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2015 (5) TMI 1033 - HC - FEMANature of offences - whether Offences, punishment of which extend to seven years, under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 FERA) being noncognizable in terms of Section 62 of the Act, are bailable or nonbailable? - Held that:- Under FERA the power in terms of Section 45 of the FERA though has been given to police officer and other officer to make search and arrest when warrant but no provision is there that if arrest is affected by the officer other than the police officer, he is required to forward the accused to the officerincharge either for him to admit him on bail or to produce before the Magistrate, rather the provision as contained in Section 35 relating to the arrest, does stipulate that enforcement officer if has reason to believe that one has committed offence punishable under the Act, he may arrest such person and may inform him of the ground for such arrest and the said officer in terms of Subsection (3) of Section 35 will have same power as that of the officerincharge of the police station. That apart, no such provision is there which does speak about the compounding of the offence as is there under the Central Excise Act and Custom Act. Under the circumstances, the offences under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 punishment of which extend to a period of seven years, cannot be taken to be bailable, rather in terms of the provision as referred to above and also in view of the Second part of Schedule I to Cr.P.C are held as nonbailable.
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