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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 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

.....he knows to be inadequate, from any person whom he knows to have been, or to be, or to be likely to be concerned in any proceeding or business transacted or about to be transacted by him, or having any connection with the official functions of himself or of any public servant to whom he is subordinate, or from any person whom he knows to be interested in or related to the person so concerned, or (c) if he dishonestly or fraudulently misappropriates or otherwise converts for his own use any property entrusted to him or under his control as a public servant or allows any other person so to do, or (d) if he, by corrupt or illegal means or by otherwise abusing his position as a public servant, obtains for himself or for any other person any valuable thing or pecuniary advantage; 3 (b) [b] Inserted.by the Anti-Corruption Laws (Amendment) Act., 1964 (40 of 1964), S. 6 (18-12-1964). [or]3 (b) [b] Inserted.by the Anti-Corruption Laws (Amendment) Act., 1964 (40 of 1964), S. 6 (18-12-1964). [(e) if he, or any person on his behalf is in possession of or has, at any time during the period of his office, been in possession, for which the public servant cannot satisfac torily account, of.....

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

State: Kerala

Year: 1987

.....by Notification. No. 15902/Leg.B1/87/Law dated 16-11-1988 with immediate effect.) THE KERALA PUBLIC MEN'S CORRUPTION (INVESTIGATIONS AND INQUIRIES) ACT, 1987 [Act No 24 of 1988] PREAMBLE An Act to make provision for the constitution of a Commission for investigation of, and inquiry into, complaints against public men and for matters connected therewith. WHEREAS it is expedient to make provisions for the constitution of a Commission to deal effectively with the investigation of, and inquiry into, complaints against public men and for matters connected therewith; BE it enacted in the Thirty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Kerala Public Men's Corruption (Investigations and Inquiries) Act, 1987. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala. (3) It shall come into force at once. Section 2 - Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.-- (a) "Commission" means a commission constituted under S (b) "complaint" means a complaint alleging that a public man has committed corruption; (c) "competent authority" in relation to a public man.....

The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1988

.....he knows to be inadequate, from any person whom he knows to have been, or to be, or to be likely to be concerned in any proceeding or business transacted or about to be transacted by such public servant, or having any connection with the official functions of himself or of any public servant to whom he is subordinate, or from any person whom he knows to be interested in or related to the person so concerned, 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. 12.Punishment for abetment of offences defined in section 7 irregular 11 .- Whoever abets any offence punishable under section 7 or section 11 whether or not that offence is committed in consequence of that abetment, 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 five. 13.Criminal, misconduct by a public servant .- (1) A public servant is said to commit the offence of criminal misconduct, -- (a) if he habitually accepts or obtained or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain from any person for himself or.....

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

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Chapter III

Title: Offences and Penalties

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. Section 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. Section 15 - Punishment for attempt Whoever attempts to commit an offence referred to in.....

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Chapter V

Title: Sanction for Prosecution and Other Miscellaneous Provisions

State: Central

Year: 1988

.....the jurisdiction exercisable by, or the procedure applicable to, any court or other authority under the Army Act, 1950 (45 of 1950), the Air Force Act, 1950 (46 of 1950), the Navy Act, 1957 (62 of 1957), the Border Security Force Act, 1968 (47 of 1968), the Coast Guard Act, 1978 (30 of 1978) and the National Security Guard Act, 1986 (47 of 1986). (2) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that for the purposes of any such law as is referred to in sub-section (1), the court of a special Judge shall be deemed to be a court of ordinary criminal justice. Section 26 - Special Judges appointed under Act 46 of 1952 to be special Judges appointed under this Act Every special Judge appointed under the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1952 for any area or areas and is holding office on the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be a special Judge appointed under section 3 of this Act for that area or areas and, accordingly, on and from such commencement, every such Judge shall continue to deal with all the proceedings pending before him on such commencement in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Section 27 - Appeal and revision Subject to the provisions of this.....

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Section 29

Title: Amendment of Ordinance 38 of 1944

State: Central

Year: 1988

In the Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 1944, (a) in sub-section (1) of section 3, sub-section (1) of section 9, clause (a) of section 10, sub-section (1) of section 11 and sub-section (1) of section 13, for the words State Government", wherever they occur, the words "State Government or, as the case may be, the Central Government" shall be substituted; (b) in section 10, in clause (a), for the words "three months", the words "one year" shall be substituted; (c) in the Schedule, (i) paragraph 1 shall be omitted; (ii) in paragraphs 2 and 4, (a) after the words "a local authority", the words and figures "or a corporation established by or under a Central, Provincial or State Act, or an authority or a body owned or controlled or aided by Government or a Government company as defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) or a society aided by such corporation, authority, body or Government company" shall be inserted; (b) after the words "or authority", the words "or corporation or body or Government company or society" shall be inserted; (iii) for paragraph 4A, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely: "4A.An offence punishable under.....