Andhra Pradesh Special Courts Rules, 2017

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(a) "Act" means the Andhra Pradesh Special Courts Act,2016; (b) "Code" means Criminal Procedure Code, 1973; (c) "Form" means a Form appended to these Rules; (d) "High Court" means the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, till the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, at Amaravati is established ; (e) Public servant means a public servant as defined within the meaning of clause (c) of Section 2 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 or under Section 21

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14. Particulars of application made before the authorised officer and Form of notice.

Section 14

15. Application of Indian Evidence Act.

Section 15

16. Services of Police required by the Court.

Section 16

17. Maintenance of Registers by the Authorised Officer.

Section 17

1. Date of filing application

Section 1

2. SI. No. of application

Section 2

3. Name of delinquent.

Section 3

4. Address of the delinquent

Section 4

5. Particular of known sources of income

Section 5

6. Particular of accumulation of assets estimated value

Section 6

7. Particulars of properties disproportionate to the known source of income

Section 7

8. Names of witnesses examined on behalf of State

Section 8

9. Name of the witnesses examined on behalf of delinquent

Section 9

10. Particulars of documents proved in the case on behalf of the State

Section 10

11. Particular of documents proved on behalf of delinquent

Section 11

12. Date of final order passed by the authorised officer

Section 12

13. Gist of the order

Section 13

14. Remarks

Section 14

andhra-pradesh-special-courts-rules-2017.json • 30 Sections • Andhra Pradesh

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            "content": "(b) If the delinquent public servant responds to the notice and appears before the authorised officer either in person or through his legal representative, he shall be furnished with the copy of the application filed under Section 13 along with all its enclosure. The authorised officer shall allow 30 days time for appearance of delinquent public servant to file his statement in defence. If for good and valid reasons, to the satisfaction of the authorised officer, delinquent public servant does not file his statement of defence, he may allow maximum of 15 days time within which he shall have to file his statement of defence.\n(c) If the delinquent public servant does not file his statement of defence within the prescribed period of 30 days or within extended period of 15 days, it shall be presumed that he has no defence to put forward. The authorised officer shall be free to adjudicate the proceeding instituted before him.\n(d) If the delinquent public servant submits his statement in defence, a copy of the same shall be made available to the special Public Prosecutor conducting the proceeding before the authorised officer who shall have the opportunity to reply to the same.\n(e) The special Public Prosecutor shall have to reply within maximum period of 15 days from service of statement of defence upon him.\n(f) If the special Public Prosecutor fails to submit his reply within 15 days, the authorised officer may for good or valid reason allow further period of 15 days for filing the reply, failing which the authorised officer shall proceed to adjudicate the proceeding as if the prosecution has no reply to submit.\n(g) If the delinquent public servant proposes to contest the valuation of the property, the authorised officer may take assistance of such State Government agency or Central Government agency or any other officer or person technically qualified as he may deem fit and proper.\n(h) The authorised officer, on consideration of statement of defence, reply of public prosecutor and report of experts, if any, shall adjudicate the proceeding and will pronounce final verdict within a maximum period of 6 months from the day of service of notice.\n(i) The authorised officer, after final adjudication, may proceed to confiscate the property in accordance with Section 15 of the Act.",
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