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Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Preamble 1

Title: Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988

State: Central

Year: 1988

THE PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT, 1988 [Act, No. 49 of 1988] [9th September, 1988] PREAMBLE An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the prevention of corruption and for matters connected therewith. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Complete Act

Title: Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988

State: Central

Year: 1988

.....- Power to try summarily Chapter III Section7 - Public servant taking gratification other than legal remuneration in respect of an official Act Section8 - Taking gratification, in order, by corrupt or illegal means, to influence public servant Section9 - Taking gratification, for exercise of personal influence with public servant Section10 - Punishment for abetment by public servant of offences defined in section 8 or 9 Section11 - Public servant obtaining valuable thing, without consideration from person concerned in proceeding or business transacted by such public servant Section12 - Punishment for abetment of offences defined in section 7 or 11 Section13 - Criminal, misconduct by a public servant Section14 - Habitual committing of offence under sections 8, 9 and 12 Section15 - Punishment for attempt Section16 - Matters to be taken into consideration for fixing fine Chapter IV Section17 - Persons authorised to investigate Section18 - Power to inspect bankers books Chapter V Section19 - Previous sanction necessary for prosecution Section20 - Presumption where public servant accepts gratification other than legal remuneration Section21 - Accused person to.....

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Section 8

Title: Taking Gratification, in Order, by Corrupt or Illegal Means, to Influence Public Servant

State: Central

Year: 1988

Whoever accepts or obtains, or agrees to accept, or attempts to obtain, from any person, for himself or for any other person, any gratification whatever as a motive or reward for inducing, by corrupt or illegal means, any public servant, whether named or otherwise, to do or to forbear to do any official act, or in the exercise of the official functions of such public servant to show favour or disfavour to any person, or to render or attempt o render any service or disservice to any person with the Central Government or any State Government or Parliament or the Legislature of any State or with any local authority, corporation or Government company referred to in clause (c) of section 2, or with any public servant, whether named or otherwise, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than six months but which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine.

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1947

.....clause (e) of sub-section (1), the pecuniary resources or property referred to in that clause for which the accused person is unable to account satisfactorily."] 3 (e) [e] Substituted for original sub-section (4) by Prevention of Corruption (Second Amendment) Act, 1959 (58 of 1952), S. 4 (12-8-1952). [(4) The provisions of this section shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other law for the time being in force, and nothing contained herein shall exempt any public servant from any proceeding whichmight, apart from this section, be instituted against him.] SECTION 5A : Investigation into cases under this Act 3 (a) [a] Substituted for former section 5A by the Anti-Corruption Laws (Amendment) Act. 1964 (40 of 1964). S. 6 (3) (18-12-1964)..- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the (Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898) , no police officer below the rank,- (a) in the case of the Delhi Special Police Establishment, of an Inspector of Police; (b) in the presidency-towns of Calcutta and Madras, of an Assistant Commissioner of Police: (c) in the presidency-town of Bombay, of a Superintendent of Police; and (d) elsewhere, of a Deputy Superintendent of Police, shall.....

The Kerala Public Mens Corruption (Investigations and Inquiries) Act, 1987 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1987

.....person on his behalf is in possession, or has at anytime during the period of his office, been in possession, for which the public man cannot satisfactorily account, of pecuniary resources or property disproportionate to his known sources of income; or (g) abusing his position as a public man shows any act of favoritism or nepotism in the discharge of his official functions by obtaining any monetary gain for himself or for his family, is said to commit corruption. Explanation I." The word "gratification" means pecuniary gratification and gratification estimable in money. Explanation II." The word "law" includes any Ordinance, bye-law, rule, regulation of notification. Explanation III." The words "legal remuneration" are not restricted to remuneration which a public man can lawfully demand, but include all remuneration which is lawfully permissible. Explanation IV." A person who receives a gratification as a motive for doing what he does not intend to do, or as a reward for doing what he has not done, comes within the expression "a motive or reward for doing". Section 4 - Constitution of Commission (1) For the purpose of conducting investigations and.....

The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1988

.....on his behalf, is in possession or has, at any time during the period of his office, been in possession for which the public servant cannot satisfactorily account, of pecuniary resources or property disproportionate to his known sources of income. Explanation.-- For the purposes of this section, "known sources of income" means income received from any lawful source and such receipt has been intimated in accordance with the provisions of any law, rules or orders for the time being applicable to a public servant. (2) Any public servant who commits criminal misconduct shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than one year but which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine. 14.Habitual committing of offence under sections 8, 9 and 12 .- Whoever habitually commits -- (a) an offence punishable under section 8 or section 9; or (b) an offence punishable under section 12. shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than two years but which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine. 15.Punishment for attempt .-- Whoever attempts to commit an offence referred to in clause.....

THE KERALA PUBLIC MEN'S CORRUPTION (INVESTIGATIONS AND INQUIRIES) AMENDMENT ACT, 1992 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1992

.....AMENDMENT ACT, 1992 ( Pub. in K.G. Ex. No. 449 dated 12-4-1992.) THE KERALA PUBLIC MEN'S CORRUPTION (INVESTIGATIONS AND INQUIRIES) AMENDMENT ACT, 1992 [Act No. 4 of 1992] PREAMBLE An Act further to amend the Kerala Public Men's Corruption (Investigations and inquiries) Act, 1987. Preamble.- WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Kerala Public Men's Corruption (Investigations and Inquiries) Act, 1987 for the purposes hereinafter appearing; Be it enacted in the Forty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:- Section 1 - Short title and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Kerala Public Men's Corruption (Investigations and Inquiries) Amendment Act, 1992. (2) The provisions of Ss. 3, 4, 8, 10 and 11 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 11th day of December, 1991 and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force at once and the reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision. Section 2 - Amendment of S.2 In S.2 of the Kerala Public Men's Corruption (Investigations and Inquiries) Act, 1987 (24 of 1988) (hereinafter referred.....

Maharashtra Government Servants Inquiries (Evidence of Corruption) Act, 1965 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1965

....."Government servant" means a person appointed to any public service or post in connection with the affairs of the State of Maharashtra, whose conditions of service the State Legislature is competent to regulate. SECTION 03: PRESUMPTION OF MISCONDUCT If in an inquiry held against the Government servant for corruption, it is proved that the Government servant or any person in his behalf is in possession, or has, at any time during the period of office of such servant, been in possession, for which such servant cannot satisfactorily account, to pecuniary resources or property disproportionate to his known sources of income, then on such proof the Inquiry Officer and any other authority concerned shall presume, unless the contrary is proved, that such servant is guilty of misconduct. Maharashtra State Acts

Karnataka Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1966 Section 24

Title: Corrupt Practices

State: Karnataka

Year: 1966

.....or capable of being used for the purpose of road transport, whether propelled by mechanical power or otherwise and whether used for drawing other vehicles or otherwise. (2) If the validity of the election is brought in question only on the ground of an error made by the officer charged with carrying out the rules relating to the elections or of an irregularity or informality not corruptly caused, the Munsiff shall not set aside the election. Explanation.--The expression "error" in this sub-section does not include any breach of or any omission to carry out or any non-compliance with the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder whereby the result of the election has been materially affected.

Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976 Section 39

Title: Corrupt Practices

State: Karnataka

Year: 1976

..... (5) the publication by a candidate or his agent or by any other person with the consent of a candidate or his election agent of any statement of fact which is false, and which he either believes to be false or does not believe to be true, in relation to the personal character or conduct of any candidate, or in relation to the candidature or withdrawal of any candidate, being a statement reasonably calculated to prejudice the prospects of that candidate's election; (6) the hiring or procuring whether on payment or otherwise of any vehicle by a candidate or his agent or by any other person with the consent of a candidate or his election agent for the conveyance of any voter (other than the candidate himself and the members of his family or his agent) to or from any polling station provided in accordance with the rules made under this Act: Provided that the hiring of a vehicle by an elector or by several electors at their joint cost for the purpose of conveying him or them to and from any such polling station shall not be deemed to be a corrupt practice under this clause if the vehicle so hired is a vehicle not propelled by mechanical power: Provided further that the use.....