PCA Section 1: Short title and extent
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 · Chapter 1: Preliminary
1. Short title and extent.—(1) This Act may be called the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
(2) It extends to the whole of India and it applies also to all citizens of India outside India.
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