[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II,

SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (I)]

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(Department of Revenue)

Notification No. 25/2009-Service Tax

New Delhi, the 19^th August, 2009.

G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 93 and 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Export of Services Rules, 2005, namely :-

I. (1) These rules may be called the, Export of Services (Amendment) Rules, 2009.

   (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Export of Services Rules, 2005, in rule 3, for the Explanation the following

Explanation shall be substituted, namely:-

"Explanation.-For the purposes of this rule “India” includes the installations, structures and vessels in the continental shelf of India and the exclusive economic zone of India.";

[F.No.B-l/l/2009-TRU]

(Limatula Yaden)

Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

Note. The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide G.S.R. 151(E), dated the 3^rd March, 2005 and were last amended by Notification No. 20/2008- Service Tax, dated the 10^th May, 2008 vide number G.S.R. 365 (E), dated the 10^th May, 2008.