery, equipment, gear and specially designed parts and |
| | | accessories therefore, including but not limited to the following, that are |
| | | specially designed for the examination, manufacture, testing and checking of |
| | | arms, appliances, machines and implements of war. |
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| | | (a) Armour plate drilling machines, other than radical drilling machines. |
+----+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | | (b) Armour plate planing machines. |
+----+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | | (c) Armour plate quenching presses. |
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| | | (d) Centrifugal casting machines capable of casting tunes 6 feet (183 cm) or |
| | | more in length, with a wall thickness of 2 inches (5 cm) and over. |
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| | | (e) Gun barrel rifling and broaching machines, and tools therefor. |
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| | | (f) Gun barrel rifling machines. |
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| | | (g) Gun barrel trepanning machines. |
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| | | (h) Gun boring and turning machines. |
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| | | (i) Gun honing machines of 6 feet (183 cm) stroke or more. |
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| | | (j) Gun jump screw lathes. |
+----+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | | (k) Gun rifling machines. |
+----+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | | (l) Gun straightening presses. |
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| | | (m) Induction hardening machines for tank turret rings and sprockets. |
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| | | (n) Jigs and fixtures and other than metal-working implements or accessories |
| | | of the kinds exclusively designed for use in the manufacture of firearms, |
| | | ordnance and other stores and appliances for land, sea or aerial warfare. |
+----+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | | (o) Small arms chambering machines. |
+----+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | | (p) Small arms deep hole drilling machines and drill therefor. |
+----+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | | (q) Small arms rifling machines. |
+----+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | | (r) Small arms spill boring machines. |
+----+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | | (s) Tank turret bearing grinding machines. |
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[F. No. V-11026/23/2021-Arms (Pt.I)]
ANIL SUBRAMANIAN, Jt. Secy.
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