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Issues: Whether penalty under section 8(3) read with section 8(4) of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 was sustainable when the appellant had used the foreign exchange for import of goods and filed the bill of entry/proof of import belatedly before the authorised banker.
Analysis: The appellant had admittedly imported the goods against the foreign exchange obtained and had filed proof of such import, though after the time mentioned in the Exchange Control Manual. Section 8(3) of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 required the foreign exchange to be used for the permitted import purpose, but did not prescribe any period within which proof of import had to be filed. Paragraph 7A.20 of Chapter 7 of the Exchange Control Manual only contemplated reminder by the authorised banker on non-filing after three months and did not create any penal consequence for delayed filing. On these facts, the delay in filing the bill of entry did not amount to a punishable contravention.
Conclusion: The penalty order was unsustainable and was set aside; the appeal was allowed.
Final Conclusion: Belated filing of proof of import, without any failure to utilise the foreign exchange for the permitted import, did not justify imposition of penalty under the foreign exchange law applied in the case.
Ratio Decidendi: Where the statute does not prescribe a time limit for filing proof of import and the governing manual does not impose a penalty for delay, late submission of the bill of entry after bona fide import does not constitute a penal contravention.
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