CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
105C. Assistance in relation to orders of attachment or forfeiture of property
115. Assistance in relation to orders of attachment or forfeiture of property
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
105C. Assistance in relation to orders of attachment or forfeiture of property.—(1) Where a
Court in India has reasonable grounds to believe that any property obtained by any person is derived or
obtained, directly or indirectly, by such person from the commission of an offence, it may make an order
of attachment or forfeiture of such property, as it may deem fit under the provisions of sections 105D to
105J (both inclusive).
(2) Where the Court has made an order for attachment or forfeiture of any property under sub-section
(1), and such property is suspected to be in a contracting State, the Court may issue a letter of request to a
Court or an authority in the contracting State for execution of such order.
(3) Where a letter of request is received by the Central Government from a Court or an authority in a
contracting State requesting attachment or forfeiture of the property in India, derived or obtained, directly
or indirectly, by any person from the commission of an offence committed in that contracting State, the
Central Government may forward such letter of request to the Court, as it thinks fit, for execution in
accordance with the provisions of sections 105D to 105J (both inclusive) or, as the case may be, any other
law for the time being in force.
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
115. Assistance in relation to orders of attachment or forfeiture of property.—(1) Where a Court
in India has reasonable grounds to believe that any property obtained by any person is derived or obtained,
directly or indirectly, by such person from the commission of an offence, it may make an order of
attachment or forfeiture of such property, as it may deem fit under the provisions of sections 116 to 122
(both inclusive).
(2) Where the Court has made an order for attachment or forfeiture of any property under
sub-section (1), and such property is suspected to be in a contracting State, the Court may issue a letter of
request to a Court or an authority in the contracting State for execution of such order.
(3) Where a letter of request is received by the Central Government from a Court or an authority in a
contracting State requesting attachment or forfeiture of the property in India, derived or obtained, directly
or indirectly, by any person from the commission of an offence committed in that contracting State, the
Central Government may forward such letter of request to the Court, as it thinks fit, for execution in
accordance with the provisions of sections 116 to 122 (both inclusive) or, as the case may be, any other law
for the time being in force.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023