"(f) any property entrusted to the State Government, a Local Authority, any Company, Corporation Body established by any Act, any Company owned or controlled by the State Government, and to any public servant;
(g) any property entrusted to any office where any duty in the discharge of which the State, the Public or the Community at large has an interest or any person who holds an office by virtue of which he is authorized or required to perform any public duty.".
Amendment of 4. after sub-section (4) of section 20 of the principal Act, the following sub-sections section 20.
shall be inserted:— "(5) The public servant duly authorized by the State Government in this behalf while submitting the report under sub-section (1) shall also forward a report to the State Government regarding details or value of the property, description of property derived or obtained by any person under this Act.
(6) The State Government after receipt of the information from the said public servant or otherwise, to the effect that the Jurisdictional Court or Magistrate having taken cognizance of the report submitted by the public servant under sub-section (5), if, after enquiry in the prescribed manner, has reason to believe (the reason for such belief to be recorded in writing), on the basis of material in its possession, that—
(a) any person is in possession of the property derived under sub-section (5);
and
PART III] THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, APRIL 10, 2023 3 The West Bengal Maintenance of Public Order (Amendment) Act, 2023.
(Section 5.)
Insertion of new section after section 20.
(b) such property or value of the such property are likely to be concealed, transformed or dealt with in any manner prejudicial to the interest of State Government for providing compensation to the victim, for the purposes of maintenance of public order, revenue, public welfare, the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette, attach the said property for a period not exceeding one hundred and eighty days, from the date of publication of such notification;
(7) Save as otherwise specially provided in any other law, the attachment shall be made in the manner provided for attachment of property in execution of decree under Order XXI, Rules 43, 43A, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51 and 54 of the Code of Civil Procedure,
1908.".