Section 31Central Act
Section 31: Restriction on acquisition, holding, etc., of immovable property in India .-(1) No person who is not a citizen of India and no company (other than a banking company) which is not incorporated under any law in force in India [* * *] shall, except with the previous general or special permission of the Reserve Bank, acquire or hold or transfer or dispose of by sale, mortgage, lease, gift, settlement or otherwise any immovable property situate in India:
Restriction on acquisition, holding, etc., of immovable property in India .-(1) No person who is not a citizen of India and no company (other than a banking company) which is not incorporated under any law in force in India [* * *] shall, except with the previous general or special permission of the Reserve Bank, acquire or hold or transfer or dispose of by sale, mortgage, lease, gift, settlement or otherwise any immovable property situate in India:
Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to the acquisition or transfer of any such immovable property by way of lease for a period not exceeding five years.(2)
Any person or company referred to in sub-section (1) and requiring a special permission under that sub-section for acquiring, or holding, or transferring, or disposing of, by sale, mortgage, lease, gift, settlement or otherwise any immovable property situate in India may make an application to the Reserve Bank in such form and containing such particulars as may be specified by the Reserve Bank.(3)
On receipt of an application under sub-section (2), the Reserve Bank may, after making such inquiry as it deems fit, either grant or refuse to grant the permission applied for:Provided that no permission shall be refused unless the applicant has been given a reasonable opportunity for making a representation in the matter:Provided further that if before the expiry of a period of ninety days from the date on which the application was received by the Reserve Bank, the Reserve Bank does not communicate to the applicant that the permission applied for has been refused, it shall be presumed that the Reserve Bank has granted such permission.Explanation .-In computing the period of ninety days for the purposes of the second proviso, the period, if any, taken by the Reserve Bank for giving an opportunity to the applicant for making a representation under the first proviso shall be excluded.(4)
Every person and company referred to in sub-section (1) holding at the commencement of this Act any immovable property situate in India shall, before the expiry of a period of ninety days from such commencement or such further period as the Reserve Bank may allow in this behalf, make a declaration in such form as may be specified by the Reserve Bank regarding the immovable property or properties held by such person or company.Previous
Sec 30 — Prior permission of Reserve Bank required for taking up employment, etc., in India by nationals of foreign States .- [(1) No national of a foreign State shall, without the previous permission of the Reserve Bank, practice any profession or carry on any occupation, trade or business in India, in a case where such national desires to acquire any foreign exchange (such foreign exchange being intended for remittance outside India) out of any moneys received by him in India by reason of the practising of such profession or the carrying on of such occupation, trade or business, as the case may be.] [ Substituted by Act 29 of 1993, Section 16, for Explanation (w.e.f. 8.1.1993).]
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Sec 32 — Regulation of booking of passages outside India and restrictions on foreign travels .-[ Omitted by the Foreign Exchange Regulation (Amendment) Act , 1993 (29 of 1993), section 19 (w.e.f.8-1-1993).]
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