Rule 7 - Details to be furnished for issue of notification for declaration of an area as Special Economic Zone - Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006

Details to be furnished for issue of notification for declaration of an area as Special Economic Zone.- 7. 1 [ (1) The Developer shall furnish to the Central Government, particulars required under Sub-section (1) of Section 4 with regard to the area referred to in Sub-section (2) or Sub-section (4) of Section 3, (hereinafter referred to as identified area), with a certificate from the concerned State Government or its authorized agency stating that the developer(s) have legal possession and irrevocable rights to develop the said area as SEZ and that the said area is free from all encumbrances : Provided that where the Developer has leasehold rights over the identified area, the lease shall be for a period not less than twenty years. ] 4 [ Provided further that the Board may relax the condition of encumbrance free area, in cases where the area is mortgaged or leased to the Central Government or State Government, or their authorized agency on mortgage or for lease, for reasons to be recorded in writing. ] (2) The identified area shall be contiguous and vacant and it shall have no public thoroughfare 2 [****]: 3 [ Provided that the Board may relax any or all of the conditions, except the condition regarding identified area to be a vacant land, specified in this sub-rule on a case to case basis on merits for reasons to be recorded in writing and with such conditions as the Board may decide. ] ****************** NOTES:- 1 . Substituted vide Notification No. S.O 393(E) dated 16.03.2007 , w.e.f. 16-03-2007 before it was read as, (1) The Developer shall furnish to the Central Government, particulars required under Sub-section (1) of Section 4 with regard to the area referred to in Sub-section (2) or Sub-section (4) of Section 3, (hereinafter referred to as identified area), with proof of legal right and possession and a certificate from the State Government or the authorized agency that the said area is free from all encumbrances: Provided that where the Developer has leasehold right over the identified area the lease shall be for a period not less than twenty years. 2 . Substituted vide Notification No. S.O 393(E) dated 16.03.2007 , w.e.f. 16-03-2007 before it was read as, subject to third proviso to clause (a) of sub-rule (2) of rule 5 3 . Inserted vide Notification No. S.O 393(E) dated 16.03.2007 , w.e.f. 16-03-2007. 4 . Inserted vide Notification No. G.S.R. 364(E) dated 03-06-2025 , w.e.f. 03-06-2025.