CHAPTER VIII RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN CERTAIN MATTERS AND PROCEDURE FOR ATTACHMENT AND FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY

Section 118: Management of properties seized or forfeited under this Chapter

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

(1) The Court may appoint the District Magistrate of the area where the property is situated, or any other officer that may be nominated by the District Magistrate, to perform the functions of an Administrator of such property.

(2) The Administrator appointed under sub-section (1) shall receive and manage the property in relation to which the order has been made under sub-section (1) of section 117 or under section 120 in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be specified by the Central Government.

(3) The Administrator shall also take such measures, as the Central Government may direct, to dispose of the property which is forfeited to the Central Government.

Corresponding CrPC provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

118	105F. Management of properties seized or forfeited under this Chapter.

Questions on this section

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1. Consider the following statements regarding Chapter VIII of the BNSS (attachment and forfeiture of property): 1. The Court may appoint the District Magistrate of the area where the property is situated, or an officer nominated by the District Magistrate, to perform the functions of an Administrator of the property. 2. A notice under Section 119 calls upon the person affected to indicate, within sixty days, the source of income out of which he acquired the property. 3. Where shares in a company stand forfeited under Section 120, the company shall forthwith register the Central Government as the transferee, notwithstanding its Articles of Association. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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