CrPC 105C — Assistance in relation to orders of attachment or forfeiture of property

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

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 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.

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