GUJCTOC 15 — Special rules of evidence.

Gujarat Control of Terrorism & Org. Crime, 2015

Statutory text

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code or the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, for the purposes of trial and punishment for offences under this Act or connected offences, the court may take into consideration as having probable value, the fact that the accused was,-

(a) detained and where such detention has been confirmed by the competent authority under any law relating to preventive detention subject to the order, if any, of any competent court; or

(b) on any previous occasion prosecuted under the provisions of this Act.
(2) Where it is proved that any person involved in any terrorist act or an organised crime or any person on his behalf is or has at any time been in possession of movable or immovable property which he cannot satisfactorily account for, the Special Court shall, unless contrary is proved, presume that such property or pecuniary resources have been acquired or derived by his illegal activities.

(3) Where it is proved that the accused has kidnapped or abducted any person, the Special Court shall presume that it was for ransom.

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