Identifying unlawfully acquired property
Chapter 8: Reciprocal arrangements for assistance in certain matters and procedure for attachment and forfeiture of property
(1) The Court shall, under sub-section (1), or on receipt of a letter of request under sub-section (3) of section 115, direct any police officer not below the rank of Sub-Inspector of Police to take all steps necessary for tracing and identifying such property.
(2) The steps referred to in sub-section (1) may include any inquiry, investigation or survey in respect of any person, place, property, assets, documents, books of account in any bank or public financial institutions or any other relevant matters.
(3) Any inquiry, investigation or survey referred to in sub-section (2) shall be carried out by an officer mentioned in sub-section (1) in accordance with such directions issued by the said Court in this behalf.
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 113Letter of request from a country or place outside India to a Court or an authority for investigation in IndiaCrPC 166B
- 114Assistance in securing transfer of personsCrPC 105B
- 115Assistance in relation to orders of attachment or forfeiture of propertyCrPC 105C
- 117Seizure or attachment of propertyCrPC 105E
- 118Management of properties seized or forfeited under this ChapterCrPC 105F
- 119Notice of forfeiture of propertyCrPC 105G