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10. Under  sub­section   (1)   of   section   6   of   the   Act,  the   Central   Government   may   appoint   a   person   as  Director General of the Foreign Trade for the purposes  of the Act.   As per section 7, no person could make  any   import   or   export   except   under   an   import­export  code   number   granted   by   the   Director   General   or   the  officer   authorized   by   the   Director   General   in   this  behalf in accordance with the procedure specified by  the   Director   General.     Section  8   provides   for  suspension   and   cancellation   of   import   export   code  number in case of certain breaches. Section 9 pertains  HC-NIC Page 9 of 15 Created On Tue Sep 20 22:56:53 IST 2016 to   issuance   of   suspension   and   cancellation   of  licenses.     Chapter   IIIA   includes   provisions   for  quantitative   restrictions.     Chapter   IV   pertains   to  search, seizure, penalty and confiscation.  Section 10  thereof empowers the Central Government to authorize a  person to carry out search and seizure.   Section 11  pertains   to   contravention   of   provisions   of   the   Act,  Rules,   Orders   and   foreign   trade   policy.     Relevant  portion thereof reads as under:

12. It   can   thus,   be   seen   that   the   said   Act   makes  detailed provisions for the Central Government to lay  down   a  foreign  policy   and   conditions   for   import  and  export. As noted, section 3 empowers the Government to  lay   down   import/export   policy.     Further,   section   7  provides   that   no   person   would   make   any   import   or  HC-NIC Page 11 of 15 Created On Tue Sep 20 22:56:53 IST 2016 export except under import export code number granted  by   the   Director   General.     In   view   of   the   complex  requirements   of   foreign   trade   and   import   export  policy,   the   executive   would   have   to   have   sufficient  powers   to   control   contraventions   of   essential  conditions   of   import   export   restrictions.   It   is,   in  this respect, sub­section (1) of section 11 provides  that no import or export shall be made by any person  except in accordance with the provisions of the Act,  the   Rules   and   the   orders   made   thereunder   and   the  foreign trade policy for the time being in force.  No  restriction   would   be   effective   unless   contravention  thereof can be visited by penal consequences.   It is  in   this   respect,   sub­section   (2)   of   section   11  provides   that   where   any   person   makes   or   abates   or  attempts to make any export of import in contravention  of any provision of the Act or the Rules or orders or  the   foreign   trade   policy,   he   would   be   liable   to  penalty.   By very nature of things, such penalty has  to   be   discretionary   with   a   sufficiently  wide   range.  Sub­section (2) therefore, provides that such penalty  shall not be less than Rs.10,000/­ and shall not be  more than 5 times the value of goods or services or  HC-NIC Page 12 of 15 Created On Tue Sep 20 22:56:53 IST 2016 technology in respect of which, any contravention is  made or attempted to be made, whichever is more.