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      • 1. Short title
      • 2. Authority for authentication and the manner of authentication of documents
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3.
      • 4. Power of Reserve Bank to compound contravention
      • 5. The Power of Enforcement Directorate to compound contraventions
      • 6.
      • 7.
      • 8. Procedure for compounding
      • 9. Payment of amount compounded
      • 10.
      • 11.
      • 12. Contents of the order of the Compounding Authority
      • 13. Copy of the order
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Acquisition and transfer of property in India by an Indian citizen resident outside India
      • 4. Acquisition and transfer of property in India by a person of Indian origin
      • 5. Acquisition of immovable property for carrying on a permitted activity
      • 5-A. Purchase/sale of immovable property by Foreign Embassies/ Diplomats/Consulate Generals
      • 6. Repatriation of sale proceeds
      • 7. Prohibition on acquisition or transfer of immovable property in India by citizens of certain countries
      • 8. Prohibition on transfer of immovable property in India
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Restriction on acquisition or transfer of immovable property outside India
      • 4. Exemptions
      • 5. Acquisition and transfer of immovable property outside India
      • 1. Short title and commencement.
      • 2. Definitions.
      • 3. Restriction on acquisition or transfer of immovable property outside India.
      • 4. Exemptions.
      • 5. Acquisition and Transfer of Immovable Property outside India.
      • 1. Short title and commencement.
      • 2. Definitions.
      • 3. Acquisition and Transfer of Property in India by a NonResident Indian or an Overseas Citizen of India.
      • 4. Acquisition of Immovable Property for carrying on a permitted activity.
      • 5. Purchase/sale of Immovable Property by Foreign Embassies/Diplomats/Consulate Generals.
      • 6. Joint acquisition by the spouse of an NRI or an OCI.
      • 7. Acquisition by a LongTerm Visa holder.
      • 8. Repatriation of sale proceeds.
      • 9. Prohibition on acquisition or transfer of immovable property in India by citizens of certain countries.
      • 10. Prohibition on transfer of immovable property in India.
      • 11. Miscallaneous.
      • 12. Saving.
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Appointment of Adjudicating Authority
      • 4. Holding of inquiry
      • 5. Form of appeal
      • 6. Procedure before Special Director (Appeals)
      • 7. Contents of the order in appeal
      • 8. Representation of party
      • 9. Service of notices, requisitions or orders
      • 10. Form of appeal
      • 11. Procedure before Appellate Tribunal
      • 12. Contents of the order in appeal
      • 13. Representation of party
      • 14. Service of notices, requisitions or orders
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Prohibition to borrow or lend in foreign exchange
      • 4. Borrowing and lending in foreign exchange by an authorised dealer
      • 5. Borrowing and lending in foreign exchange by persons other than authorised dealer
      • 6. Other borrowings in foreign exchange under automatic route or with prior approval of the Reserve Bank of India under the approval route or as trade credit
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Prohibition on borrowing and lending in rupees
      • 4. Borrowing in rupees by persons other than companies in India
      • 5. Borrowing in rupees by Indian companies
      • 6. Restriction on use of borrowed funds
      • 7. Loans in rupees to non-residents
      • 8. Providing housing loan in rupees to a non-resident
      • 8-A. Rupee loans to NRI/PIO employees of Indian body corporate
      • 9. Continuance of rupee loan/overdraft to resident who becomes a person resident outside India
      • 10. Continuance of rupee loan in the event of change in the residential status of the lender
      • 11. Overdraft in rupee account maintained with authorised dealer in India by a bank outside India
      • 1. Short Title and Commencement.
      • 2. Definitions.
      • 3. Prohibition to Borrow or Lend.
      • 4. Borrowing from outside India in Foreign Exchange by a Person Resident in India.
      • 5. Lending in Foreign Exchange by a Person Resident in India.
      • 6. Borrowing in Indian Rupees by a Person Resident in India.
      • 7. Lending in Indian Rupees by a Person Resident in India.
      • 7A. Borrowing and lending by persons resident outside India.
      • 8. Continuation of loan in the event of change in the residential status of the lender/borrower.
      • 9. Any borrowing under erstwhile regulations can be continued as permitted up to the due date of repayment.
      • 1. Short title and commencement.
      • 2. Definitions.
      • 3.
      • 4. Inbound merger.
      • 5. Outbound merger.
      • 6. Valuation.
      • 7. Miscellaneous.
      • 8. Reporting.
      • 9. Deemed approval.
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Prohibition on drawal of foreign exchange
      • 4. Prior approval of Government of India
      • 5. Prior approval of Reserve Bank
      • 6.
      • 7. Use of International Credit Card while outside India
      • 1. Short title and commencement.
      • 2. Definitions.
      • 3. Restriction on investment by a person resident outside India.
      • 4. Restriction on receiving investment.
      • 5. Permission for making investment by a person resident outside India.
      • 6. Merger or demerger or amalgamation of Indian companies.
      • 7. Taxes and Remittance of sale proceeds.
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Restrictions on deposits between a person resident in India and a person resident outside India
      • 4. Exemptions
      • 5. Acceptance of deposits by an authorised dealer/authorised bank from persons resident outside India
      • 6. Other deposits made or held by authorised dealer
      • 7. Acceptance of deposits by persons other than authorised dealer/ authorised bank
      • 8. Deposits in certain other cases
      • 9. Acceptance of deposits by authorised dealer with the prior approval of Reserve Bank
      • 10. Nomination
      • 1. Short title and commencement.
      • 2. Definitions.
      • 3. Restrictions on deposits between a person resident in India and a person resident outside India.
      • 4. Exemptions.
      • 5. Acceptance of deposits by an authorised dealer/authorised bank from persons resident outside India.
      • 6. Acceptance of deposits by persons other than authorised dealer/ authorised bank.
      • 7. Other deposits made or held by authorised dealer.
      • 8. Nomination.
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Delivery of draft, cheque and other instrument for encashment
      • 4. Encashment of draft, cheque or other instrument
      • 5. Opening an account
      • 6. Indemnity
      • 7. Direction for payment of the proceeds
      • 8. Payment of interest on the seized Indian currency
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Prohibition against establishing branch or office in India
      • 4. Prohibition against establishing a branch or office in India by citizens of certain countries
      • 5. Application to Reserve Bank for opening branch or liaison office
      • 6. Activities which may be undertaken by the branch or office in India
      • 7. Remittance of profit or surplus
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions.
      • 3. Prohibition against opening a branch office or a liaison office or a project office or any other place of business in India.
      • 4. Approval for opening a branch office or a liaison office or a project office or any other place of business in India.
      • 5. Approval of the Reserve Bank in certain cases for establishment of branch office, liaison office or project office or any other place of business in India.
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Export and import of Indian currency and currency notes
      • 4. Prohibition on export of Indian coins
      • 5. Prohibition on export and import of foreign currency
      • 6. Import of foreign exchange into India
      • 7. Export of foreign exchange and currency notes
      • 8. Export and import of currency to or from Nepal and Bhutan
      • 1. Short title & commencement.
      • 2. Definitions.
      • 3. Export and Import of Indian currency and currency notes.
      • 4. Prohibition on Export of Indian coins.
      • 5. Prohibition on export and import of foreign currency.
      • 6. Import of foreign exchange into India.
      • 7. Export of foreign exchange and currency notes.
      • 8. Export and import of currency to or from Nepal and Bhutan.
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Declaration as regards export of goods and services
      • 4. Exemptions
      • 5. Indication of importer-exporter code number
      • 6. Authority to whom declaration is to be furnished and the manner of dealing with the declaration
      • 7. Evidence in support of declaration.
      • 8. Manner of payment of export value of goods
      • 9. Period within which export value of goods/software to be realised
      • 10. Export on elongated credit terms
      • 11. Submission of export documents
      • 12. Transfer of documents
      • 13. Payment for the export
      • 14. Certain exports requiring prior approval
      • 15. Delay in receipt of payment
      • 16. Advance payment against exports
      • 17. Issue of directions by Reserve Bank in certain cases
      • 18. Project exports
      • 1. Short title and commencement.
      • 2. Definitions.
      • 3. Declaration of exports.
      • 4. Exemptions.
      • 5. Indication of importer-exporter code number.
      • 6. Authority to whom declaration is to be furnished and the manner of dealing with the declaration.
      • 7. Evidence in support of declaration.
      • 8. Manner of payment of export value of goods.
      • 9. Period within which export value of goods/software/ services to be realised.
      • 10. Submission of export documents.
      • 11. Transfer of documents.
      • 12. Payment for the Export.
      • 13. Certain Exports requiring prior approval.
      • 14. Delay in Receipt of Payment.
      • 15. Advance payment against exports.
      • 16. Issue of directions by Reserve Bank in certain cases.
      • 17. Project exports.
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Restriction on holding foreign currency account by a person resident in India
      • 4. Opening, holding and maintaining an Exchange Earner's Foreign Currency Account
      • 5. Opening, holding and maintaining a Resident Foreign Currency Account
      • 5-A. Opening, holding and maintaining a Resident Foreign Currency (Domestic) Account
      • 6. Opening, holding and maintaining a Foreign Currency Account in India in certain other cases
      • 6-A. Foreign Currency Account of a Unit in a Special Economic Zone
      • 7. Opening, holding and maintaining a Foreign Currency Account outside India
      • 8. Limit on holding in a Foreign Currency Account
      • 9. Types of accounts
      • 10. Remittances out of the accounts after the account holder's death
      • 11. Responsibility of authorised dealers maintaining foreign currency accounts
      • 1. Short title and commencement.
      • 2. Definitions.
      • 3. Restriction on holding foreign currency account by a person resident in India.
      • 4. Opening, holding and maintaining Foreign Currency Accounts in India.
      • 5. Opening, holding and maintaining a Foreign Currency Account outside India.
      • 6. Types of accounts.
      • 7. Remittances out of the account after the account holder's death.
      • 8. Responsibility of authorised dealers maintaining foreign currency accounts.
      • 1. Short title and commencement.
      • 2. Definitions.
      • 3. Prohibition.
      • 4. Permission to a person resident in India to enter into a Foreign Exchange Derivative Contract.
      • 5. Permission to a person resident outside India to enter into a Foreign Exchange Derivative Contract.
      • 5A. Permission to a person resident in India to enter into currency futures or currency options
      • 5C. Permission to resident and nonresident entities to undertake hedge transactions with simplified procedures.
      • 6. Commodity hedge.
      • 6A. Freight hedge.
      • 7. Remittance related to a Foreign Exchange Derivative Contract.
      • 8. Remittance related to a Commodity Derivative Contract.
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Prohibition
      • 4. Guarantees which may be given by an authorised dealer
      • 5. Guarantees which may be given by persons other than an authorised dealer
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Permission to take or hold a general insurance policy issued by an insurer outside India
      • 4. Permission to take or hold a life insurance policy issued by an insurer outside India
      • 1. Short Title and Commencement.
      • 2. Definitions.
      • 3. Permission to take or hold a general insurance policy issued by an insurer outside India.
      • 4. Permission to take or hold a life insurance policy issued by an insurer outside India.
      • 1. Short title and commencement.
      • 2. Definitions.
      • 3.
      • 4.
      • 5.
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Restrictions on investment in a firm or a proprietary concern in India by a person resident outside India
      • 4. Permission for investment in certain cases
      • 5. Permission to a firm or a proprietary concern to make payment to a non--resident Indian or a person of Indian origin who has made investment
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Prohibition on transfer or issue of security
      • 4. Transfer or issue of security with the permission of Reserve Bank
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Manner of receipt in foreign exchange
      • 4. Payment for export in certain cases
      • 5. Manner of payment in foreign exchange
      • 6. Manner of payment in certain cases
      • 1. Short title & commencement.
      • 2. Definitions.
      • 3. Mode of Payment and Remittance of sale proceeds.
      • 4. Reporting Requirements.
      • 5. Delays in reporting.
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Permissible capital account transactions
      • 4. Prohibition
      • 5. Method of payment for investment
      • 6. Declaration to be furnished
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Limits for possession and retention of foreign currency or foreign coins
      • 4. Possession of foreign exchange by a person resident in India but not permanently resident therein
      • 1. Short title & commencement.
      • 2. Definitions.
      • 3. Limits for possession and retention of foreign currency or foreign coins.
      • 4. Possession of foreign exchange by a person resident in India but not permanently resident therein.
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Duty of persons to realise foreign exchange due
      • 4. Manner of repatriation
      • 5. Period for surrender of realised foreign exchange
      • 6. Period for surrender in certain cases
      • 6-A. Period for surrender of received/realised/unspent/unused foreign exchange by resident individuals
      • 7. Exemption
      • 1. Short title and commencement.
      • 2. Definitions.
      • 3. Duty of persons to realise foreign exchange due.
      • 4. Manner of Repatriation.
      • 5. Period for surrender of realised foreign exchange.
      • 6. Period for surrender in certain cases.
      • 7. Period for surrender of received/ realised/ unspent/ unused foreign exchange by Resident individuals.
      • 8. Exemption.
      • 1. Short title and commencement.
      • 2. Definitions.
      • 3.
      • 4. Regularization of assets held abroad by persons resident in India.
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Prohibition on remittance outside India of assets held in India
      • 4. Permission for remittance of assets in certain cases
      • 5. Permission to an Indian entity to remit funds in certain cases
      • 6. Reserve Bank's prior permission in certain cases
      • 1. Short title and commencement.
      • 2. Definitions.
      • 3. Prohibition on Remittance outside India of assets held in India.
      • 4. Permission for remittance of assets in certain cases.
      • 5. Permission to an Indian entity to remit funds in certain cases.
      • 6. Permission for remittance of assets on closure or remittance of winding up proceeds of branch office/ liaison office (other than project office).
      • 7. Reserve Bank's prior permission in certain cases.
      • 8. Payment of taxes.
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Appointment of Chairperson and Members of Appellant Tribunal on ad hoc basis
      • 1. Short title and commencement.
      • 2. Definitions.
      • 3. Restriction on issue or transfer of security by a person resident outside India.
      • 4. Restriction on an Indian entity to issue security to a person resident outside India or to record a transfer of security from or to such a person in its books.
      • 5. Permission for purchase of shares by certain persons resident outside India.
      • 6. Acquisition of right shares.
      • 6-A. Acquisition of bonus shares.
      • 6-B. Report to RBI.
      • 7. Issue and acquisition of shares after merger or de-merger or amalgamation of Indian companies.
      • 8. Issue of shares under Employees Stock Options Scheme to persons resident outside India.
      • 9. Transfer of shares and convertible debentures of an Indian company by a person resident outside India.
      • 10. Prior permission of Reserve Bank in certain cases for transfer of security.
      • 11. Remittance of sale proceeds.
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Prohibition on issue or transfer of foreign security
      • 4. Purchase and sale of foreign security by a person resident in India
      • 5. Prohibition on direct investment outside India
      • 6. Permission for direct investment in certain cases
      • 6-A. General permission for investment in agricultural operations overseas directly or through overseas offices
      • 6-B. General permission for investment in equity of a company registered overseas
      • 6-C. Investment by mutual funds
      • 7. Investment by Indian party engaged in financial services sector
      • 8. Omitted.
      • 9. Approval of Reserve Bank in certain cases
      • 9-A. Overseas investments by Registered Trust/Society
      • 10. Unique Identification Number
      • 11. Investment by capitalisation
      • 12. Export of goods towards equity procedure
      • 13. Post investment changes/additional investment in existing JV/WOS
      • 14. Acquisition of a foreign company through bidding or tender procedure
      • 15. Obligations of the Indian party
      • 16. Transfer by way of sale of shares of a JV/WOS outside India
      • 17. Transfer by way of sale of shares involving write-off
      • 18. Pledge of shares of Joint Ventures and Wholly Owned Subsidiaries
      • 19. Prior permission of the Reserve Bank for a proprietary concern in India to accept shares
      • 19-A. Overseas investments—Proprietorship concerns
      • 20. Investment by individuals
      • 21. Prohibition on issue of foreign security by a person resident in India
      • 22. Permission for purchase/acquisition of foreign securities in certain cases
      • 23. Transfer of a foreign security by a person resident in India
      • 24. General permission for acquisition of foreign securities as qualification/rights shares
      • 25. Prior permission from Reserve Bank in certain cases
      • 26. Investment by mutual funds and venture capital funds
      • 27. Opening of demat accounts by clearing corporations of stock exchanges and clearing members
      • 1. Short title and commencement.
      • 2. Definitions.
      • 3. Restriction on investment by a person resident outside India.
      • 4. Restriction on receiving investment.
      • 5. Permission for making investment by a person resident outside India.
      • 6. Acquisition through a rights issue or a bonus issue.
      • 7. Issue of shares under Employees Stock Options Scheme to persons resident outside India.
      • 8. Issue of Convertible Notes by an Indian startup company.
      • 9. Merger or demerger or amalgamation of Indian companies.
      • 10. Transfer of capital instruments of an Indian company by or to a person resident outside India.
      • 11. Pricing Guidelines.
      • 12. Taxes and Remittance of sale proceeds.
      • 13. Reporting requirements.
      • 14. Downstream Investment.
      • 15. Prohibited activities for investment by a person resident outside India.
      • 16. Permitted sectors, entry routes and sectoral caps for total foreign investment.
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3.
      • 4.
      • 5.
      • 6.
      • 7.
      • 8.
      • 1. Short title, extent, application and commencement.
      • 2. Definitions.
      • 3. Dealing in foreign exchange, etc.
      • 4. Holding of foreign exchange, etc.
      • 5. Current account transactions.
      • 6. Capital account transactions.
      • 7. Export of goods and services.
      • 8. Realisation and repatriation of foreign exchange.
      • 9. Exemption from realisation and repatriation in certain cases.
      • 10. Authorised person.
      • 11. Reserve Banks powers to issue directions to authorised person.
      • 12. Power of Reserve Bank to inspect authorised person.
      • 13. Penalties.
      • 14. Enforcement of the orders of Adjudicating Authority.
      • 15. Power to compound contravention.
      • 16. Appointment of Adjudicating Authority.
      • 17. Appeal to Special Director (Appeals).
      • 18. Establishment of Appellate Tribunal.
      • 19. Appeal to Appellate Tribunal.
      • 20. Composition of Appellate Tribunal.
      • 21. Qualifications for appointment of Chairperson, Member and Special Director (Appeals).
      • 22. Term of office.
      • 23. Terms and conditions of service.
      • 24. Vacancies.
      • 25. Resignation and removal.
      • 26. Member to act as Chairperson in certain circumstances.
      • 27. Staff of Appellate Tribunal and Special Director (Appeals).
      • 28. Procedure and powers of Appellate Tribunal and Special Director (Appeals).
      • 29. Distribution of business amongst Benches.
      • 30. Power of Chairperson to transfer cases.
      • 31. Decision to be by majority.
      • 32. Right of appellant to take assistance of legal practitioner or chartered accountant and of Government, to appoint presenting officers.
      • 33. Members, etc., to be public servants.
      • 34. Civil Court not to have jurisdiction.
      • 35. Appeal to High Court.
      • 36. Directorate of Enforcement.
      • 37. Power of search, seizure, etc.
      • 38. Empowering other officers.
      • 39. Presumption as to documents in certain cases.
      • 40. Suspension of operation of this Act.
      • 41. Power of Central Government to give directions.
      • 42. Contravention by companies.
      • 43. Death or insolvency in certain cases.
      • 44. Bar of legal proceedings.
      • 44A. Powers of Reserve Bank not to apply to International Financial Services Centre.
      • 45. Removal of difficulties.
      • 46. Power to make rules.
      • 47. Power to make regulations.
      • 48. Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament.
      • 49. Repeal and saving.
      • 1. Short title and commencement
      • 2.
      • 3. Object and construction of these regulations
      • 4. Overriding effect
      • 5. Withdrawal of general permission and unwinding of investments and transactions
      • 6. Permission to hedge certain transactions
      • 1. Short title and commencement.
      • 2. Definitions.
      • 3. Manner of Receipt in Foreign Exchange.
      • 4. Manner of Receipts in certain cases.
      • 5. Manner of payment in foreign exchange.
      • 6. Manner of Payment in certain cases.

The Foreign Exchange (Authentication Of Documents) Rules, 2000

Published vide G.S.R. 380(E), published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3(i), dated 4.5.2000.

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In exercise of the powers conferred by section 46 read with section 39 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to govern the procedure of authentication of documents, namely:-

1. Short title .-(1) These rules may be called The Foreign Exchange (Authentication of Documents) Rules, 2000.

(2) They shall come into force on 1st day of June, 2000.

2. Authority for authentication and the manner of authentication of documents .-Any document received from any place outside India purporting to have affixed, impressed or submitted thereon or thereto the seal and signature of any person who is authorised by section 3 of the Diplomatic and Consular Officer (Oaths and Fees) Act, 1948 (41 of 1948) to do any notarial acts shall be deemed duly authenticated for the purpose of section 39 of the Act.

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