BNSS Section 117: Seizure or attachment 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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¶117.
(1) Where any officer conducting an inquiry or investigation under section 116 has a reason to believe that any property in relation to which such inquiry or investigation is being conducted is likely to be concealed, transferred or dealt with in any manner which will result in disposal of such property, he may make an order for seizing such property and where it is not practicable to seize such property, he may make an order of attachment directing that such property shall not be transferred or otherwise dealt with, except with the prior permission of the officer making such order, and a copy of such order shall be served on the person concerned.
¶(2) Any order made under sub-section (1) shall have no effect unless the said order is confirmed by an order of the said Court, within a period of thirty days of its being made.
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Replaces CrPC 105E. 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
- 116. Identifying unlawfully acquired 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