(1) Every public servant shall make a declaration of his assets and liabilities in the manner as provided by or under Ihis Act.
31[(2} A public servant shall, within a period of thirty days from the date on which he makes and subscribes an oath or affirmation to enter upon his office, furnish to the competent authority the information relating to
(a) the assets of which he, and his dependent children are, jointly or severally, owners or beneficiaries:
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(b) his liabilities and his dependent children.]
31[ ].substituted by s.zs of 2019 Act
(3) A public servant holding his office as such, at the time of the commencement of this Act, shall furnish information relating to such assets and liabilities, as referred to in sub-section (2), to the competent authority within ninety days of the coming into force of this Act.
(4) Every public servant shall file with the competent authority, on or before the thirty-first July of every year, an annual return of such assets and liabilities, as referred to in sub-section (2), as on the thirty-first March of that year.
(5) The information under sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) and annual return under subsection (4) shall be furnished to the competent authority in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed.
(6) The competent authority in respect of each Department shall ensure that all such statements are published on the website of such Department by thirty-first August of that year.
Explanation.-For the purposes of this section, 'dependent children" means sons and daughters who have no separate means of earning and are wholly dependent on the public servant for their livelihood.
Presumption as to acquisition of assets by corrupt means in certain cases:
45. If any pubic servant wilfully or for reasons which are not justifiable, fails to declare his asset or gives misleading information in respect of such assets and is found to be in possession of assets not disclosed or in respect of which misleading information was furnished, then, such assets shall, unless otherwise proved, be presumed to belong to the public servant and shall be presumed to be assets acquired by corrupt means:
Provided that the competent authority may condone or exempt the public servant from furnishing information in respect of assets not exceeding such minimum value as may be prescribed' 32[CHAPTER XIV] OFFENCES AND PENALTIES] 46 32[ deleted] 47 32[ deleted] 32[ ].deleted by s.26 of 2019 Act
CHAPTER - XV MISCELLANEOUS
48. It shall be the duty of the Lokayukta to present annually to the Governor a report on the work done by the Lokayukta and on receipt of such report the Governor shall cause a copy thereof together with a memorandum explaining, in respect of the cases, if any, where the advice of the Lokayukta was not accepted, the reason for such non-acceptance to be, laid before the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
49. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings under this Act shall lie against any public servant, in respect of anything which is done in good faith or intended to be done in the discharge of his official functions or in exercise of his powers.
~ 50. No suit prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the Lokayukta or against any officer, employee, agency or any person, in respect of anything which is done in good faith or intended to be done under this Act or the rules or the regulations made there under
51. The Chairperson,member,officers and other employees of the Lokayukta shall be deemed, when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act, to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
52. The Lokayukta shall not inquire or investigate into any complaint, if the complaint is made after the expiry of a Period of seven years from the date on which the offence mentioned in such complaint is alleged to have been committed.
Jurisdiction:
53. No civil court shall have jurisdiction in respect of any matter which the Lokayukta is empowered by or under this Act to determine.
Legal assistance:
54. The-Lokayukta shall provide to every person against whom a complaint has been made, before it, under this Act, Legal assistance to defend his case before the Lokayukta if such assistance is requested for.
Act to have overriding effect' provisions of this Act to be in addition to other laws:
54. The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any enactment other than this Act or in any instrument having effect of any enactment other than this act
56. The provisions of this Act shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of any other laws for the time being in force.
Power to make rules: