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The Madhya Pradesh Vinirdishta Bhrashta Acharan Nivaran Adhiniyam, 1982

The Madhya Pradesh Vinirdishta Bhrashta Acharan Nivaran Adhiniyam, 1982

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This law regulates specific corrupt practices and abuses of authority within government departments, public undertakings, real estate development, public distribution systems, and public procurement in Madhya Pradesh. It applies to public officers, government contractors, land developers, bidders, and licensed distributors. The law criminalizes various dishonest acts, including executing substandard public works, illegal land colonization, submitting bogus tenders, issuing false muster rolls, advancing loans to fictitious persons, illegally acquiring disproportionate assets, and selling unsafe liquor. By establishing strict punishments and procedures for attaching illegally acquired assets, it aims to enforce integrity, protect public funds, and ensure fair governance.

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  1. 1. Short title and extent
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Definitions
  4. 4. Punishment of contractor for violation of contract etc.
  5. 5. Punishment of officer-in-charge for lack of supervision
  6. 6. Punishment for preparing false or fictitious muster roll or measurement book
  7. 7. Punishment for surreptitious sale of supplied material by contractor
  8. 8. Punishment for submitting manipulated tenders
  9. 9. Punishment to officer accepting manipulated tender
  10. 10. Punishment for wrongful or unauthorised disposal of property
  11. 11. Punishment for supply of substandard or lesser quantity of goods, etc.
  12. 12. Punishment of officer of works department for abetting offences under section 11
  13. 13. Punishment for splitting up purchase orders
  14. 14. Punishment for illicit felling or disposal of forest produce
  15. 15. Punishment for falsification of bid-sheet and manipulation of transit passes
  16. 16. Punishment for false or fictitious claims
  17. 17. Punishment for award of disproportionately excessive compensation
  18. 18. Punishment for collusive bidder
  19. 19. Punishment for sale of liquor or spurious drug unfit for human consumption
  20. 20. Punishment for applying for registration of or use of bogus firm name
  21. 21. Punishment for registering bogus Firm for abeting offence under section 20
  22. 22. Punishment for advancing loans, etc., to fictitious persons
  23. 22-A. Punishment for delaying etc. loan cases
  24. 23. Punishment for false verification of loan utilization
  25. 24. Definitions
  26. 25. Offence of illegal diversion of land
  27. 26. Offence of illegal colonization
  28. 27. Punishment for illegal diversion and illegal colonization
  29. 28. Offence of illegal construction
  30. 29. Punishment for illegal construction
  31. 30. Punishment for abetment of the offence of illegal construction
  32. 31. Transfer of plots in an area of illegal diversion or illegal colonization to be void
  33. 32. Forfeiture of the land involved in illegal colonisation
  34. 32A. Definition
  35. 32B. Punishment for securing allotment of land by misrepresenting facts
  36. 32C. Punishment for illegal allotment of land, houses or flats
  37. 32D. Punishment for change in layout with malafide intention
  38. 33. Tampering with the system by the licensed dealer
  39. 34. Abetment of offence under section 33 by an officer
  40. 35. Punishment for manipulation of transfers
  41. 36. Punishment for drawing salary for the period of unauthorised absence from duty
  42. 36A. Chapter to have overriding effect
  43. 36B. Offence of acquisition of property by illegal means
  44. 36C. Attachment of property
  45. 36D. Release of property
  46. 36E. Reference by District Magistrate to District Judge in certain cases
  47. 36F. Investigation by District Judge of objections to attachment
  48. 36G. Criminal Courts to evaluate property procured by the offence
  49. 36H. Disposal of attached property upon termination of criminal proceedings
  50. 36I. Appeal
  51. 36J. Bar of jurisdiction of the Civil Court
  52. 37. Proof of sanction
  53. 38. Curability of technical defects in the form of sanction
  54. 39. Cognizance of offences
  55. 42. Code of Criminal Procedure to apply
  56. 43. Provisions not to be derogatory to certain laws
  57. 44. Rule making power
  58. 45. Repeat
  59. 122-A. Punishment for delaying etc. loan cases
  60. Form I. Form of application for a licence under section 24
  61. Form II. Licence under section 24
  62. Form III. Register

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