By CS Vinita Nair
corplaw@vinodkothari.com
RBI vide notification No. FEMA 20(R)/ 2017-RB dated 7th November 2017 issued Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident Outside India) Regulations, 2017[1] (hereinafter referred as ‘Regulations, 2017’) in supersession of Notification No. FEMA 20/2000-RB and Notification No. FEMA 24/2000-RB both dated May 3, 2000, Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident Outside India) Regulations, 2000 (hereinafter referred as ‘Regulations, 2000’). The Regulations, 2017 will be effective from 8th November 2017 (Date of publication in the Official gazette) except proviso (ii) to sub-regulation 1 of regulation 10 of these Regulations and proviso (ii) to sub-regulation 2 of regulation 10 of these Regulations, reproduced hereunder as Annexure 1, which will come into effect from a date to be notified. Read more →