Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
40. Transactions in foreign exchange
The Bank shall sell to or buy from any authorized person who
makes a demand in that behalf at its office in Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi or
Madras or at such of its branches as the Central Government may, by order,
determine, foreign exchange at such rates of exchange and on such conditions as
the Central Government may from time to time by general or special order
determine, having regard so far as rates of exchange are concerned to its
obligations to the International Monetary Fund:
PROVIDED that no person shall be entitled to demand to
buy or sell foreign exchange of a value less than two lakhs of rupees.
Explanation: In this section "authorized
person" means a person who is entitled by or under the Foreign Exchange Regulation
Act, 20[1973 (46 of 1973)] to buy, or as the case may be, sell, the
foreign exchange to which his demand relates.]