BNSS · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 116 — Identifying unlawfully acquired property.
Replaces CrPC Section 105D.
(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.
Nearby sections
- 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.
- 117 Seizure or attachment of property.
- 118 Management of properties seized or forfeited under this Chapter.
- 119 Notice of forfeiture of property.
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