Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 117
Seizure or attachment of property
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BNSS Section 117 deals with seizure or attachment of property and replaces CrPC 105E.
Bare act text — BNSS 117
117. Seizure or attachment of property.
(1) Where any officer conducting an inquiry or investigation under section 116 has a reason to believe that any property in relation to which such inquiry or investigation is being conducted is likely to be concealed, transferred or dealt with in any manner which will result in disposal of such property, he may make an order for seizing such property and where it is not practicable to seize such property, he may make an order of attachment directing that such property shall not be transferred or otherwise dealt with, except with the prior permission of the officer making such order, and a copy of such order shall be served on the person concerned.
(2) Any order made under sub-section (1) shall have no effect unless the said order is confirmed by an order of the said Court, within a period of thirty days of its being made.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 117 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 117 (Seizure or attachment of property) replaces Section 105E of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 105E is now BNSS 117.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- 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 116 — Identifying unlawfully acquired 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
- BNSS 122 — Certain transfers to be null and void
