9th January, 1992

Notification No. 2/92 - Foreign Travel Tax

 

           G.S.R.  35 (E). In exercise of the powers conferred by section 36 of the Finance Act, 1979 (21 of 1979), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary and expedient so to do, hereby exempts the following categories of passengers, namely, the Head of State, the Vice-President, Crown Prince, Head of Government, Foreign Minister, officials of any foreign state, and their spouses accompanying such passengers during their State or official visit to India and treated as guest of the Government of India by the Ministry of External Affairs, from payment of foreign travel tax leviable under sub-section (1) of section 35 of the said Act, in respect of their international journey to any place outside India at the end of the said visit subject to the condition that in each case, a certificate to this effect, in the form annexed herewith, recommending grant of the exemption, duty signed by the Chief of Protocol, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, is produced to the Assistant Collector of Customs before commencement of the journey.

Under Secretary to the Government of India

[ No. 2-FTT/92 –F. No. 306/29/91-FTT]

 

  Serial No. _____  

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
(PROTOCOL DIVISION)

New Delhi, dated:  

FOREIGN TRAVEL TAX EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE  

It is certified that the following class of persons, namely, the Head of State, the Vice- President, Crown Prince of a State, Head of a Government, or the Foreign Minister of a foreign State, officials and the guests accompanying them, was/were/ treated as guest/guests of the Government of India during his/her/their State or official visit to India during the period from __     ___ to ________________:-

Sl. No.                    Name                                      Designation 

 

 

It is recommended that in terms of the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue No. 2/FTT/92 dated 9th January, 1992, he/she/they may be granted exemption from payment of foreign Travel Tax in respect of their international journey to any place outside India at the end of the said visit.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL  

To, 

  1. The Assistant Collector of Customs
  2. Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue ( CBEC-FTT)

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