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 5: Competent authority.
    (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.
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