Act Number: 13

Act Name: The Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act, 1976

Year: 1976

Enactment Date: 1976-01-25

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Revenue

Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.
    (1) This Act may be called the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act, 1976.
     (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*.
     (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 5th day of November, 1975.
Notes:
*. Vide Notification No. S.O. 3912 (E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.
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