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RECRUITMENT) ACT, 2024

Chapter III PUNISHMENT FOR OFFENCES

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Chapter III PUNISHMENT FOR OFFENCES

12. Punishment for organized crime

Statutory text
  1. (1) If a person or a group of persons i,cluding the eXaminaticon authority or service provider or any other institution Commits an organized crime, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not less than five years but which may extend to ten years and with fine which shall not be less than one crore rupees. In case of default of payment of fine, an additional punishment of imprisonment shall be imposed ae per the provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
  2. (2) f an institution is involved in commiting an organized crime, its property shall be Subjected to attachment and forfeiture and proportionate cost of examination shall also be recovered from it.

Chapter III PUNISHMENT FOR OFFENCES

13. Debarment on conviction

Statutory text
  1. (1) If a person or a group of persons including the examination authority or service provider or any other institution commits an organized crime, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not less than five years but which may extend to ten years and with fine which shall not be less than one crore rupees. In case of default of payment of fine, an additional punishment of imprisonment shall be imposed as per the provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
  2. (2) If an institution is involved in committing an organized crime, its property shall be subjected to attachment and forfeiture and proportionate cost of examination shall also be recovered from it.

Chapter III PUNISHMENT FOR OFFENCES

14. Inquiry and Investigation of the offences

Statutory text
  1. (1) Inquiry and Investigation of the offences - No police officer below the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police or Assistant Commissioner of Police shall investigate any offence committed under this Act.
  2. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the State Government shall have the powers to refer the investigation to any State or Central Investigating Agencies.

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