Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 : PRELIMINARY Indian Bare Acts :

Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002,2003

Act No : 15

Section : PRELIMINARY

THE PREVENTION OF MONEY-LAUNDERING ACT, 2002 ACT NO. 15 OF 2003 [17th January 2003.] 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. WHEREAS the Political Declaration and Global Programme of Action, annexed to the resolution S-17/2 was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations at its seventeenth special session on the twenty-third day of February, 1990; AND WHEREAS the Political Declaration adopted by the Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly held on 8th to 10th June, 1998 calls upon the Member States to adopt national money-laundering legislation and programme; AND WHEREAS it is considered necessary to implement the aforesaid resolution and the Declaration. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY