Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018
Bare Act · 2018
An Act to provide for measures to deter fugitive economic offenders from evading the process of law in India by staying outside the jurisdiction of Indian courts, to preserve the sanctity of the rule of law in India and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
- Act number
- 17 of 2018
- Enacted
- 31 July 2018
- Contents
- 26 sections · 4 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
- Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
- Section 2 – Definitions
- Section 3 – Application of Act
Chapter II — Declaration Of Fugitive Economic Offenders And Confiscation Of Property
- Section 4 – Application for declaration of fugitive economic offender and procedure therefor
- Section 5 – Attachment of property
- Section 6 – Powers of Director and other officers (preview)
- Section 7 – Power of survey (preview)
- Section 8 – Search and seizure (preview)
- Section 9 – Search of persons (preview)
- Section 10 – Notice (preview)
- Section 11 – Procedure for hearing application (preview)
- Section 12 – Declaration of fugitive economic offender (preview)
- Section 13 – Supplementary application (preview)
- Section 15 – Management of properties confiscated under this Act (preview)
Sections
Chapter III — Miscellaneous
- Section 16 – Rules of evidence (preview)
- Section 17 – Appeal (preview)
- Section 18 – Bar of jurisdiction (preview)
- Section 19 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 20 – Power of Central Government to amend Schedule (preview)
- Section 21 – Overriding effect (preview)
- Section 22 – Application of other laws not barred (preview)
- Section 23 – Power to make rules (preview)
- Section 24 – Laying of rules before Parliament (preview)
- Section 25 – Power to remove difficulties (preview)
- Section 26 – Repeal and saving (preview)