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Section 5 – The Prevention of Money-Laundering Bill, 1999

The Prevention of Money-Laundering Bill, 1999

 

5. Attachment of property involved in money-laundering –

 

(1) Where the Director or any other officer not below the rank of Deputy Director authorised by him for the purposes of this section, has reason to believe, on the basis of material in his possession, that-

 

(a) Any person is in possession of any proceeds of crime;

 

(b) Such person has been charged of having committed a scheduled offence; and

 

(c) Such proceeds of crime are likely to be concealed, transferred or dealt with in any manner which may result in frustrating any proceedings relating to confiscation of such proceeds of crime under this Chapter, He may, by order in writing, provisionally attach such property for a period not exceeding ninety days from the date of the order, in the manner provided in the Second Schedule to the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) and the Director or the other officer so authorised by him, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be an officer under sub-rule (e) of rule 1 of that Schedule:

 

Provided that no such order of attachment shall be made unless, in relation to an offence under-

 

(i) Part 1, Part II, Part III or Part V of the Schedule, a report has been forwarded to a Magistrate under section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974); or (ii) Part IV of the Schedule, a police report or a complaint has been filed for taking cognizance of an offence by the Special Court constituted under sub-section (1) of section 36 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (61 of 1985).

 

(2) Every order of attachment made under sub-section (1) shall cease to have effect after the expiry of the period specified in that sub-section or on the date of an order made under sub-section (2) of section 7, whichever is earlier.

 

(3) Nothing in this section shall prevent the person interested in the enjoyment of the immovable property attached under sub-section (1) from such enjoyment.

 

Explanation.-For the purposes of this sub-section “person interested”, in relation to any immovable property, includes all persons claiming or entitled to claim any interest in the property.

 

(4) The Director or any other officer who provisionally attaches any property under sub-section (1) shall, within a period of thirty days from such attachment, file a complaint stating the facts of such attachment before the Adjudicating Authority.

 

 

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