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Brought In Transit

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Brought in transit, of means to bring goods from any country into India by land, air, or amphibious means of transportation, where the goods are to be taken out from India on the same conveyance on which they are brought into India without any landing in India, but does not include a conveyance in innocent passage through Indian territory Indian territorial waters or Indian airspace of a foreign conveyance carrying goods.

Explanation I.--A conveyance is a foreign conveyance if it is not registered in India.

Explanation II.--A conveyance is in 'innocent passage' if it is not engaged in relevant activity and passes through or above Indian territorial waters or airspace without stopping or anchoring in India. [Weapons of Mass Destruction and Their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005 (21 of 2005), s. 4(b)].

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