The Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992
Foreign Trade (Regulation) Rules, 1993 — Declaration as to Importer-exporter Code Number
The Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992
Official text
On the importation into or exportation out of any customs port of any goods or goods connected with services or technology, the importer or exporter shall, in the bill of entry or shipping bill or, as the case may be, in any other documents prescribed by rules made under the Act or the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), state the Importer-exporter Code Number allotted to him by the Competent Authority. Any person using someone else's Importer-exporter Code shall be held liable for violation of this rule and shall accordingly be liable for penalty under sub-section (2) of section 11.