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Core Purpose

Amendment by the Central Government of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, inserting a supplementary note and tariff item for spirits for industrial use and a new tariff heading for specified actionable claim, including online money gaming, under Section 11A(1) of the Customs Tariff Act.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, through Notification No. 72/2023-Customs (N.T.), S.O. 4291(E) dated 30 September 2023, issued under sub-section (1) of section 11A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), further amends the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. In Chapter 22, it inserts a Supplementary Note defining Spirits for industrial use, for tariff item 2207 10 12, as rectified spirits used for industrial preparation of pharmaceutical, food or healthcare products, excluding preparation of alcoholic liquors for human consumption, and inserts tariff item 2207 10 12 with a duty rate of 150%. In Chapter 98, it substitutes the chapter heading to read Project imports; laboratory chemicals; passengers' baggage, personal importations by air or post; ship stores; actionable claims, inserts Note 8 defining Online money gaming and specified actionable claim by reference to clauses (80B) and (102A) of section 2 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), and inserts a new tariff heading 9807, Specified actionable claim, with six sub-items covering actionable claims involved in betting, casinos, gambling, horse racing, lottery, and online money gaming, each at a Nil duty rate. The amendments take effect from 1 October 2023. Issued under F. No. 528/07/2023-STO(TU) and signed by Ananth Rathakrishnan, Director (Customs).

Full Text

6220 GI/202 3 (1) रजिस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No . D. L. -33004/99 EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4120] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 30, 2023/ ASVINA 8, 194 5 CG-DL-E-30092023-249090 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue ) NOTIFICATION New Delhi , the 30th September , 2023 No. 72/2023 -Customs (N.T.) S.O. 4291(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub -section (1) of section 11A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, namely: - In the First Sc hedule to the Customs Tariff Act, — (a) in Chapter 22, — (i) after Sub -heading Note, the following Supplementary Note shall be inserted, namely: — ‘Supplementary Note : 1. For the purposes of tariff item 2207 10 12, “Spirits for industrial use” means rectified spirits which are used for industrial preparation of pharma, food, healthcare products or such other products, except for use in preparation of alcoholic liquors for human consumption.’; (ii) in heading 2207, after tariff item 2207 10 11 and the entries relating thereto, the following tariff item and entries shall be inserted, namely: — “2207 10 12 ---- Spirits for industrial use l 150% -”; (b) in Chapter 98, — (i) for the Chapter heading, the following Chapter headin g shall be substituted, namely: — “Project imports; laboratory chemic als; passengers’ baggage, personal importations by air or post; ship stores; actionable claims”; (ii) after Note 7, the following Note shall be inserted, namely: — ‘8. For the purposes of heading 9807, the expressions “Online money gaming” and “specified actionable claim” shall have the same meaning as respectively assigned to them in clauses (80B) and (102A) of section 2 of the Central Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017(12 of 2017). (iii) after tariff item 9806 00 00 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely: — “9807 Specified actionable claim 9807 10 00 - Actionable claim involved in or by way of betting - Nil - 9807 20 00 - Actionable claim involved in or by way of casinos - Nil - 9807 30 00 - Actionable claim involved in or by way of gambling - Nil - 9807 40 00 - Actionable claim involved in or by way of horse racing - Nil - 9807 50 00 - Actionable claim involved in or by way of lottery - Nil - 9807 60 00 - Actionable claim involved in or by way of online money gaming - Nil -”. 2. This notification shall come into force with effect from the 1st day of October, 2023. [F. No. 528/07/2023 -STO(TU) ] ANANTH RATHAKRISHNAN , Director (Customs) Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.

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