Section 164 - Amendment of Act 13 of 1976 - THE SMUGGLERS AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE MANIPULATORS (FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY) ACT, 1976 - Finance Act, 2017

E.-AMENDMENTS TO THE SMUGGLERS AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE MANIPULATORS (FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY) ACT, 1976 AND THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MANAGEMENT ACT, 1999. Amendment of Act 13 of 1976 164 . In the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act, 1976,- (a) in section 12, in sub-section (1), after clause (c), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- (d) by the Adjudicating Authorities, Competent Authorities and the Qualifications, Special Director (Appeals) under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999.). ; (b) after section 12, the following section shall be inserted, namely:- Qualifications, terms and conditions of service of Chairperson, and Member. 12A. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the qualifications, appointment, term of office, salaries and allowances, resignation, removal and the other terms and conditions of service of the Chairperson and other members of the Appellate Tribunal appointed after the commencement of Part XIV of Chapter VI of the Finance Act, 2017, shall be governed by the provisions of section 184 of that Act: Provided that the Chairperson and other members appointed before the commencement of Part XIV of Chapter VI of the Finance Act, 2017, shall continue to be governed by the provisions of this Act, and the rules made thereunder as if the provisions of section 184 of the Finance Act, 2017 had not come into force. .