Constitution of India · Part XII: Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits · Miscellaneous Financial Provisions
Article 284: Custody of suitors’ deposits and other moneys received by public servants and courts
In plain words
Money received by Union or State officers in their official capacity (other than government revenues) and money deposited with any court in India for a case, account or person must be paid into the public account of India or of the State.
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Official text
All moneys received by or deposited with—
(a) any officer employed in connection with the affairs of the Union or of a State in his capacity as such, other than revenues or public moneys raised or received by the Government of India or the Government of the State, as the case may be; or
(b) any court within the territory of India to the credit of any cause, matter, account or persons, shall be paid into the public account of India or the public account of State, as the case may be.
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the official text of the Constitution of India. As amended up to the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023. Text as on 10 September 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.