MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

(Department of Personnel and Training)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 29th July, 2019
G.S.R. 531(E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 and clause (5) of article 148 of the Constitution and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in relation to persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement:- (1) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Amendment Rules, 2019.
   (2) They shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in rule 13,-
   (a) in sub-rule (3), for clauses (i) and (ii), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:-
   “(i) rupees five thousand in the case of a Government servant holding any Group ‘A’ or Group ‘B’ post; and
   (ii) rupees two thousand in the case of a Government servant holding any Group ‘ $C$ ‘ post.”;
   (b) for sub-rule (4), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:-
   “Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rules (2) and (3), a Government servant, being a member of the Indian delegation or otherwise, may receive and retain gifts from foreign dignitaries in accordance with the provisions of the Foreign Contribution (Acceptance or Retention of Gifts or Presentations) Rules, 2012, as amended from time to time.”.
   [F. No. 11013/02/2019-Estt. A-III]
   SUJATA CHATURVEDI, Addl. Secy.
   Note : The Principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide S.O. No. 4177 dated the $12^{\text {th }}$ December, 1964 and subsequently amended as follows:-

3. S.O. 482, dated the 14th February, 1970;

4. S.O. 3643, dated the 4th November, 1972;
5. S.O. 83, dated the 13th January, 1973;
6. S.O. 846, dated the 28th February, 1976;
7. S.O. 2563, dated the 17th July, 1976;
8. S.O. 2691, dated the 24th July, 1976;
9. S.O. 4663, dated the 11th December, 1976;
10. S.O. 2859, dated the 17th September, 1977;
11. S.O. 2859, dated the 30th September, 1978;
12. S.O. 3, dated the 6th January, 1979;
13. S.O. 1270, dated the 10th May, 1980;
14. S.O. 4812, dated the 19th October, 1985;
15. S.O. 935, dated the 8th March, 1986;
16. S.O. 1124, dated the 22nd March, 1986;
17. S.O. 3159, dated the 20th September, 1986;
18. S.O. 3280, dated the 27 th September, 1986;17. S.O. 1965, dated the 8th August, 1987;
19. S.O. 1454, dated the 14th May, 1988;
20. S.O. 2582, dated the 6th October, 1990;
21. S.O. 3132, dated the 26th December, 1992;
22. G.S.R. 355, dated the 29th July, 1995;
23. G.S.R. 367, dated the 31st August, 1996;
24. G.S.R. 49, dated the 7th March, 1998;
25. G.S.R. 342, dated the 23rd October, 1999;
26. G.S.R. 458, dated the 27th December, 2003;
27. G.S.R. 376, dated the 22nd October, 2005;
28. G.S.R. 8, dated the 31st January, 2009;
29. G.S.R. 370 (E), dated the 9th May, 2011;
30. G.S.R. 149 (E), dated the 4th March, 2014;
31. G.S.R. 823 (E), dated the 19th November, 2014; and
32. G.S.R. 845 (E), dated the $27^{\text {th }}$ November, 2014.