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November 2022

Hierarchy of FEMA

By Dr. Anup P. Shah, Chartered Accountant
Reading Time 20 mins
INTRODUCTION

One of the common questions which a newly qualified CA / Lawyer often asks is “How does one Study FEMA?” The Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) has been around since 1999 and before that it existed as the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 (FERA). In spite of such a long lineage, this question refuses to die down.

A possible reason for this confusion could be the multiple sources of legislations which one comes across when dealing with FEMA. In addition, there are different agencies which one encounters under this law. Through this article let us examine the hierarchy of FEMA and the various types of legislations one encounters when dealing with foreign exchange transactions in India!

CENTRAL ACT

The Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 is a Central Statute of the Parliament and is the supreme statute when it comes to regulating all foreign transactions in India. The Preamble to the Act states that it is a law relating to foreign exchange with the objective of facilitating external trade and payments and for promoting the orderly development and maintenance of the foreign exchange market in India. It applies to the whole of India and even to an office, branch or agency abroad which is owned or controlled by a person resident in India.

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