Where after the making of an order under sub-section (1) of section 117 or the issue of a notice under section 119, any property referred to in the said order or notice is transferred by any mode whatsoever such transfers shall, for the purposes of the proceedings under this Chapter, be ignored and if such property is subsequently forfeited to the Central Government under section 120, then, the transfer of such property shall be deemed to be null and void.
Section 122 BNSS: Certain transfers to be null and void
- Corresponding CrPC
- Section 105J CrPC
Bare Act text
Text as enacted in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023), in force from 1 July 2024. Source: India Code, Government of India.
In simple words
Provides that after an order under section 117(1) or a notice under section 119, any transfer of the property is ignored for the Chapter's proceedings. If the property is later forfeited to the Central Government, the transfer is deemed null and void.
Chapter VIII: Reciprocal Arrangements For Assistance In Certain Matters And Procedure For Attachment And Forfeiture Of Property
- 111 Definitions
- 112 Letter of request to competent authority for investigation in a country or place outside India
- 113 Letter of request from a country or place outside India to a Court or an authority for investigation in India
- 114 Assistance in securing transfer of persons
- 115 Assistance in relation to orders of attachment or forfeiture of property
- 116 Identifying unlawfully acquired property
- 117 Seizure or attachment of property
- 118 Management of properties seized or forfeited under this Chapter
- 119 Notice of forfeiture of property
- 120 Forfeiture of property in certain cases
- 121 Fine in lieu of forfeiture
- 122 Certain transfers to be null and void
- 123 Procedure in respect of letter of request
- 124 Application of this Chapter