prevention of corruption act,2006

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TEE PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT, 2bOd

(1949

A.D.)

(Act No.

X l l l

of 2006)

(Promulgated by Shree Yuvraj under se;tion

5

of the Jamma

&

Kashrnir Constitution Act, 1996 and published in the Governm ent Gaz ette

dzted 25th M aghar, 2006).

Am Act for more effective pe ve ntio n of bribery and corruption

Whereas i:

is

expedient

tq

make more effectwe provisions ofthe

prevention of bribery and col ~u ptio nn the State.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers reserved under section

5

of the Jammu

&

Kashm ir Constitution Act, 1996 read with the proclamalion

issued by His Highness and published in the extraoldinary issue of the

Govern ment Gazette dated 7th Har, 2006, Yuvraj Shree Karan Singh Ji

Ijahadur is pleased to en ict as follows :

I .

Short title, extent

and

commencerher~t.--(I) This Act may be

called the Prevention of Corruption Act, 200 6 (1919 AD).

(2)

It extends to the w hole ofthe:Jammu & Kashmir St~;e nd it

applies (also) to State Subjects and servants of the State wherever they

may be.

(3)

It shall come into force from the date it is published in the

Gove rnment Gazette.

2.

1nrerpretction.-For the purpose of this Act the exp ression

'public servant' rr.cans a public servant as defined in Section

21

of the

Staze Ranbir Panal Co de and shall include :-

(a) a person

\\

ho is or has been a member of either House of State

Legislature or a member (including Minister of State) of the

Coun cil of Ministers

;

(b) every person who is or has been under the employment of

Government whether on permanent, temporary or work-charge

basis.

(c) every officer, servant or member (by whatever name cslled)

of a Corporation or of a corporate or other body which is

established by or under an Act of the State Legislature or of

Parliament in force in the State.

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3 .

C,'er/uinoffence8 to be cugrlizublu.

--All offence punishable under

section 5 of tlris Act or under section 161 or section 165 or sectiorr

165-A or section 167-A of the State Ranbir Penal Code, Sam vat 1989, shall

be deemed to be a cognizable offence for the purposes of the Code of

Criminal Procedure, Samvat 1989 notw itl~slanding nything to the contraly

contained therein

:

Prov~dedhat no Police Officer below t11e ank of the

(

X X X) Deputy

Supe rintendent of Police shall investigate any su LhofTence without the order

of a M ag~ stra te f the first class or make any arrest thereof w ithout a

wawilnt

:

Provided furthor that if an officer ol'the (V igilar~ ceOrgar~ization) f

and a bove the rank of a Sub-Inspector of Police is specially authorized in

writing by all officer of(Vigilance O rga nia tion ) not below the w nk of an

Assistant Superintendent of Police to investigate such offence. Such officer

may investigate the offence so specified in thc orde r of authoris ation . But

such officer shall not be cotnpetcnt to arrest any person during such

investigatiol~,unless a Police officer not below tire rank of a (Deputj.

Superintendent of Police) authorizes such arrest under section 56 of the

Code oFC rin ~in al rocedure. Samvat 1989)

4.

Prcsun~ptionwhere public serv ur~ t ccepts grulificutiorr other

tlrun illegul remunera1ion.--(

I) Where in any tr ial o f a11 offence p unish able

under section 161 or section 165 of the R a ~ ~ b i renal Code I989 (or an

offence referred to in clause (a) or clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section

5 of this Act punishable under sub-section

(2)

thereof,

it

is proved that an

accused person has accepted or obvai~~ed,r has agreed to accept or

attempted to obtain for hims elfor for any valuable thing from any person. It

shall be presumed unless the contrary is proved that the accepted or obtained ,

or agreed to accept or attempted to obtain that gratification o r that valuable

thing, as

I I I C

case may be, as

a

motive or rcward such as its nientioned in

the said section 161, or as the case may be without

con side ratio^^

or for a

consideration which he knows to be inadequate.

(2)

W here in any trial of arr offence punishable under se c t i o ~ ~65-A

of the Kdnbir Penal Code, 1989 (XI1 of 1989) 'for under clause (ii) of

sub-section (3) of section 5 o f this Act,

it

is proved that any gratificaiion

(other than legal remuneration) or any valuable thing has been given or

offered to he given or attem pted to be give11by an accused person, ir s l~a l l

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be p resum ed . Unless the cont ra ry is p r o ~ r d .hz: ne gavs or offered to

give

or attempted to give that gratificztion or

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valuable thing, as the

cas e may be. as a motive or reward such 2s is mentioned i n section 161 of

the R anbir Penal Cod e, or , as the case

ma) be.

-.zvithout consideration or fbr

a conside:ztion w hi ch he kn ow s to be inzde;.aare.

13)No t\\ . i thstsndin g anything contain-d in sub-.ec:ions ( 1 ) and (2 j ,

the Court may declin e to dra w the presump:ion referred to in either o f t h e

sa id sub-sec tions. l f t he gra ti ficat ion or th ing e i ~ r e s a i ds in its opinio n so

trivial tha t no inference of corruption ma) fairly be draw n.

5.

Criminil miscondu ct.--(I) Public servant is said to com mit the

offence o f cr iminal misconduct

:-

(a ) I f he habi tua lly accepts or d~ ta i i i s r agrees to accept or

at tempts to obtain from an:. person for himself or for any

oth er person, any gratification (other than legal remune ration)

as m otive or reward su ch as is mentioned

in

section 161 of

the State Ranbir Pena) Cod e, Sam vat

1989,

or

(b) If he habi tual ly accepts or obtains or agrees to accept or

at tem pts to obtain for himself or for any other person, any

valuable thing w ithout consideration or for a considerat ion

wh ich he know s to be inadequate from an y person who m he

kno ws t o have been or to be o r to be l i ~ e l yo be concerned

in any proceeding or business t ransacted or sbout to be

transa cted by him or ha vin gan y cor.~re ction ith the official

funct ions of himself or o f z n ) piibi ic servani . io who m he is

subordina te , or from any person who m he kn ow s to be

interested in or related to the persons so conce rned Ior

(c) If h e dishonestly or fraudulently miscpprupriates or otherwise

converts for his own use any properr) entrusted to him or

cnd er his control as 2 pubic senro nic r al ows any othe r person

so to do

;

o r

(d) If he , by corrupt or illegal rr?es is or

b

orherwise abu sing

,

.

his position as public servai;i, ozrzlni for hi;njelf o r for an)

other person cny valuable n i ~ g r iec:.i?iarg advanrzgc

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( c ) Ifhe

o r an y person on his behalf is i n possess ion or has, ; ~ tiry

timc d urin g the period o f his of'ficc, been in possession, for

which th e public servant c:tnr~ot satisfactorily acco onl, o f

pecuniary reso urm s or p ropany disprop onion alt: to Iris krrown

sources o f income.

Explurta1ion.-For th e purpo se oi'clause 2)

[he

expreasiurl " p ~ ~ ~ p

lnclude s any inte rest in properly, mo vable 01 imlnovable,

dnd

the proceeds

of sale t l~ ere of nd any money o r investment w h ~ c h or t l ~ime baing.

represents the proceeds o f sale.

(2)

A ny p ub lic s erv an t w l ~ o o ~ n ~ n i t sr irninal n~ isco i ;du i t h d l be

pun ishable with imprisonment for a terln which shall not bc less one year

but wh ich rnay exten d to seven years and sh all also be liable to fine.-

(3 ) W hoever commits-

(i) An offenc e punishable under section 162 or sec tior~163 o f

th e State Ranbir Penal Code, Samvat 1989; or

(ii) An offe nc e punish able under section 165 -A or sectton 167-A

of the State Ranbir Penal Code, Sa ~n va t 989;

shall be pun ishable with imprisonment for a term s w91icl1 shall not be lcss

than on e year but which m ay extend to seven years and shall also

be

liable

to fine :

. Provided that the Court may, for m y s p c ~ a leaw ns recorded

i n

w r i t i ~ ~

~ m p o se sentence of imprisonment of less than on e year but not less tha

six

n ~ o n t h s .

(4) W hoever attemp ts to c o~ nn lit n offence referred to

in

clause ((

ofsub-sect ion

( I )

shall be punishable with imprisonmen t for a temr whir

may extend to three years, o r with fine, or with both.

(5) ' w h e r e a sentence of t ine

is

imposed under suh-suction (2)

sub-saction (3). the court i n fixing the amount of fine shall tak r i n

consideration the amount or the value of the property,

i f '

any, which t

accused person has obtained by comm itting the offenc e or, where

I

conviction is for an offence referred to in clause (e) of sub-sectiorr (1 ), 1

pecuniary resources or property referred to

in

that clause for w hich

accused person is unable t o accou nt satisfactorily.


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describe in the charge the property in respcct

ol'

which the offence is

alleged to have been committed and the dates between which the o ffenc e is

alleged to have been com lr~ittedwithout specifyint:

articular

items or exa ct

dates and-the charge so framed shall be dee~nctl 0 be a charge of an

offence within the rneaning of section

234

of the Cod e

:

Provided that the time included between t11c first and last of such

dates shall not exceed on e year.

7. Accused perso n to be

competent

witt~ess.--Any person charged

with an offence punishable under section 161 01. section 165 (o r section

165-A) (or section 167-A ) o f the Ranbir Penal Cotle,

1989,

or under

[x

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section 5 of this Ac t, shall be a competent witness for the defence and m ay

give evide nce on oath in disproof o f the charges m ade again st him or any

person charged tpgether w ith him at the sam e trial ;

Provided that :-

(a)

He sha ll not be called

as

a witness except on his own request

;

(b) His failure to give evidence shall not be made the subject of

any comm ent by the prosecution or give rise to any presumption

against himself or any person charged tugether wi:h him

ar

the

sarne trial

;

( c ) He shall not be asked, any ifasked shall

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be required to answ er,

any question tendingto show that it h a \c o ~ ~ r~ n it te dr. baen convicted

of any of fence o ther than the o f f e i , ~ it11 which 11e is charged,

or is o f bad character, unless

:-

(i) Th e proof that he has committed

or '

been co r~vic ted f such

offen ce is admissible in evidence

lo

::how that he is guilty o f

the offence with which he isc ha rgc d, or

(ii) H e has personally or by his pieadrr asked questions of any

witn ess for the prosecution w ith

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v i c ~ vo es tabl is l~ ,

is

own

good character,.or has given eviden ce ol'h is good character,

or the na ture of conduct of th e d e fc ~ ~ c t :

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s u c l ~

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to involve

imputations on the character oft he prosecutor or of any witness

for the prosecution, o r

(iii) He has given evidence against any other person charged with

the same offence.

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7-A. Tlic Co de of Crirriir:a/ P r o c e i; ,? ~ ,Ssn virl

1989

lo ~ w l y

subject to ce rta in modification.-The pis;~ is;or~ sf

rha

Co de of Criminal

Procedure, Samvat 1989, shall in their appiizeiior~o any proceeding in

relation to an offence punishable under sec:ior.

i 6 1 ,

section

165,

section

165-A or sec tion 167-A of the State Ranhir C ode , Samva t

1989

or under

section 5 of th is Act, have e ffect as if, :

(a) Sub-section (8 ) of section 251-A had beer, substituted by the

following, namely :-

(8) The accused shail then be required to give in writing

within suc h time a s the M agistrate may allow a list of persons, if any

whom he proposes to examine as his witnesses and o f the documents.

.

if any , on which he p roposes to rely end shsll then be czllcd upon his

defence and produces evidence and if the accused puts in

any

written

statement, th e Magistrate shall file it with record

:

Provided th at in case the accused does not disclose the name o f

the witnesses for fear of tempering with, he may not disclose the

names in which case he will be bound to produce the w itnesses on his

ow n responsibility on the next date of hearing without the assistance

of the C ourt and will not claim any further adjournmen t on this count."

(b) In sub-section (I -a ) of section 344, after the second proviso, the

following proviso had been inserted, namely

:

"Provided also that the proceeding s h d l not be adjourned or post-

poned merely on the ground that application under section 435 has

been made by a party to the proceeding".

(c ) In s;b-section (1) of section 435 before the mplaiation, the

following proviso had been inserted, namely

:-

"Provided that where the powers under this-sub-section are

exercised by a court on an application made tiy a party to such

proceed ing, the cou rt shall not ordifieriiy call for the record of th e

proceeding :-

(a) without giving the other party an opportunity of whowing

cause why the record shall not be called for ; r

(b) if it is satisfied th at an e:s:amiiiaiisi: of th e record o i he

proceeding, may be made fr o n ;:he certified copies ther eo f;

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