FOREIGN EXCHANGE REGULATION ACT, 1973

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S.1 Short title, extent, application and commencement

S.2 Definitions

S.3 Classes of officers of enforcement

S.4 Appointment and powers of officers of enforcement

S.5 Entrustment of functions of Director or other officer of enforcement

S.6 Authorised dealers in foreign exchange

S.7 Money-changers

S.8 Restrictions on dealing in foreign exchange

S.9 Restrictions on payments

S.10 Blocked accounts

S.11 Restrictions regarding assets held by non-residents

S.12 Special acounts

S.13 Restrictions on import and export of certain currency and bullion

S.14 Acquisition by Central Government of foreign exchange

S.15 Power of central Government to direct payment in forcign currency in certain cases

S.16 Duty of persons entitled to receive foreign exchange, etc.

S.17 Power to regulate the uses, etc., of imported gold and silver

S.18 Payment for exported goods

S.18(a) Payment for lease, hire or other arrangement

S.19 Regulation of export and transfer of securities

S.20 Restrictions on payment in respect of certain securities

S.21 Custody of Securities

S.22 Restrictions on issue of bearer securities

S.23 Acquisition by Central Government of foreign securities

S.24 Restriction on settlement, etc

S.25 Restriction on holding of immovable property outside India

S.26 Certain provisions as to guarantee in respect of debt or other obligation

S.27 Restrictions on persons resident in India associating themselves with or participating in concerns out side India

S.28 Restrictions on the appointment of certain persons and companies as agents or technical or management advisers in India

S.29 Restrictions on establishment of place of business in India

S.30 Prior permission of Reserve Bank required for taking up employment, etc., in India by nationals of foreign States

S.31 Restriction on acquisition, holding, etc., of immovable property in India

S.32 Regulation of booking of passages outside India and restrictions on foreign travels

S.33 Power to call for information

S.34 Power to search suspected persons and to seize documents

S.35 Power to arrest

S.36 Power to stop and search conveyances

S.37 Power to search premises

S.38 Power to seize documents, etc

S.39 Power to examine persons

S.40 Power to summon persons to give evidence and produce documents

S.41 Custody of documents, etc.

S.42 Encashment of cheque, draft, etc.

S.43 Inspection

S.44 Prohibition of disclosure of documents or information except in certain cases

S.45 Power of police officers and other officers to enter, search, etc.

S.46 Procedure in respect of foreign exchange or any other goods seized by police officers

S.47 Contracts in evasion of the Act

S.48 False statements

S.49 Failure to comply with conditions subject to which permissions, or licences have been given or granted under the Act to be contravention of the provisions of the Act

S.50 Penalty

S.51 Power to adjudicate

S.52 Appeal to Appellate Board

S.53 Powers of the adjudicating officer and the Appellate Board to summon witnesses, etc.

S.54 Appeal to High Court

S.55 Continuance of proceeding in the event of death or insolvency

S.56 Offences and prosecutions

S.57 Penalty for contravention of order made by adjudicating officer, Appellate Board and the High Court

S.58 Vexatious search, etc., by officers of Enforcement

S.59 Presumption of culpable mental state

S.60 Power to tender immunity from prosecution

S.61 Cognizance of offences

S.62 Certain offences to be non-cognizable

S.63 Confiscation of currency, security, etc.

S.64 Preparation, attempt, etc.

S.65 Correction of clerical errors, etc.

S.66 Application of 1[section 360 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973], and of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958

S.67 Application of the Customs Act, 1962

S.68 Offences by companies

S.69 Power of court to publish name, place of business, etc., of companies convicted under the Act

S.70 Recovery of sums due to Government

S.71 Burden of proof in certain cases

S.72 Presumption as to documents in certain cases

S.73 Supplemental provisions

S.73(a) Penalty for contravention of direction of Reserve Bank or for failure to file returns

S.74 Delegation

S.75 Power of Central Government to give directions

S.76 Factors to be taken into account by the Central Government and the Reserve Bank while giving or granting permissions or licences under the Act

S.77 Certain officers to assist officers of enforcement

S.78 Bar of legal proceedings