PCA Section 29: Amendment of the Ordinance 38 of 1944
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 · Chapter 5: Sanction for prosecution and other miscellaneous provisions
29. Amendment of the Ordinance 38 of 1944.—In the Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 1944,—
(a) in sub-section (1) of section 3, sub-section (1) of section 9, clause (a) of section 10, sub-section (1) of section 11 and sub-section (1) of section 13, for the words “State Government”, wherever they occur, the words “State Government or, as the case may be, the Central Government” shall be substituted;
(b) in section 10, in clause (a), for the words “three months”, the words “one year” shall be substituted;
(c) in the Schedule,—
(i) paragraph 1 shall be omitted;
(ii) in paragraphs 2 and 4,—
(a) after the words “a local authority”, the words and figures “or a corporation established by or under a Central, Provincial or State Act, or an authority or a body owned or controlled or aided by Government or a Government company as defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) or a society aided by such corporation, authority, body or Government company” shall be inserted;
(b) after the words “or authority”, the words “or corporation or body or Government company or society” shall be inserted;
(iii) for paragraph 4A, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely:— “4A.An offence punishable under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.”;
(iv) in paragraph 5, for the words and figures “items 2, 3 and 4”, the words, figures and letter “items 2, 3, 4 and 4A” shall be substituted.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 19. Previous sanction necessary for prosecution
- 20. Presumption where public servant accepts any undue advantage
- 21. Accused person to be a competent witness
- 22. The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to apply subject to certain modifications
- 23. Particulars in a charge in relation to an offence under section 13 (1) (a)
- 24. [Omitted.]
- 25. Military, Naval and Air Force or other law not to be affected
- 26. Special Judges appointed under Act 46 of 1952 to be special Judges appointed under this Act
- 27. Appeal and revision
- 28. Act to be in addition to any other law
- 29A. Power to make rules
- 30. Repeal and saving
- 31. [Repealed.]