Customs Act, 1962 · Chapter XI: Special Provisions Regarding Baggage, Goods Imported or Exported by Post, Courier and Stores · Stores
Section 90: Concessions in respect of imported stores for the Navy
(1) Imported stores specified in sub-section (3) may without payment of duty be consumed on board a ship of the Indian Navy.
(2) The provisions of section 69 and Chapter X shall apply to stores specified in sub-section (3) as they apply to other goods, subject to the modifications that—
(a) for the words "exported to any place outside India" or the word "exported" wherever they occur, the words "taken on board a ship of the Indian Navy" shall be substituted;
(b) for the words "ninety-eight per cent". in sub-section (1) of section 74, the words "the whole" shall be substituted.
(3) The stores referred to in sub-sections (1) and (2) are the following:—
(a) stores for the use of a ship of the Indian Navy;
(b) stores supplied free by the Government for the use of the crew of a ship of the Indian Navy in accordance with their conditions of service.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
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