Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
29. Amendment of the Ordinance 38 of 1944
In the Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance,
1944,-
(a) in sub-section (1) of section 3,
sub-section (1) of sector 9, clause (a) of section 10, sub-section (1) of
section 11 and sub-section (1) of section 13, for the words "State
Government", wherever they occur, the words "State Government or, as
the case may be, the Central Government" shall be substituted;
(b) in section 10, in clause (a), for the
words " three months", the words "one year" shall be
substituted;
(c) in the Schedule,-
(i) paragraph 1 shall
be omitted;
(ii) in paragraphs 2 and 4,-
(a) after the words
"a local authority", the words and figures "or a corporation
established by or under a Central, Provincial or State Act, or an authority or
a body owned or controlled or aided by Government or a Government company as
defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 or a society aided by such
corporation, authority. body or Government company" shall be inserted;
(b) after the words
"or authority", the words "or corporation or body or Government
company or society" shall be inserted;
(iii) for paragraph
4A, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely: -
"4A. An offence
punishable under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.";
(iv) in paragraph 5,
for the words and figures "items 2, 3 and 4", the words, figures and
letter "items 2, 3, 4 and 4A" shall be substituted.