Treatise on PMLA – Law and Practice (Set of 2 Volumes)
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CONTENTS
| Content | Page |
|---|---|
| Bharat? | 5 |
| Foreword by B.R. Gavai, Judge Supreme Court of India | 9 |
| Preface to the First Edition | 11 |
| About the Author | 15 |
| About the Book | 17 |
| Acknowledgments | 19 |
| Table of Cases | 31 |
| Introduction to the First Edition by Justice M.S. Karnik, High Court at Bombay | 99 |
| Prologue | 103 |
| Volume 1 : The Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 | |
| CHAPTER I : Preliminary | |
| 1. Short title, extent and commencement | |
| 2. Definitions | 1 |
| 62 | |
| CHAPTER II : Offence of Money-Laundering | |
| 3. Offence of money-laundering | |
| 4. Punishment for money-laundering | 136 |
| 242 | |
| CHAPTER III : Attachment, Adjudication and Confiscation | |
| 5. Attachment of property involved in money-laundering | |
| 6. Adjudicating Authority, composition, powers, etc. | 296 |
| 7. Staff of Adjudicating Authorities | 399 |
| 8. Adjudication | 433 |
| 9. Vesting of property in Central Government | 434 |
| 10. Management of properties confiscated under this Chapter | 548 |
| 11. Power regarding summons, production of documents and evidence, etc. | 570 |
| 573 | |
| CHAPTER IV: Obligations of Banking Companies, Financial Institutions and Intermediaries. | |
| 11A. Verification of identity by reporting entity | |
| 12. Reporting entity to maintain records | 577 |
| 12A. Access to information | 580 |
| 12AA. Enhanced due diligence | 603 |
| 13. Powers of Director to impose fine | 605 |
| 14. No civil or criminal proceedings against reporting entity, its directors and employees in certain cases | 607 |
| 15. Procedure and manner of furnishing information by reporting entities | 619 |
| 620 | |
| CHAPTER V : Summons, Searches and Seizures, etc. | |
| 16. Power of survey | 622 |
| 17. Search and seizure | 631 |
| 18. Search of persons | 712 |
| 19. Power to arrest | 740 |
| 20. Retention of property | 830 |
| 21. Retention of records | 852 |
| 22. Presumption as to records or property in certain cases | 865 |
| 23. Presumption in inter-connected transactions | 885 |
| 24. Burden of proof | 893 |
| CHAPTER VI: Appellate Tribunal | |
| 25. Appellate Tribunal | 933 |
| 26. Appeals to Appellate Tribunal | 946 |
| 27. Composition, etc., of Appellate Tribunal | 988 |
| 28. Qualifications for appointment | 990 |
| 29. Term of office | 996 |
| 30. Conditions of service | 996 |
| 31. Vacancies | 997 |
| 32. Resignation and removal | 998 |
| 33. Member to act as Chairperson in certain circumstances | 1002 |
| 34. Staff of Appellate Tribunal | 1004 |
| 35. Procedure and powers of Appellate Tribunal | 1005 |
| 36. Distribution of business amongst Benches | 1023 |
| 37. Power of Chairperson to transfer cases | 1026 |
| 38. Decision to be by majority | 1027 |
| 39. Right of appellant to take assistance of authorised representative and of Government to appoint presenting officers | 1032 |
| 40. Members, etc., to be public servants | 1034 |
| 41. Civil court not to have jurisdiction | 1035 |
| 42. Appeal to High Court | 1042 |
| CHAPTER VII: Special Courts | |
| 43. Special Courts | 1074 |
| 44. Offences triable by Special Courts | 1091 |
| 45. Offences to be cognizable and non-bailable | 1130 |
| 46. Application of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to proceeding before Special Court | 1242 |
| 47. Appeal and revision | 1254 |
| Volume 2 | |
| CHAPTER VIII: Authorities | |
| 48. Authorities under the Act | 1305 |
| 49. Appointment and powers of authorities and other officers | 1306 |
| 50. Powers of authorities regarding summons, production of documents and to give evidence, etc. | 1308 |
| 51. Jurisdiction of authorities | 1335 |
| 52. Power of Central Government to issue directions, etc. | 1337 |
| 53. Empowerment of certain officers | 1339 |
| 54. Certain officers to assist in inquiry, etc. | 1340 |
| CHAPTER IX: Reciprocal arrangement for assistance in certain matters and procedure for attachment and confiscation of property | |
| 55. Definitions | 1348 |
| 56. Agreements with foreign countries | 1349 |
| 57. Letters of request to a contracting state in certain cases | 1350 |
| 58. Assistance to a contracting state in certain cases | 1353 |
| 58A. Special Court to release the property | 1356 |
| 58B. Letter of request of a Contracting State or authority for confiscation or release the property | 1357 |
| 59. Reciprocal arrangements for processes and assistance for transfer of accused persons | 1359 |
| 60. Attachment, seizure and confiscation, etc., of property in a contracting state or India | 1361 |
| 61. Procedure in respect of letter of request | 1373 |
| CHAPTER X: Miscellaneous | |
| 62. Punishment for vexatious search | 1375 |
| 63. Punishment for false information or failure to give information, etc. | 1379 |
| 64. Cognizance of offences | 1394 |
| 65. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to apply | 1399 |
| 66. Disclosure of information | 1413 |
| 67. Bar of suits in civil courts | 1416 |
| 68. Notice, etc., not to be invalid on certain grounds | 1439 |
| 69. Recovery of fine or penalty | 1443 |
| 70. Offences by companies | 1446 |
| 71. Act to have overriding effect | 1468 |
| 72. Continuation of proceedings in the event of death or insolvency | 1485 |
| 72A. Inter-ministerial Co-ordination Committee | 1487 |
| 73. Power to make rules | 1489 |
| 74. Rules to be laid before Parliament | 1502 |
| 75. Power to remove difficulties | 1509 |
