Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 116
Identifying unlawfully acquired property
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BNSS Section 116 deals with identifying unlawfully acquired property and replaces CrPC 105D.
Bare act text — BNSS 116
116. Identifying unlawfully acquired property.
(1) The Court shall, under sub-section (1), or on receipt of a letter of request under sub-section (3) of section 115, direct any police officer not below the rank of Sub-Inspector of Police to take all steps necessary for tracing and identifying such property.
(2) The steps referred to in sub-section (1) may include any inquiry, investigation or survey in respect of any person, place, property, assets, documents, books of account in any bank or public financial institutions or any other relevant matters.
(3) Any inquiry, investigation or survey referred to in sub-section (2) shall be carried out by an officer mentioned in sub-section (1) in accordance with such directions issued by the said Court in this behalf.
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What was BNSS Section 116 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 116 (Identifying unlawfully acquired property) replaces Section 105D of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 105D is now BNSS 116.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 111 — Definitions
- BNSS 112 — Letter of request to competent authority for investigation in a country or place outside India
- BNSS 113 — Letter of request from a country or place outside India to a Court or an authority for investigation in India
- BNSS 114 — Assistance in securing transfer of persons
- BNSS 115 — Assistance in relation to orders of attachment or forfeiture of property
- BNSS 117 — Seizure or attachment of property
- BNSS 118 — Management of properties seized or forfeited under this Chapter
- BNSS 119 — Notice of forfeiture of property
- BNSS 120 — Forfeiture of property in certain cases
- BNSS 121 — Fine in lieu of forfeiture