Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974

COFEPOSA or the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act is an act of parliament passed in 1974 during the administration of Indira Gandhi, trying to retain foreign currency and prevent smuggling. It was an economic adjunct to the controversial Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) which was enacted in 1971. Though MISA was repealed in 1978, COFEPOSA is still in force.^[4] COFEPOSA Act 1974 prescribes that the appropriate government shall establish advisory boards to assist the government on matters related to the detention of persons and prepare reports regarding the same. According to this section, the appropriate Government shall form an advisory board to perform the functions mentioned in clauses (4)(a) and (7)(c) of Article 22.^{[clarification needed]}

CitationAct No. 52 of 1974

Territorial extentwhole of India

PassedbyLok Sabha

Passed6 December 1974^[1][2]

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Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974
Parliament of India
Long title An Act to provide for preventive detention in certain cases for the purposes of conservation and augmentation of Foreign Exchange and prevention of smuggling activities and for matters connected therewith.
Citation	Act No. 52 of 1974
Territorial extent	whole of India
Passed by	Lok Sabha
Passed	6 December 1974[1][2]
Passed by	Rajya Sabha
Passed	11 December 1974[3]
Assented to by	President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Assented to	13 December 1974
Commenced	19 December 1974
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Bill title	Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Bill, 1974
Introduced	3 December 1974
Passed	6 December 1974
Second chamber: Rajya Sabha
Passed	11 December 1974
Repeals
Maintenance of Internal Security (Amendment) Ordinance, 1974 (11 of 1974)
Amended by
Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities (Amendment) Act, 1975 (35 of 1975) Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities (Amendment) Act, 1976 (20 of 1976) Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities (Second Amendment) Act, 1976 (90 of 1976) Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities (Amendment) Act, 1984 (58 of 1984) Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities (Amendment) Act, 1987 (23 of 1987) Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 (46 of 1988) Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities (Amendment) Act, 1996 (15 of 1996)
Status: In force

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