https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=98167 The Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947 was treated as creating strict liability for bringing gold into India in breach of the Reserve Bank permission regime, so mens rea was not essential where the statutory scheme placed the burden of proving permission on the accused. A general RBI notification, once duly published in the Official Gazette, was enforceable without proof of actual knowledge, as ignorance of law was no excuse and no personal notice was required. Gold carried by a passenger was also held to fall within the declaration requirement where the notification required manifest entry, because a narrow reading would defeat the purpose of the control scheme. en-us Mon, 24 Aug 1964 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:17:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=98167 The Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947 was treated as creating strict liability for bringing gold into India in breach of the Reserve Bank permission regime, so mens rea was not essential where the statutory scheme placed the burden of proving permission on the accused. A general RBI notification, once duly published in the Official Gazette, was enforceable without proof of actual knowledge, as ignorance of law was no excuse and no personal notice was required. Gold carried by a passenger was also held to fall within the declaration requirement where the notification required manifest entry, because a narrow reading would defeat the purpose of the control scheme. Case-Laws Companies Law Mon, 24 Aug 1964 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=98167