Control of Exports Act, 1983

Transfer of powers of Minister to another Minister.

4.—(1) The Government may by order transfer to and vest in another Minister of the Government all the powers conferred by this Act on the Minister, so far as such powers relate to or are concerned with any particular goods specified in such order.

(2) Whenever the powers of the Minister under this Act in relation to any particular goods are for the time being vested in another Minister of the Government by virtue of an order under this section, the Government may by order retransfer to and revest in the Minister the said powers, so far as the same relate to or are concerned with the said particular goods.

(3) The Government may by order amend an order made under this section including this subsection.

(4) Whenever and so long as the powers conferred on the Minister by this Act, are, so far as they relate to or are concerned with any particular goods, vested in another Minister of the Government by virtue of an order under this section, then the references in sections 2 and 3 of this Act to the Minister shall in relation to the said particular goods be construed as references to the Minister of the Government in whom such powers are so vested.

(5) No transfer or retransfer under this section of powers shall prejudice or affect the validity, operation or duration of any order made or thing done in exercise of such powers before such transfer or retransfer, as the case may be, by the Minister of the Government in whom such powers were for the time being vested, and references in any such order to the Minister of the Government by whom such order was made shall be construed and have effect as references to the Minister of the Government in whom such powers are for the time being vested.