As per the first proviso to Section 5(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, no attachment…

The first proviso to PMLA section 5(1) requires, in relation to the scheduled offence, a police report forwarded under CrPC section 173, an authorised-investigator complaint before the competent Magistrate or court, or a similar report or complaint under a corresponding foreign law. It does not require charge-framing, arrest or prior cognizance. The second proviso separately permits urgent attachment on its stated conditions. Current BNSS section 193 corresponds to the police-report provision.