BNSS Section 118: Management of properties seized or forfeited under this Chapter
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) The Court may appoint the District Magistrate of the area where the property is situated, or any other officer that may be nominated by the District Magistrate, to perform the functions of an Administrator of such property.
(2) The Administrator appointed under sub-section (1) shall receive and manage the property in relation to which the order has been made under sub-section (1) of section 117 or under section 120 in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be specified by the Central Government.
(3) The Administrator shall also take such measures, as the Central Government may direct, to dispose of the property which is forfeited to the Central Government.
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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
- 117. Seizure or attachment of property
- 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