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Section 29: Amendment of the Ordinance 38 of 1944.

The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988Central Act · Act 49 of 1988

In the Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 1944,--

(a) in sub-section (1) of section 3, sub-section (1) of section 9, clause (a) of section 10, subsection (1) of section 11 and sub-section (1) of section 13, for the words "State Government", wherever they occur, the words "State Government or, as the case may be, the Central Government" shall be substituted;

(b) in section 10, in clause (a), for the words "three months", the words "one year" shall be substituted;

(c) in the Schedule,--

(i) paragraph 1 shall be omitted;

(ii) in paragraphs 2 and 4,--

(a) after the words "a local authority", the words and figures "or a corporation established by or under a Central, Provincial or State Act, or an authority or a body owned or controlled or aided by Government or a Government company as defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) or a society aided by such corporation, authority, body or Government company" shall be inserted;

(b) after the words "or authority", the words "or corporation or body or Government company or society" shall be inserted;

(iii) for paragraph 4A, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely:--

"4A.An offence punishable under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.";

(iv) in paragraph 5, for the words and figures "items 2, 3 and 4", the words, figures and letter "items 2, 3, 4 and 4A" shall be substituted.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
Section29
Marginal noteAmendment of the Ordinance 38 of 1944.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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