LawgistThe Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act
7Importer-exporter Code Number
No person shall make any import or export except under an Importer-exporter Code Number granted by the Director General or the officer authorised by the Director General in this behalf, in accordance with the procedure specified in this behalf by the Director General:
1 [Provided that in case of import or export of services or technology, the Importer-exporter Code Number shall be necessary only when the service or technology provider is taking benefits under the foreign trade policy or is dealing with specified services or specified technologies.]
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1 Ins. by s. 7, ibid. (w.e.f.27-8-2010).
All sections
- 1 Short title and commencement
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Powers to make provisions relating to imports and exports
- 4 Continuance of existing orders
- 5 Foreign Trade Policy
- 6 Appointment of Director General and his functions
- 7 Importer-exporter Code Number
- 8 Suspension and cancellation of Importer-exporter Code Number
- 9 Issue, suspension and cancellation of licence
- 9A Power of Central Government to impose quantitative restrictions
- 10 Power relating to search and seizure
- 11 Contravention of provisions of this Act, rules, orders and foreign trade policy
- 11A Crediting sums realised by way of penalties in Consolidated Fund of India
- 11B Empowering Settlement Commission for regularisation of export obligation default
- 12 Penalty or confiscation not to interfere with other punishment
- 13 Adjudicating Authority
- 14 Giving of opportunity to the owner of the goods (including the goods connected with services or technology), etc
- 14A Controls on export of specified goods, services and technology
- 14B Transfer controls
- 14C Catch-all controls
- 14D Suspension or cancellation of a licence
- 14E Offences and penalties
- 15 Appeal
- 16 Review
- 17 Powers of Adjudicating and other Authorities
- 18 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 18A Application of other laws not barred
- 19 Power to make rules
- 20 Repeal and savings
