Re: [Goanet] Zimbabwe By The Sea

2015-02-05 Thread Jose Colaco
Dear Mervyn Thank you very much for your delightful email. I have returned back to the daily grind in a bright, sunny and very comfortable 21C after a stint in freezing Chilly Philly. My interest in both the issues mentioned by you is purely academic. I am enjoying the input of Marshall

Re: [Goanet] Zimbabwe By The Sea

2015-02-04 Thread Mervyn Lobo
On Wed, 2/4/15, Jose wrote: Dear Mervyn, True.in the West as it is in the non-West, it always is Caveat Emptor (Buyer Beware) Please advise HOW DIFFERENTLY you, Mervyn, would conduct due diligence from the illustrative case infra: The year is 1997. You visit Goa on a holiday...Fall in

Re: [Goanet] Zimbabwe By The Sea

2015-02-04 Thread Jose
Dear Mervyn, True.in the West as it is in the non-West, it always is Caveat Emptor (Buyer Beware) Please advise HOW DIFFERENTLY you, Mervyn, would conduct due diligence from the illustrative case infra: The year is 1997. You visit Goa on a holiday...Fall in love with it. Decide to invest

[Goanet] Zimbabwe By the Sea

2015-02-04 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Jose Colaco: Dear Marshall .Thank You.I am sure you are right.Even so Let me re-submit Q 1: while the RBI guidelines are binding upon Banking institutions and borrowers, transferrers of funds et wrt allied Banking Matters, DOES the RBI, per se, have the legal right to determine

Re: [Goanet] Zimbabwe By The Sea

2015-02-03 Thread Mervyn Lobo
On Mon, 2/2/15, Marshall Mendonza wrote: The RBI guidelines on acquisition of immovable property by NRI's, PIO's and Foreign Nationals is very clear. If one has gone through it or studied it, there should be no confusion. I am appending below weblink to the guidelines and also highlighting

[Goanet] Zimbabwe By The Sea

2015-02-03 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Jose Colaco asks: 1: Do guidelines (as in the RBI guidelines) constitute the law? 2: What if the property was purchased before the FEMA, 1999.came into effect? Response: 1. Guidelines have the binding force of law. 2. FEMA, 1999 is the successor to FERA,1973. FERA was far more stringent as

Re: [Goanet] Zimbabwe By The Sea

2015-02-03 Thread Jose
Jose Colaco asks: 1: Do guidelines (as in the RBI guidelines) constitute the law? 2: What if the property was purchased before the FEMA, 1999.came into effect? Marshall Mendonza's Response: 1. Guidelines have the binding force of law. 2. FEMA, 1999 is the successor to FERA,1973. FERA was far

Re: [Goanet] Zimbabwe By The Sea

2015-02-03 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Message- From: Goanet [mailto:goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org] On Behalf Of Marshall Mendonza Sent: 02 February 2015 08:16 To: goanet Subject: [Goanet] Zimbabwe By The Sea The RBI guidelines on acquisition of immovable property by NRI's, PIO's and Foreign Nationals is very clear. If one has gone

Re: [Goanet] Zimbabwe By The Sea

2015-02-03 Thread Jose Colaco
Three Questions: 1: Do guidelines (as in the RBI guidelines) constitute the law? 2: What if the property was purchased before the FEMA, 1999.came into effect? 3: Does Indian law permit the retroactive application of the law? jc On 2 February 2015 at 03:16, Marshall Mendonza

[Goanet] Zimbabwe By The Sea

2015-02-02 Thread Marshall Mendonza
The RBI guidelines on acquisition of immovable property by NRI's, PIO's and Foreign Nationals is very clear. If one has gone through it or studied it, there should be no confusion. I am appending below weblink to the guidelines and also highlighting critical points which are all self-explanatory:

[Goanet] Zimbabwe By The Sea

2015-01-31 Thread Eddie Fernandes
-Original Message- From: Eddie Fernandes [mailto:eddie.fernan...@gmail.com] Sent: 01 February 2015 01:33 To: eddie.fernan...@gmail.com Subject: Zimbabwe By The Sea 1 Feb: Herald. The horror stories of British expats who have invested in property in Goa has earned Goa a new name