Act Info:
Preamble1 - PREVENTION OF TERRORISM ACT, 2002
Chapter I Section1 - Short title extent, application, commencement, duration and savings
Section2 - Definitions
Chapter II Section3 - Punishment of terrorist acts
Section4 - Possession of certain unauthorized arms, etc.
Section5 - Enhanced penalties
Section6 - Holding of proceeds of terrorism illegal
Section7 - Powers of investigating officers and appeal against order of Designated Authority
Section8 - Forfeiture of proceeds of terrorism
Section9 - Issue of show cause notice before forfeiture of proceeds of terrorism
Section10 - Appeal
Section11 - Order of forfeiture not to interfere with other punishments
Section12 - Claims by third party
Section13 - Powers of Designated Authority
Section14 - Obligation to furnish information
Section15 - Certain transfers to be null and void
Section16 - Forfeiture of property of certain persons
Section17 - Company to transfer shares to Government
Chapter III Section18 - Declaration of an organization as a terrorist organization
Section19 - Denotification of a terrorist organization
Section20 - Offence relating to membership of a terrorist organization
Section21 - Offence relating to support given to a terrorist organization
Section22 - Fund raising for a terrorist organisation to be an offence
Chapter IV Section23 - Special Courts
Section24 - Place of sitting
Section25 - Jurisdiction of Special Courts
Section26 - Power of Special Courts with respect to other offences
Section27 - Power to direct for samples, etc.
Section28 - Public Prosecutors
Section29 - Procedure and powers of Special Courts
Section30 - Protection of witnesses
Section31 - Trial by Special Courts to have precedence
Section32 - Certain confessions made to police officers to be taken into consideration
Section33 - Power to transfer cases to regular courts
Section34 - Appeal
Section35 - Transitional provisions and transfer of pending proceedings
Chapter V Section36 - Definitions
Section37 - Appointment of Competent Authority
Section38 - Application for authorization of interception of wire, electronic or oral communication
Section39 - Decision by Competent Authority on application for interception
Section40 - Submission of Order of interception to Review Committee
Section41 - Duration of an order of interception, etc.
Section42 - Authority competent to carry out interception
Section43 - Interception of Communication in emergency
Section44 - Protection of information collected
Section45 - Admissibility of evidence collected through the interception of communications
Section46 - Review of authorisation order
Section47 - Interception and disclosure of wire, electronic or oral communications prohibited
Section48 - Annual report of interceptions
Chapter VI Section49 - Modified application of certain provisions of the Code
Section50 - Cognizance of offences
Section51 - Officers competent to investigate offences under this Act
Section52 - Arrest
Section53 - Presumption as to offences under section 3
Section54 - Bar of jurisdiction of court, etc.
Section55 - Saving
Section56 - Overriding effect
Section57 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section58 - Punishment and compensation for malicious action
Section59 - Impounding of passport and arms licence of person charge-sheeted under the Act
Section60 - Review Committees
Section61 - Power of High Courts to make rules
Section62 - Power to make rules
Section63 - Orders and rules to be laid before Houses of Parliament
Section64 - Repeal and saving
ScheduleI - SCHEDULE
Amending Act1 - PREVENTION OF TERRORISM (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003
Repealing Act1 - PREVENTION OF TERRORISM (REPEAL) ACT, 2004 (26 OF 2004)