Organisational Set Up and Functions Of Enforcement
Directorate
Directorate of Enforcement has to detect cases of violation
and also perform substantially adjudicatory functions to curb
above malpractices.
The Enforcement Directorate, with its Headquarters at New Delhi
has seven zonal offices at Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi, Jalandhar,
Madras, Ahmedabad and Bangalore. The zonal offices are headed
by the Deputy Directors. The Directorate has nine sub-zonal
offices at Agra, Srinagar, Jaipur, Varanasi, Trivandrum, Calicut,
Hyderabad, Guwahati and Goa, which are headed by the Assistant
Directors. The Directorate has also a Unit at Madurai, which
is headed by a Chief Enforcement Officer. Besides, there are
three Special Directors of Enforcement and one Additional Director
of Enforcement.
The main functions of the Directorate are as under
- To collect and develop intelligence relating to violation
of the provisions of Foreign Exchange Regulation Act and
while working out the same, depending upon the circumstances
of the case:
- To conduct searches of suspected persons, conveyances
and premises for seizing incriminating materials (including
Indian and foreign currencies involved) and/or.
- To enquire into and investigate suspected violations of
provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act.
- To adjudicate cases of violations of Foreign Exchange
Management Act for levying penalties departmentally and
also for confiscating the amounts involved in contravent
ions;
- To realise the penalties imposed in departmental adjudication.
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