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Baggage Rules Pertaining To Tourists

Eligibility
Tourist is a person who is not normally resident in India and comes to India for purposes such as:
-	touring;
-	recreation;
-	sports;
-	health;
-	family reasons;
-	study;
-	religious piligrimage; or
-	business.

The passenger should not stay in India for a period of more than six (6) months in the course of any twelve (12) months period.

Tourists of foreign origin or Indian origin (other than tourists of Nepalese / Bhutanese origin arriving from Nepal / Bhutan respectively) are treated as tourists for the purpose of duty free allowance under Baggage Rules.

A passenger not normally resident in India and coming to India as a tourist, can stay in India only for a period of six (6) months. The period of six (6) months can be extended by the following authority:

Period of Stay	Authority
Beyond 6 months and upto 24 months	Commissioner of Customs
Beyond 24 months	Board of Customs and Central Excise

Articles Allowed

Articles are allowed to be brought into India by tourists subject to the following conditions:

Sl. No.

Item

Duty Payable

Conditions

Personal effects and travel souvenirs

Duty free

Articles are imported temporarily into India.

Articles are for personal use of the tourists and re-exported when the trousit leaves India.

Articles other than:
- Fire arms
- Catridges of firearms
- Cigarattes / Cigars / Tobacco
- Alcholic liquor / wines
- Gold / Silver

Duty free

Articles are imported by a foreign tourist.

Articles are intended to be gifted.

Value of the artciles should not exceed Rs.4,000/-.

Duty Free Allowance

A tourist coming to India is allowed articles free of duty as his bonafide baggage subject to the following conditions:

Sl. No.	Category	Articles allowed	Conditions
A.	Tourists of Indian origin	Used personal effects and travel souvenirs (excluding jewellery)	Artciles are for personal use of the tourist. Unconsumed goods are re-exported when the tourist leaves India.
A.	Tourists of Indian origin		Goods are used for satisfying daily necessities of life.
B.	Tourists of Nepalese / Bhutanese origin coming from Nepal / Bhutan respectively	Nil allowance
C.	Tourists of foreign origin other than: - persons of Nepalese origin coming from Nepal - persons of Bhutanese origin coming from Bhutan	Used personal effects and travel souvenirs (excluding jewellery)	Articles are for personal use of the tourist Unconsumed goods are re-exported when the tourist leaves India. Goods are used for satisfying daily necessities of life.

Personal effects:

Following personal effects are allowed to be imported into India by a tourist subject to the limit specified against each article:

i.	Personal Jewellery
ii	Camera with film rolls not exceeding twenty - One Number
iii.	Video camera / camcorder with accessories and with video cassettes not exceeding twelve - One Number
iv.	Pair of binoculars - One Number
v.	Portable colour television (not exceeding 15 cms in size) - One Number
vi.	Music system including compact disc player - One Number
vii.	Portable typewriter - One Number
viii.	Permabulator - One Number
ix.	Tent and other camping equipment - One Number
x.	Computer laptop / notebook - One Number
xi.	Electronic diary - One Number
xii.	Portable wireless receiving set (transister radio) - One Number
xiii.	Professional equipments, instruments and apparatus of appliances including professional audit / video equipments.
xiv.	Sports equipments such as fishing outfit (One Number), sporting firearm with fifty catridges (One Number), non-powered bicycle (One Number), canoe or ranges less than 51 metres long (One Number), skids (One pair), tennis rackets (Two Numbers), golf set (One Number - 14 pcs. with a dozen of golf balls)
xv.	Cell phone - One Number

Special Articles:

Certain categories of articles are allowed to be imported free of duty subject to the following conditions:

Sl. No.	Articles	Conditions
A.	New wearing apparels	Articles are required for persnal use. Articles should be in reasonable quantity. Importer should make an entry about the goods in TBRE form. Importer should submit an undertaking, if required.
B.	Sporting arms & ammunition	License allowing the passanger to possess the articles should be produced, if required. Importer should submit an undertaking, if required.
C.	Audio visual aids (like slides & films); professional equipment; instruments / appliances (like cine equipment and television equipment)	Importer should submit a written undertaking to re-export the articles on his departure from India.

Special concessions
Special concessions are allowed to tourists of foreign or Indian origin to import certain items free of duty in the following manner:

1.	Cigarattes - Upto 200 Nos.
2.	Cigars - Upto 50 Nos.
3.	Tobbacco - Upto 250 gms.
4.	Alchoalic liquior and wine - Upto 1 litre each.
5.	Catridges of fire arms - Upto 50 Nos.
6.	Domestic pets like dogs, cats, birds, etc. (by producing a helath certificate).
7.	Motor vehicles (subject to the regulations).

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