Compounding of Contraventions under FEMA, 1999
June 11, 2016
Notification dated 26.05.2016
Reserve Bank is empowered to compound contraventions. With a view to providing comfort to individuals and corporate community by minimizing transaction costs and the same time taking a serious view of wilful, malafide and fraudulent transactions, the Reserve Bank was, vide GSR 609 (E) dated September 13, 2004 empowered to compound all the contraventions of Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) except section 3(a) of FEMA.
To ensure more transparency and greater disclosure, it has now been decided as hereunder:
- Public disclosure of Compounding Orders
- Public disclosure of guidelines on the amount imposed during compounding
Revitalizing Distressed Assets in the Economy and Strategic Debt Restructuring Mechanism
Cyber Security Framework in Banks
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