Act Number: 11

Act Name: The High Denomination Bank Notes (Demonetisation) Act, 1978

Year: 1978

Enactment Date: 1978-03-30

Long Title: An Act to provide in the public interest for the demonetisation of certain high denomination bank notes and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Economic Affairs

Section 11: Special provisions relating to offences.
    (1) No prosecution for an offence punishable under this Act shall be instituted except with the previous sanction of the Central Government.
     (2) Notwithstanding anything in section 29 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), the court of a Magistrate of the first class or the court of a Metropolitan Magistrate trying an offence punishable under this Act may impose a fine exceeding five thousand rupees.
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