China Construction (S.E.A.) India Pvt. Ltd.

In the RESERVE BANK OF INDIA Foreign Exchange Department 6, Sansad Marg New Delhi-110001 Present P S Khual General Manager Date: September 30, 2019 CA No. NDL 464/2019 In the matter of China Construction (S.E.A.) India Private Limited 16-004, 16-005, 16th Floor, Golf Course Road, Gurugram, Haryana - 122002 (Applicant) In exercise of the powers under Section 15(1) of Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 and the Regulations/ Rules/ Notifications/ Orders made thereunder, I pass the following Order. ORDER The applicant has filed the compounding application dated May 10, 2019 (received at Reserve Bank of India, New Delhi on May 24, 2019) and addendum dated July 12, 2019 for compounding of contraventions of the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (hereinafter referred to as FEMA) and the regulations issued thereunder, against the Memorandum issued on April 02, 2019. The contraventions sought to be compounded are those of (i) delay in reporting foreign inward remittance received for issue of shares, and (ii) delay in filing Form FC-GPR after issue of shares, in terms of paragraphs 9(1)(A) and 9(1)(B) respectively of Schedule 1 to Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident Outside India) Regulations, 2000 notified vide Notification No. FEMA 20/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000 (hereinafter referred to as FEMA 20/2000-RB), as amended from time to time. 2. The relevant facts of the case are as follows: (a) The applicant company, incorporated on June 27, 2016, is engaged in the business

China Construction (S.E.A.) India Private Limited CA No. NDL 464/2019 of undertaking design, construction and maintenance of Real Estate Projects. (b) The applicant had received foreign inward remittance of ₹63,25,626/- from its foreign investor, M/s China Construction (S.E.A.) Corporation Limited, Vietnam, on April 11, 2017 and reported the same on January 02, 2019 with a delay of 1 year, 3 months and 20 days, beyond the prescribed period in contravention of paragraph 9(1)(A) of Schedule 1 to FEMA 20/2000-RB, as then applicable. Whereas, in terms of paragraph 9(1)(A) of Schedule 1 to FEMA 20/2000-RB, an Indian company issuing shares or convertible debentures or warrants in accordance with these Regulations shall submit through AD bank to the Regional Office concerned of the Reserve Bank under whose jurisdiction the Registered office of the company operates, not later than 30 days from the date of receipt of the amount of consideration received by Indian company for issue of shares or convertible debentures or warrants, a report in Advance Reporting Form as specified by Reserve Bank from time to time along with a copy/ies of documents prescribed therein.

Reporting of receipt of foreign inward remittance for issue of capital instruments in Advance Remittance Form was dispensed with in terms of Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident Outside India) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018 with effect from September 1, 2018. Delay in reporting of foreign inward remittance has, therefore, been taken up to August 31, 2018. (c) The applicant had issued 6,32,500 equity shares for a consideration of ₹63,25,000/- to its foreign investor, M/s China Construction (S.E.A.) Corporation Limited, Vietnam, on May 04, 2017 and reported the same on January 02, 2019 with a delay of 1 year and 7 months, beyond the prescribed period in contravention of paragraph 9(1)(B) of Schedule 1 to FEMA 20/2000-RB, as then applicable. Whereas, in terms of paragraph 9(1)(B) of Schedule 1 to FEMA 20/2000-RB, an Indian company issuing shares or convertible debentures or warrants in accordance with these Regulations shall submit through AD bank to the Regional Office concerned of the Reserve Bank under whose jurisdiction the Registered office of the company operates not later than 30 days from the date of issue of shares or convertible debentures or warrants, a report in the Form FC-GPR as specified by the Reserve Bank from time to time together with the documents prescribed therein.

(d) Thus, there are contraventions of paragraphs 9(1)(A) and 9(1)(B) of Schedule 1 to FEMA 20/2000-RB, as then applicable.

China Construction (S.E.A.) India Private Limited CA No. NDL 464/2019

3. The applicant was given an opportunity for personal hearing for further submission in person and/ or by producing documents, if any, in support of the application. Ms Ishita Maheshwari, Consultant, appeared for personal hearing on September 30, 2019 on behalf of the applicant. The representative of the applicant admitted the contraventions committed by the applicant for which compounding has been sought. During the personal hearing, she submitted that contraventions were without any malafide or wilful intention but were mainly due to lack of awareness about FEMA compliances. She requested for a lenient view in the matter. The application for compounding is, therefore, being considered on the basis of averments made in the application as well as other documents and submissions made during the personal hearing. 4. I have given my careful consideration to the documents on record and submissions made by the applicant during the personal hearing. Accordingly, I hold that the applicant has contravened the following FEMA provisions: (a) Paragraph 9(1)(A) of Schedule 1 to FEMA 20/2000-RB, as then applicable, on account of delay in reporting of foreign inward remittance received for issue of shares as detailed in paragraph 2(b) above.

The contravention relates to an amount of ₹63,25,626/- (Rupees Sixty Three Lakh Twenty Five Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty Six only) and the period of delay is 1 year, 3 months and 20 days. (b) Paragraph 9(1)(B) of Schedule 1 to FEMA 20/2000-RB, as then applicable, on account of delay in filing Form FC-GPR after issue of shares as detailed in paragraph 2(c) above. The contravention relates to an amount of ₹63,25,000/- (Rupees Sixty Three Lakh and Twenty Five Thousand only) and the period of delay is 1 year and 7 months. 5. It has been declared in the compounding application dated May 10, 2019, that the particulars given by the applicant in the application are true and correct to the best of their knowledge and belief. It has also been declared in the declaration dated September 05, 2019, furnished as a part of the compounding application that the applicant was not under any enquiry/ investigation/ adjudication by any agency as on the date of the application and has, in this regard, not informed of initiation of any such enquiry/ investigation/ adjudication proceedings against it, thereafter.

It has further been declared that the applicant has not filed any appeal under Section 17 or Section 19 of FEMA. Accordingly, the above contraventions which are being compounded in China Construction (S.E.A.) India Private Limited CA No. NDL 464/2019 this Order are subject to the veracity of the above declarations made by the applicant and this Order is without prejudice to any other action which may be taken by any authority under the extant laws if the said declarations are subsequently discovered to be false and/ or incorrect. 6. In terms of Section 13 of FEMA, any person contravening any provision of the Act shall be liable to a penalty up to thrice the sum involved in such contravention upon adjudication. After considering the submissions made by the applicant and the entire facts and circumstances of the case I am persuaded to compound the contraventions, in line with the Guidance Note on Computation Matrix prescribed as part of Master Direction – Compounding of Contraventions, framed in accordance with the Foreign Exchange (Compounding Proceedings) Rules, 2000. Accordingly, it stands to reason that payment of an amount of ₹40,370/- (Rupees Forty Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy only) will meet the ends of justice in the circumstances of this case.

7. Accordingly, I compound the admitted contraventions of paragraphs 9(1)(A) and 9(1)(B) of Schedule 1 to FEMA 20/2000-RB, as then applicable, by the applicant based on the facts detailed above in terms of the Foreign Exchange (Compounding Proceedings) Rules, 2000, on payment of an amount of ₹40,370/- (Rupees Forty Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy only) which shall be deposited by the applicant with the Reserve Bank of India, Foreign Exchange Department, 6, Sansad Marg, New Delhi - 110001 by a demand draft drawn in favour of the “Reserve Bank of India” and payable at New Delhi within a period of 15 days from the date of this Order. In case of failure to deposit the compounded amount within the above mentioned period, Rule 10 of the Foreign Exchange (Compounding Proceedings) Rules, 2000 dated May 3, 2000 shall apply.

The application is disposed accordingly.

Dated this the 30th day of September 2019.

Sd/- (P S Khual) General Manager