Section 12A
Qualifications, terms and conditions of service of Chairperson, and Member.
The Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act, 1976
About this Act
An Act to provide for the forfeiture of illegally acquired properties of smugglers and foreign exchange manipulators and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
1[12A. Qualifications, terms and conditions of service of Chairperson, and Member.--
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the qualifications, appointment, term of office, salaries
and allowances, resignation, removal and the other terms and conditions of service of the Chairperson and
other members of the Appellate Tribunal appointed after the commencement of 2[the Tribunals Reforms
Act, 2021, shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter II of the said Act]:
Provided that the Chairperson and other members appointed before the commencement of Part XIV of Chapter VI of the Finance Act, 2017 (7 of 2017), shall continue to be governed by the provisions of this Act, and the rules made thereunder as if the provisions of section 184 of the Finance Act, 2017 had not come into force.]
Provided that the Chairperson and other members appointed before the commencement of Part XIV of Chapter VI of the Finance Act, 2017 (7 of 2017), shall continue to be governed by the provisions of this Act, and the rules made thereunder as if the provisions of section 184 of the Finance Act, 2017 had not come into force.]
Notes
1. Ins. by Act 7 of 2017, s. 164 (w.e.f. 26-5-2017).
2. Subs. by Act 33 of 2021, s. 14, for Part XIV of Chapter VI of the Finance Act, 2017 (7 of 2017), shall be governed by the provisions of section 184 of that Act (w.e.f. 4-4-2021).
2. Subs. by Act 33 of 2021, s. 14, for Part XIV of Chapter VI of the Finance Act, 2017 (7 of 2017), shall be governed by the provisions of section 184 of that Act (w.e.f. 4-4-2021).