Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

BNSS Section 115

Assistance in relation to orders of attachment or forfeiture of property

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BNSS Section 115 deals with assistance in relation to orders of attachment or forfeiture of property and replaces CrPC 105C.

Bare act text — BNSS 115

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.

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What was BNSS Section 115 in the CrPC?

BNSS Section 115 (Assistance in relation to orders of attachment or forfeiture of property) replaces Section 105C of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 105C is now BNSS 115.

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