{
    "act_title": "The ARUNACHAL PRADESH LOKAYUKTA ACT,2014",
    "act_slug": "abunachal-pradesh-lokayukta-act-2014",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "section": {
        "number": "14",
        "title": "Section 14. (1) Subject to the other provisions ot this Act, lhe Lokayukta shall",
        "chapter": null,
        "content": "inquire or cause an inquiry to be conducted into any matter\ninvolving. or arising from, or connected with, any allegation ol\ncorruption made in a complaint in respect of the following,\nnamely:-\n(a) any person who is or has been a Chief Minister;\n(b) any other person who is or has been a Minister of the State;\n(c) any person who is or has been a Member of the Arunachal\nPradesh Legislative Assembly;\n(d) any person who is Chairperson or a member by whatever name\ncalled, of a Panchayat or a Municipality as respectively\nprovided in articles 243-8 and 243-Q ol the Constitution of\nlndia;\n(e) any officeror employee of the State, referred to in sub- clauses\n(i) and (ii) ol clause (c) of section 2 ol the Prevention of\nCorruption Act, 1988 when serving or who has served, in\nconneclion wilh the alfairs of the State;\n(l) any ofiicer or employee relerred to in clause (e) or holding\nequivalent post in any Body or Board orcorporation or authority\nor company or society or lrust or autonomous body (by\nwhatever name called) established by any Act of Parliament\nor of a State Legislature which is wholly or partly financed by\nthe Government or conlrolled by it;\n(g) any person who is or has been a director, manager, secretary\nor other olficer ol every other society or association of persons\nor trust (whether regislered under any law lor the time being in\nlorce or not), bywhatever name called, wholly or partly financed\nor aided by lhe Government and the annual income ol which\nexceeds such amount as the Government may, by notirication,\nspecily ;\n\n15\n(h) any person who is or has been a director, manager, secretary\nor other officer ol every other society or association of persons\nor trust (whether registered under any law for the time being in\nforce or not) in receipt of any donation from the public and the\nannual income of which exceeds such amount as the\nGovernment may, by notification, specify or from any foreign\nsource under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010\nin excess of len lakh rupees in a year or such higher amount\nas the Central Government may, by notification, specify:\nProvided that any person referred to in this clause shall\nbe deemed to be a public servant under clause (c) of section\n2 olthe Prevention of CorruptionAct, 1988 and or under section\n21 of the lndian Penal Code, 1860 and the provisions ol that\nAct shall apply accordingly.\n(2) Notwithstanding anything conta;ned in sub-section (1), the\nLokayukta shall not inquire into any matter involving or arising\nfrom, or connected with, any such allegation of corruption against\nany Member of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in\nrespecl ol anything said or avote given by him in the saidAssembly\nor any committee thereof covered under the provisions contained\nin clause (2) of article 194 ol the Constitution of lndia.\n(3) The Lokayukta may inquire into any act or conduct of any person\nother than those referred to in sub-section (1), if such person is\ninvolved in the act of bribe giving or bribe taking or abetting the\nsame or in conspiracy relating to any allegation ofcorruption under\nthe Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 against a person\nreferred to in sub-section (1):\nProvided that no action under this section shall be taken in\ncase of a person serving in connection with the affairs of the Union,\nwithout the consent ol the Central Government.\n(4) No matter in respect of which a complaint has been made to the\nLokayukta under this Act shall be referred for inquiry under the\nCommissions of Inquiry Act, 1952.\nExplanalion.- For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared\nthat a complaint under this Act shall only relate lo a period during\nwhich the public servant was holding or serving in that capacity.",
        "footnote": "",
        "is_definition": false,
        "sort_order": 13
    },
    "prev_section": "13",
    "next_section": "15"
}