Foreign Trade (Development And Regulation) Act, 1992

Chapter IV: Search, Seizure, Penalty and Confiscation

Section 10. Power relating to search and seizure:

¹[(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, authorise any person for the purposes of exercising such powers with respect to,—

(a) entering such premises where the goods are kept, stored or processed, manufactured, traded or supplied or received for the purposes of import or export  and searching, inspecting and seizing of such goods, documents, things and conveyances  connected with such import and export of goods;

 (b) entering such premises from which the services  or technology  are being provided, supplied, received, consumed or utilised and searching, inspecting and seizing of such goods, documents, things and conveyances  connected with such import and export  of services  and technology  ,

subject to such requirements and conditions and with the approval of such officer, as may be prescribed  :

Provided that the provisions of clause (b) shall be applicable, in case of import of export  of services  or technology  , only when the service  or technology  provider is availing benefit under the foreign trade policy or is dealing with specified services or specified technologies  .]

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(2) The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), relating to searches and seizures shall, so far as may be, apply to every search and seizure made under this section.

Refer Circular No. 5/2010-Cus Dated 16/3/2010
Refer Notification No.51/2015-2020 Dated 20.02.2018
Refer Notification No. 02/2015-2020 Dated 24.04.2019

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