https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=443341 An application under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018 must comply with the Act and its prescribed Rules, which constitute a self-contained special procedure. The Bombay HC held that Section 5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure does not override that scheme, and the Act's overriding clause gives it primacy where the special procedure applies. Verification stating that the contents were true and correct to the best of the deponent's knowledge derived from records was treated as sufficient disclosure of the source of knowledge. On that basis, the application was found to satisfy the prescribed form and verification requirements, and the objection based on absence of a separate affidavit under the CrPC was rejected. en-us Thu, 21 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 22 Sep 2023 09:09:49 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=443341 An application under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018 must comply with the Act and its prescribed Rules, which constitute a self-contained special procedure. The Bombay HC held that Section 5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure does not override that scheme, and the Act's overriding clause gives it primacy where the special procedure applies. Verification stating that the contents were true and correct to the best of the deponent's knowledge derived from records was treated as sufficient disclosure of the source of knowledge. On that basis, the application was found to satisfy the prescribed form and verification requirements, and the objection based on absence of a separate affidavit under the CrPC was rejected. Case-Laws Money Laundering Thu, 21 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=443341