Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999
3. Dealing in foreign exchange, etc.
Save as otherwise provided in this Act, rules or regulations
made thereunder , or with the general or special
permission of the Reserve Bank, no person shall-
1. deal in or transfer any foreign exchange or
foreign security to any person not being an authorized person;
2. make any payment to or for the credit of any
person resident outside India in any manner;
3. receive otherwise through an authorized
person, any payment by order or on behalf of any person resident outside India
in any manner;
Explanation.- For the purpose of this clause, where any person
in, or resident in, India receives any payment by order or on behalf of any
person resident outside India through any other person (including an
authorized person) without a corresponding inward remittance from any place
outside India, then, such person shall be deemed to have received such payment
otherwise than through an authorized person;
b. enter into any
financial transaction in India as consideration for. or in association with
acquisition or creation or transfer of a right to acquire, any asset outside
India by any person.
Explanation. - For the purpose of
this clause, "financial transaction" means making any payment to, or
for the credit of any person, or receiving any payment for, by order or on
behalf of any person, or drawing, issuing or negotiating any bill of exchange
or promissory note, or transferring any security or acknowledging any debt.