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THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MANAGEMENT ACT, 1999
Title : THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MANAGEMENT ACT, 1999

Year : 1999

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CHAPTER VI
DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCMENT


36.Directorate of Enforcement.


36. Directorate of Enforcement.-(1) The Central Government shall establish a Directorate of Enforcement with a Director and such other officers or class of officers as it thinks fit, who shall be called officers of Enforcement, for the purposes of this A t.

(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the
Central Government may authorise the Director of Enforcement or an Additional Director of Enforcement or a Special Director of
Enforcement or a Deputy Director of Enforcement to appoint offi ers of Enforcement below the rank of an Assistant Director of
Enforcement.

(3) Subject to such conditions and limitations as the Central
Government may impose, an officer of Enforcement may exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed on him under this Act.


37.Power of search, seizure, etc.


37. Power of search, seizure, etc.-(1) The Director of
Enforcement and other officers of Enforcement, not below the rank of an Assistant Director, shall take up for investigation the contravention referred to in section 13.(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the
Central Government may also, by notification, authorise any officer or class of officers in the Central Government, State
Government or the Reserve Bank, not below the rank of an Under
Secre ary to the Government of India to investigate any contravention referred to in section 13.(3) The officers referred to in sub-section (1) shall exercise the like powers which are conferred on income-tax authorities under the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) and shall exercise such powers, subject to such limitations laid down under that A
t.


38.Empowering other officers.


38. Empowering other officers.-(1) The Central Government may, by order and subject to such conditions and limitations as it thinks fit to impose, authorise any officer of customs or any central excise officer or any police officer or any other officer o the Central Government or a State Government to exercise such of the powers and discharge such of the duties of the Director of
Enforcement or any other officer of Enforcement under this Act as may be stated in the order.

(2) The officers referred to in sub-section (1) shall exercise the like powers which are conferred on the income-tax authorities under the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), subject to such conditions and limitations as the Central Government may impose.



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