Section 5
Competent authority.
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) The Central Government may, by order published in the Official
Gazette, authorise as many officers of the Central Government (not below the rank of a Joint Secretary to
the Government), as it thinks fit, to perform the functions of the competent authority under this Act.
(2) The competent authorities shall perform their functions in respect of such persons or classes of persons as the Central Government may, by order, direct.
(2) The competent authorities shall perform their functions in respect of such persons or classes of persons as the Central Government may, by order, direct.