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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 Section 1

Short Title, Extent, Application and Commencement

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Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 Section 1 is part of Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 - Short Title, Extent, Application and Commencement. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) This Act may be called the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999.

(2) It extends to the whole of India.

(3) It shall also apply to all branches, offices and agencies outside India owned or controlled by a person resident in India and also to any contravention thereunder committed outside India by any person to whom this Act applies.

(4) It shall come into force on such date1as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:

Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.

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1. Came into force on 1-6-2000, vide G.S.R. 371 (E), dated 1st May, 2000..

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Section Section 1 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (Short Title, Extent, Application and Commencement) is reproduced on this page as part of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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