Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002
An Act to prevent money-laundering and to provide for confiscation of property derived from, or involved in, money-laundering and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Chapter I: Preliminary
- 1 Short title, extent and commencement
- 2 Definitions 11 judgments
Chapter II: Offence of Money-Laundering
- 3 Offence of money-laundering 31 judgments
- 4 Punishment for money-laundering 25 judgments
Chapter III: Attachment, Adjudication and Confiscation
- 5 Attachment of property involved in money-laundering 6 judgments
- 6 Adjudicating Authorities, composition, powers, etc 1 judgment
- 7 Staff of Adjudicating Authorities
- 8 Adjudication 7 judgments
- 9 Vesting of property in Central Government
- 10 Management of properties confiscated under this Chapter
- 11 Power regarding summons, production of documents and evidence, etc
Chapter IV: Obligations of Banking Companies, Financial Institutions and Intermediaries
- 11A Verification of Identity by Reporting Entity 1 judgment
- 12 Reporting entity to maintain records 1 judgment
- 12A Access to information
- 12AA Enhanced due diligence
- 13 Powers of Director to impose fine 1 judgment
- 14 No civil or criminal proceedings against reporting entity, its directors and employees in certain cases
- 15 Procedure and manner of furnishing information by reporting entities 1 judgment
Chapter V: Summons, Searches and Seizures, Etc.
- 16 Power of survey
- 17 Search and seizure 8 judgments
- 18 Search of persons 1 judgment
- 19 Power to arrest 13 judgments
- 20 Retention of property 1 judgment
- 21 Retention of records 1 judgment
- 22 Presumption as to records or property in certain cases 1 judgment
- 23 Presumption in inter-connected transactions 1 judgment
- 24 Burden of proof 3 judgments
Chapter VI: Appellate Tribunal
- 25 Appellate Tribunal
- 26 Appeal to Appellate Tribunal 1 judgment
- 27 [Omitted.]
- 28 [Omitted.] 1 judgment
- 29 [Omitted.]
- 30 [Omitted.]
- 31 [Omitted.]
- 32 [Omitted.]
- 33 [Omitted.]
- 34 [Omitted.]
- 35 Procedure and powers of Appellate Tribunal
- 36 Distribution of business amongst Benches
- 37 Power of Chairperson to transfer cases 1 judgment
- 38 Decision to be by majority
- 39 Right of appellant to take assistance of authorised representative and of Government to appoint presenting officers
- 40 Members, etc., to be public servants
- 41 Civil court not to have jurisdiction
- 42 Appeal to High Court 1 judgment
Chapter VII: Special Courts
- 43 Special Courts 5 judgments
- 44 Offences triable by Special Courts 13 judgments
- 45 Offences to be cognizable and non-bailable 26 judgments
- 46 Application of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to proceedings before Special Court 4 judgments
- 47 Appeal and revision
Chapter VIII: Authorities
- 48 Authorities under Act 2 judgments
- 49 Appointment and powers of authorities and other officers
- 50 Powers of authorities regarding summons, production of documents and to give evidence, etc 14 judgments
- 51 Jurisdiction of authorities 1 judgment
- 52 Power of Central Government to issue directions, etc
Sections
Chapter IX: Reciprocal Arrangement for Assistance in Certain Matters and Procedure for Attachment and Confiscation of Property
- 55 Definitions
- 56 Agreements with foreign countries
- 57 Letter of request to a contracting State in certain cases
- 58 Assistance to a contracting State in certain cases
- 58A Special Court to release the property
- 58B Letter of request of a contracting State or authority for confiscation or release the property
- 59 Reciprocal arrangements for processes and assistance for transfer of accused persons
- 60 Attachment, seizure and confiscation, etc., of property in a contracting State or India
- 61 Procedure in respect of letter of request
Chapter X: Miscellaneous
- 62 Punishment for vexatious search 2 judgments
- 63 Punishment for false information or failure to give information, etc 3 judgments
- 64 Cognizance of offences
- 65 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to apply 11 judgments
- 66 Disclosure of information 2 judgments
- 67 Bar of suits in civil courts
- 68 Notice, etc., not to be invalid on certain grounds
- 69 Recovery of fine or penalty
- 70 Offences by companies 1 judgment
- 71 Act to have overriding effect 11 judgments
- 72 Continuation of proceedings in the event of death or insolvency
- 72A Inter-ministerial Co-ordination Committee
- 73 Power to make rules 3 judgments
- 74 Rules to be laid before Parliament
- 75 Power to remove difficulties
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 14 October 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.