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1) The notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. G.S.R. 465(E), dated the 3rd May, 1990, G.S.R. 423 (E), dated the 20th April, 1992. G.S.R. 946(E), dated the 28th December, 1992 and G.S.R. 417(E), dated the 14th May, 1993. issued under sub-section (1) ofSection 25 of the Customs Act-by the Central Government shall stand amended and shall be deemed to have been amended in the manner as specified in the Eighth Schedule, on and from the date mentioned in column (4) of that Schedule against each of such notifications retrospectively and, accordingly, notwithstanding anything contained in any judgment, decree or order of any court, tribunal or other authority, any action taken or anything done or purported to have been taken or done under the said notifications, shall be deemed to be, and always to have been, for all purposes, as validly or effectively, taken or done as if the notifications as amended by this sub-section had been in force at all material times.
(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the Central Government shall have and shall be deemed to have the power to amend the notifications referred to in the said sub-section with retrospective effect as if the Central Government had the power to amend the said notifications under sub-section (1) ofSection 25 of the Customs Act-, retrospectively at all material times.