Regulation 3 - Restriction on holding foreign currency account by a person resident in India - Foreign Exchange Management (Foreign Currency Accounts By A Person Resident In India) Regulations, 2000

3. Restriction on holding foreign currency account by a person resident in India :- Save as otherwise provided in the Act or rules or regulations made thereunder, no person resident in India shall open or hold or maintain a Foreign Currency Account: Provided that a Foreign Currency Account held or maintained before the commencement of these Regulations by a person resident in India with special or general permission of the Reserve Bank, shall be deemed to be held or maintained under these Regulations : Provided further that the Reserve Bank, may on an application made to it, permit a person resident in India to open or hold or maintain a Foreign Currency Account, subject to such terms and conditions as may be considered necessary.