For the purposes of Section 40 of the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002, the persons specified…
PMLA s.40 deems the specified persons to be public servants within the meaning of the penal-code definition of "public servant", now section 2(28) of the Bharatiya Nyaya…
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For the purposes of Section 40 of the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002, the persons specified are public servants within the meaning of which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023?
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PMLA s.40 deems the specified persons to be public servants within the meaning of the penal-code definition of "public servant", now section 2(28) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 21 IPC, which section 40 cites; under section 8 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 the reference is read as one to the BNS). Clauses (26), (27) and (29) of section 2 BNS define other expressions.