BNSS Section 116: Identifying unlawfully acquired 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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¶116.
(1) The Court shall, under sub-section (1), or on receipt of a letter of request under sub-section (3) of section 115, direct any police officer not below the rank of Sub-Inspector of Police to take all steps necessary for tracing and identifying such property.
¶(2) The steps referred to in sub-section (1) may include any inquiry, investigation or survey in respect of any person, place, property, assets, documents, books of account in any bank or public financial institutions or any other relevant matters.
¶(3) Any inquiry, investigation or survey referred to in sub-section (2) shall be carried out by an officer mentioned in sub-section (1) in accordance with such directions issued by the said Court in this behalf.
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Replaces CrPC 105D. CrPC → BNSS converterSource: BPR&D BNSS–CrPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03)
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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
- 115. Assistance in relation to orders of attachment or forfeiture of 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