BNSS · Section 119 · Chapter VIII — RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN CERTAIN MATTERS AND PROCEDURE FOR ATTACHMENT AND FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY

Notice of forfeiture of property.

What this section does

If the court, following inquiry or investigation under section 116, has reason to believe that property constitutes proceeds of crime, it shall serve a notice on the person affected requiring him within thirty days to explain the source of acquisition and show cause why the property should not be declared proceeds of crime and forfeited to the Central Government. Where the property is held through another person, a copy of the notice must also be served on that other person.

AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).

Procedure at a glance

Key actors: Court · Person affected · Third-party holder of property
Time limit: 30 days for the person affected to respond to the show-cause notice

Old-law correspondence

Derived from CrPC s.105I.

Read the official text

For the binding statutory text of BNSS Section 119, refer to the Gazette of India or the India Code official website.

Why this matters

BNSS Section 119 forms part of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita which replaced the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 on 1 July 2024. Any new filing, FIR, charge sheet, or bail application made on or after that date should cite the new section number. References to the old act in legacy documents remain valid for matters that arose before the changeover.