BNSS Section 115: Assistance in relation to orders of attachment or forfeiture of property
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 8: Reciprocal Arrangements for Assistance in Certain Matters and Procedure for Attachment and Forfeiture of Property
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(1) Where a Court in India has reasonable grounds to believe that any property obtained by any person is derived or obtained, directly or indirectly, by such person from the commission of an offence, it may make an order of attachment or forfeiture of such property, as it may deem fit under the provisions of sections 116 to 122 (both inclusive).
(2) Where the Court has made an order for attachment or forfeiture of any property under sub-section (1), and such property is suspected to be in a contracting State, the Court may issue a letter of request to a Court or an authority in the contracting State for execution of such order.
(3) Where a letter of request is received by the Central Government from a Court or an authority in a contracting State requesting attachment or forfeiture of the property in India, derived or obtained, directly or indirectly, by any person from the commission of an offence committed in that contracting State, the Central Government may forward such letter of request to the Court, as it thinks fit, for execution in accordance with the provisions of sections 116 to 122 (both inclusive) or, as the case may be, any other law for the time being in force.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 111. Definitions
- 112. Letter of request to competent authority for investigation in a country or place outside India
- 113. Letter of request from a country or place outside India to a Court or an authority for investigation in India
- 114. Assistance in securing transfer of persons
- 116. Identifying unlawfully acquired property
- 117. Seizure or attachment of property
- 118. Management of properties seized or forfeited under this Chapter
- 119. Notice of forfeiture of property
- 120. Forfeiture of property in certain cases
- 121. Fine in lieu of forfeiture
- 122. Certain transfers to be null and void
- 123. Procedure in respect of letter of request
- 124. Application of this Chapter