Foreign Trade (Development And Regulation) Act, 1992

CHAPTER II: POWER OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO MAKE ORDERS AND ANNOUNCE ¹[FOREIGN TRADE POLICY] ^[helldodold[EXPORT AND IMPORT POLICY]^helldod]

Section 6. Appointment of Director General  and his functions:

(1) The Central Government may appoint any person to be the Director General  of Foreign Trade for the purposes of this Act.

(2) The Director General  shall advise the Central Government in the formulation of the ¹[foreign trade policy] ^[helldodold[Export and Import Policy]^helldod] and shall be responsible for carrying out that policy.

(3) The Central Government may, by Order  published in the Official Gazette direct that any power exercisable by it under this Act (other than the powers under sections 3, 5, 15, 16 and 19) may also be exercised, in such cases and subject to such conditions, by the Director General  or such other officer subordinate to the Director General, as may be specified in the Order  .

1. Substituted and inserted by Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 2010