Amendment of Ordinance 38 of 1944 .- In the Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 1944

PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT, 1988

Section 29 - Amendment of Ordinance 38 of 1944 .- In the Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 1944

29. Amendment of Ordinance 38 of 1944 .- In the Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 1944 ,-- (a) in sub- section (1) of section 3, sub- section (1) of section 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 (1 of 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.