Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999
37. Power of search, seizure, etc.
(1) The Director of Enforcement and other officers of
Enforcement not below the rank of an Assistant Director shall take up for
investigation the contravention referred to in section 13.
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the
Central Government may also, by notification, authorize any officer or class of
officers in the Central Government, State Government or the Reserve Bank, not
below the rank of an Under Secretary to the Government of India to investigate
any contravention referred to in section 13.
(3) The officers referred to in sub-section (1) shall exercise
the like powers which are confer-red on income-tax authorities under the
Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) and shall exercise such powers, subject to
such limitations laid down under that Act.