Rule 5 - Form of appeal - Foreign Exchange Management (Adjudication Proceedings And Appeal) Rules, 2000

Appeal to Special Director (Appeal) 5. Form of appeal - (1) Every appeal presented to the Special Director (Appeals) under section 17 of the Act shall be in the Form I signed by the applicant. The appeal shall be filed in triplicate and accompanied by three copies of the order appealed against. Every appeal shall be accompanied by a fee of Rupees five thousand in the form of cash or demand draft payable in favour of the Special Director (Appeal). (2) The appeal shall set forth concisely and under distinct heads the grounds of objection to the order appealed against without any argument of narrative and such grounds shall be numbered consecutively; and shall specify the address for service at which notice or other processes may be served on the applicant, the date on which the order appealed against was served on the applicant. (3) Where the appeal is presented after the expiry of the period of forty five days referred to in sub-section (3) of section 17 , it shall be accompanied by a petition, in triplicate, duly verified and supported by the documents, if any, relied upon by the applicant, showing cause how the applicant had been prevented from preferring the appeal within the said period of forty five days. (4) Any notice required to be served on the applicant shall be served on him in the manner specified in rule 9 at the address for service specified in the appeal.