Rule 6 - Procedure before Special Director (Appeals) - Foreign Exchange Management (Adjudication Proceedings And Appeal) Rules, 2000

6. Procedure before Special Director (Appeals) (1) On receipt of an appeal under rule 5 , the Special Director (Appeals) shall send a copy of the appeal, together with a copy of the order appealed against, to the Director of Enforcement. (2) The Special Director (Appeals) shall, then, issue notices to the applicant and the Director of Enforcement fixing a date for hearing of the appeal. (3) On the date fixed for hearing of the appeal or any other day to which the hearing of the appeal may be adjourned, the applicant as well as the presenting officer of the Directorate of Enforcement shall be heard. (4) Where on the date fixed, or any other day to which the hearing of the appeal may be adjourned, the applicant or the presenting officer fail to appear when the appeal is called for hearing, the Special Director (Appeals) may decide the appeal on the merits of the case.