Meghalaya Lokayukta Act, 2014 (Act No. 4 of 2014)

Bare Act · 2014

Act number: 4 of 2014
Enacted: 26 March 2014
Contents: 62 sections

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Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
Section 2 – Definitions
Section 3 – Establishment of Lokayukta
Section 4 – Appointment of Chairperson or Members on recommendation of Selection Committee
Section 5 – Filling of vacancies of Chairperson or Members
Section 6 – Term of office of Chairperson and Members (preview)
Section 7 – Salaries, allowance and other condition of service of Chairperson and Members (preview)
Section 8 – Restriction on employment by Chairperson and Members after ceasing to hold office (preview)
Section 9 – Member to act as Chairperson or to discharge his functions in certain circumstances (preview)
Section 10 – Secretary, other officers and staff of Lokayukta (preview)
Section 11 – Inquiry wing (preview)
Section 12 – Appointment of Director of Prosecution (preview)
Section 13 – Expenses of Lokayukta to be charged on consolidated Fund of State (preview)
Section 14 – Jurisdiction of Lokayukta to include Chief Minister, Ministers and Member of Legislature and officers and employees of State Government (preview)
Section 15 – Matter pending before any court or committee or authority for inquiry before Lokayukta not to be effected (preview)
Section 16 – Constitution of benches of Lokayukta (preview)
Section 17 – Distribution of business amongst benches (preview)
Section 18 – Power of Chairperson to transfer cases (preview)
Section 19 – Decision to be by majority (preview)
Section 20 – Provisions relating to complaints and preliminary inquiry and investigation (preview)
Section 21 – Persons likely to be prejudicially affected to be heard (preview)
Section 22 – Lokayukta may require any public servant or any other persons to furnish information (preview)
Section 23 – Previous sanction not necessary for investigating and initiating prosecuting by Lokayukta in certain cases (preview)
Section 24 – Action on inquiry against public servant being Chief Minister, Ministers or Member of State Legislature (preview)
Section 25 – Supervisory powers of Lokayukta (preview)
Section 26 – Search and seizure (preview)
Section 27 – Lokayukta to have powers of civil court in certain cases (preview)
Section 28 – Power of Lokayukta to utilize services of officers of State Government (preview)
Section 29 – Provisional attachment of assets (preview)
Section 30 – Confirmation of attachment of assets (preview)
Section 31 – Confiscation of assets, proceeds, receipt and benefits arisen or procured by means of corruption in special circumstances (preview)
Section 32 – Power of Lokayukta to recommended transfer or suspension of public servant connected with allegation of corruption (preview)
Section 33 – Power of Lokayukta to give direction to prevent destruction of record during preliminary inquiry (preview)
Section 34 – Lokayukta to function as appellate authority for appeals arising out of any other law (preview)
Section 35 – Power to delegate (preview)
Section 36 – Constitution of Special Court (preview)
Section 37 – Letter of request to a contracting State in certain cases (preview)
Section 38 – Removal and suspension of Chairperson and Member of Lokayukta (preview)
Section 39 – Complaints against official of Lokayukta (preview)
Section 40 – Assessment of loss and recovery thereof by Special Court (preview)
Section 41 – Budget of Lokayukta (preview)
Section 42 – Grants by State Government (preview)
Section 43 – Annual Statement of Accounts (preview)
Section 44 – Furnishing of returns (preview)
Section 45 – Declaration of Assets (preview)
Section 46 – Presumption as to acquisition of assets by corrupt means in certain cases (preview)
Section 47 – Prosecution for false complaint and payment of compensation etc to public servant (preview)
Section 48 – False complaint made by society or Association of persons or Trust (preview)
Section 49 – Report of Lokayukta (preview)
Section 50 – Protection of action taken in good faith by public servant (preview)
Section 51 – Protection of action taken in good faith by others (preview)
Section 52 – Members, Officers and employees of Lokayukta to be public servant (preview)
Section 53 – Limitation to apply in certain cases (preview)
Section 54 – Bar of jurisdiction (preview)
Section 55 – Legal assistance (preview)
Section 56 – Act to have overriding effect (preview)
Section 57 – Provision of this Act to be in addition of other laws (preview)
Section 58 – Power to make rules (preview)
Section 59 – Power of Lokayukta to make regulations (preview)
Section 60 – Laying of rules and regulations (preview)
Section 61 – Power to remove difficulties and laying of order (preview)
Section 62 – Repeal (preview)

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