The Foreign Aircraft (Exemption from Taxes and Duties on Fuel and Lubricants) Act, 2002
# THE FOREIGN AIRCRAFT (EXEMPTION FROM TAXES AND DUTIES ON FUEL AND
 LUBRICANTS) ACT, 2002
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 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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SECTIONS

1. Short title and extent.

2. Definitions.
3. Exemption from levy of taxes and duties on fuel and lubricants supplied to aircraft of other

countries.

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# THE FOREIGN AIRCRAFT (EXEMPTION FROM TAXES AND DUTIES ON FUEL AND
 LUBRICANTS) ACT, 2002

 ACT NO. 36 OF 2002

[11th June, 2002.]

# An Act to implement Agreements entered into by India with other countries in pursuance of the
 Convention on International Civil Aviation opened for signatures at Chicago on the 7th December, 1944.

WHEREAS a Convention on International Civil Aviation was signed by India on the 7th

December, 1944;

AND WHEREAS India, having signed the said Convention, entered into Agreements with the parties to

the said Convention to exempt the taxes and duties on fuel and lubricants supplied in India to the aircraft
of the contracting parties.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

**1. Short title and extent.—(1) This Act may be called the Foreign Aircraft (Exemption from Taxes**

and Duties on Fuel and Lubricants) Act, 2002.

(2) It extends to the whole of India.

**2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—**

(a) “Agreements” means the Air Services Agreements or Air Transport Agreements entered into

by India with parties to the Convention;

(b) “Convention” means the Convention on International Civil Aviation opened for signatures at

Chicago on the 7th December, 1944.

**3. Exemption from levy of taxes and duties on fuel and lubricants supplied to aircraft of other**

**countries.—Where, in pursuance of the Convention or Agreement with any other country or countries, it**
is necessary to grant exemption from levy of taxes and duties on fuel and lubricants filled into receptacles
forming part of any aircraft of any other country or countries under any law of a State or Union territory
in India, the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make such provisions as
may be necessary for giving effect to the said Convention or Agreement and thereupon the said provision
shall apply accordingly and, notwithstanding anything contrary contained in any other law, shall in such
application have the force of law in India.

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