BNSS 115 — Assistance in relation to orders of attachment or forfeiture of property.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

(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.

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