The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 2013
33.
Power
to grant immunity.
1. The Central
Government may, on the recommendation by the Authority, if satisfied, that any
person, who is alleged to have violated any of the provisions of this Act or
the rules or the regulations made there under, has made a full and true
disclosure in respect of alleged violation, grant to such person, subject to
such conditions as it may think fit to impose, immunity from prosecution for
any offence under this Act, or the rules or the regulations made there under
and also from the imposition of any penalty under this Act with respect to the
alleged violation:
Provided that no such immunity shall be granted by the Central Government in cases where
the proceedings for the prosecution for any such offence have been instituted
before the date of receipt of application for grant of such immunity:
Provided
further that the recommendation of the Authority under this sub-section shall
not be binding upon the Central Government.
2. An immunity granted
to a person under sub-section ( 1 ) may, at any time, be withdrawn by the
Central Government, if it is satisfied that such person had, in the course of
the proceedings, not complied with the condition on which the immunity was
granted or had given false evidence, and thereupon such person may be tried for
the offence with respect to which the immunity was granted or for any other
offence of which he appears to have been guilty in connection with the
contravention and shall also become liable to the imposition of any penalty
under this Act to which such person would have been liable, had no such
immunity been granted.