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The offense of criminal misconduct specified in section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, is being substituted by a new section restricting the criminal misconduct to dishonest or fraudulent misappropriation of any property entrusted to the public servant or if the public servant intentionally enriches himself illicitly during the period ...
The Prevention of Corruption Act 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 64) The Prevention of Corruption Acts 1889 to 1916 is the collective title of the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889, the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 and the Prevention of Corruption Act 1916. [1] These Acts were repealed by Schedule 2 of the Bribery Act 2010. [2]
Other Acts or sections amended by this Act remain in place for criminal proceedings and investigations under the Corruption Act 1992 prior to the assent. Section 37. Defines the name of the Act, the date it came into operation and that section 34(2) came into operation on 31 July 2004.
The concept is extensively used to initiate corruption investigations against public servants and elected politicians in India, [2] [3] and has been codified in several pieces of national- and state-level legislation, including the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
It was set up by the Government of India Resolution on 11 February 1964, [2] on the recommendations of the Committee on Prevention of Corruption, headed by K. Santhanam, to advise and guide Central Government agencies in the field of vigilance. [3] Nittoor Srinivasa Rau was selected as the first Chief Vigilance Commissioner of India.
The Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 (6 Edw.7 c.34) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (as it was then). It was the second of three pieces of legislation regarding corruption which after 1916 were collectively referred to as the Prevention of Corruption Acts 1889 to 1916 .
Jayalalithaa was sentenced to four years simple imprisonment under the Prevention of Corruption Act and fined ₹ 100 crores, which would be set-off against the confiscated properties. The three co-accused were all sentenced to four years simple imprisonment and fined ₹ 10 crores each.
The Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 69) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (as it was then). It was one of the Prevention of Corruption Acts 1889 to 1916 , a collective title adopted in 1916.