for acting or accepting appointment as agent in India of any person or company in the trading or commercial transactions of such person or company. Such permission was also required under Section 28(3) of the Act in cases where appointments as agents were held by foreign companies/foreign nationals since prior to the coming into force of the Act, i.e., 1st January 1974 and were continuing thereafter. Applications for permission to act or accept appointment as agents in India should be made in form FNC 1 to the Central Office of Reserve Bank (Foreign Investment Division). |