Custom Act, 1962
65.
Manufacture and Other Operations in Relation to Goods in a Warehouse. –
(1)
With the sanction of the Assistant Commissioner of Customs and subject to such
conditions and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed, the owner of any
warehoused goods may carry on any manufacturing process or other operations in
the warehouse in relation to such goods.
(2)
Where in the course of any operations permissible in relation to any warehoused
goods under sub-section (1), there is any waste or refuse, the following
provisions shall apply :-
(a) if the whole or any part of the goods resulting from such operations
are exported, import duty shall be remitted on the quantity of the warehoused
goods contained in so much of the waste or refuse as has arisen from the
operations carried on in relation to the goods exported :
Provided that such waste or refuse is
either destroyed or duty is paid on such waste or refuse as if it had been
imported into India in that form;
(b) if the whole or any part of the goods resulting from such operations
are cleared from the warehouse for home consumption, import duty shall be
charged on the quantity of the warehoused goods contained in so much of the
waste or refuse as has arisen from the operations carried on in relation to the
goods cleared for home consumption.