Public-servant status extends to FEMA adjudication and appellate personnel, applying criminal-law accountability to designated officials. Section 33 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 treats the Adjudicating Authority, Competent Authority, Special Director (Appeals), and officers ... Summary
Public-servant status extends to FEMA adjudication and appellate personnel, applying criminal-law accountability to designated officials.
Section 33 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 treats the Adjudicating Authority, Competent Authority, Special Director (Appeals), and officers and employees serving under the Special Director (Appeals) as public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code. The provision was substituted in 2017, replacing the earlier coverage of the Chairperson, Members, officers and employees of the Appellate Tribunal, the Special Director (Appeals), and the Adjudicating Authority.
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