12. Registration of exporters.—(1) Every person exporting any one or more of the Scheduled
products shall, before the expiration of one month from the date on which he undertakes such export or
before the expiration of three months from the date of coming into force of this section, whichever is
later, apply to the Authority to be registered as an exporter of the Scheduled product or Scheduled
products:
Provided that the Authority may, for sufficient reason, extend the time-limit for registration by such
period as it thinks fit.
(2) Registration once made shall continue to be in force until it is cancelled by the Authority.
13. Application, cancellation, fee payable and other matters relating to registration.—The form
of application for registration under section 12 and for the cancellation of such registration, the fee
payable on such applications, the particulars to be included in such applications, the procedure to be
followed in granting and cancelling registration and the registers to be kept by the Authority shall be such
as may be prescribed.
14. Returns to be made by exporters.—(1) Every exporter, referred to in sub-section (1) of
section 12, shall furnish to the Authority at the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner such returns
as may be prescribed.
(2) The Authority may authorise a member or any of its officers to inspect any processing plant or
any other establishment of the exporter at any time to verify the accuracy of any return made under this
section.