THE
PREVENTIONOFCORRUPTION ACT,CONTENTS

1988[Act No. 49 of 1988 dated 9th. September, 1988]

CONTENTS
CHAPTER I: PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and extent
2. Definitions
3. Power to appoint special Judges
4. Cases triable by special Judges
5. Procedure and powers of special Judge
6. Power to try summarily
CHAPTER III: OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
7. Public servant taking gratification other than legal remuneration in respect of an official act
8. Taking gratification, in order, by corrupt or illegal means, to influence public servant
9. Taking gratification, for exercise of personal influence with public servant
10. Punishment for abetment by public servant of offences defined in section 8 or 9
11. Public servant obtaining valuable thing, without consideration from person concerned in proceeding or
business transacted by such public servant
12. Punishment for abetment of offences defined in section 7 or 11
13. Criminal misconduct by a public servant
14. Habitual committing of offence under sections 8, 9 and 12
15. Punishment for attempt
16. Matters to be taken into consideration for fixing fine
CHAPTER IV: INVESTIGATION INTO CASES UNDER THE ACT
17. Persons authorised to investigate
18. Power to inspect bankers' books
19. Previous sanction necessary for prosecution
20. Presumption where public servant accepts gratification other than legal remuneration
21. Accused person to be a competent witness
22. The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to apply subject to certain modifications
23. Particulars in a charge in relation to an offence under section 13(1) (c).
24. Statement by bribe giver not to subject him to prosecution
25. Military, Naval and Air Force or other law not to be affected
26. Special Judges appointed under Act 46 of 1952 to be special Judges appointed under this Act
27. Appeal and revision
28. Act to be in addition to any other law
29. Amendment of the Ordinance 38 of 1944
30. Repeal and saving
31. Omission of certain sections of Act 45 of 1860
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the prevention of corruption and for mattersconnected therewith.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows: -CHAPTER I:PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and extent(1) This Act may be called the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir and it applies also to all
citizens of India outside India.
2. Definitions
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,(a) "election" means any election, by whatever means held under any law for the purpose of selecting
members of Parliament or of any Legislature, local authority or other public authority;(b) "public duty" means a duty in the discharge of which the State, the public or the community atlarge has an interest;
Explanation.-In this clause "State" includes a corporation established by or under a Central,
Provincial or State Act, or an authority or a body owned or controlled or aided by theGovernment or a Government company as defined in section 617 of the Companies Act,
1956.
(c) "public servant" means(i) any person in the service or pay of the Government or remunerated by the Government by fees orcommission for the performance of any public duty;(ii) any person in the service or pay of a local authority ;(iii) any person in the service or pay of a corporation established by or under a Central, Provincial orState Act, or an authority or a body owned or controlled or aided by the Government or a
Government company as defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956;(iv) any Judge, including any person empowered by law to discharge, whether byhimself or as a member of any body of persons, any adjudicatory functions;(v) any person authorised by a court of justice to perform any duty, in connection withthe administration of justice, including a liquidator, receiver or commissioner
appointed by such court;(vi) any arbitrator or other person to whom any cause or matter has been referred for
decision or report by a court of justice or by a competent public authority;(vii) any person who holds an office by virtue of which he is empowered to prepare, publish,
maintain or revise an electoral roll or to conduct an election or part of an election;

(viii) any person who holds an office by virtue of which he is authorised or required to perform any
public duty;(ix) any person who is the president, secretary or other office-bearer of a registered co-operative
society engaged in agriculture, industry, trade or banking, receiving or having received any financial
aid from the Central Government or a State Government or from any corporation established by orunder a Central, Provincial or State Act, or any authority or body owned or controlled or aided by theGovernment or a Government company as defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956;(x) any person who is a chairman, member or employee of any Service Commission or Board, bywhatever name called, or a member of any selection committee appointed by such Commission or
Board for the conduct of any examination or making any selection on behalf of such Commission or
Board;(xi) any person who is a Vice-Chancellor or member of any governing body, professor, reader,lecturer or any other teacher or employee, by whatever designation called, of any University and any
person whose services have been availed of by a University or any other public authority inconnection with holding or conducting examinations;(xii) any person who is an office-bearer or an employee of an educational, scientific, social, culturalor other institution, in whatever manner established, receiving or having received any financial
assistance from the Central Government or any State Government, or local or other public authority.
Explanation 1.-Persons falling under any of the above sub-clauses are public servants, whether
appointed by the Government or not.
Explanation 2.-Wherever the words "public servant" occur, they shall be understood of every person
who is in actual possession of the situation of a public servant, whatever legal defect there may be in
his right to hold that situation.
3. Power to appoint special Judges(1) The Central Government or the State Government may, by notification in the. Official Gazette,
appoint as many special Judges as may be necessary for such area or areas or for such case or groupof cases as may be specified in the notification to try the following offences, namely: (a) any offence punishable under this Act; and(b) any conspiracy to commit or any attempt to commit or any abetment of any of the offences
specified in clause (a).
(2) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a special Judge under this Act unless he is or
has been a Sessions Judge or an Additional Sessions Judge or an Assistant Sessions Judge under the
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

4. Cases triable by special Judges(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, or in any other law
for the time being in force, the offences specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 shall be tried by
special Judges only.
(2) Every offence specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 shall be tried by the special Judge for thearea within which it was committed, or, as the case may be, by the special Judge appointed for thecase, or where there are more special Judges than one for such area, by such one of them as may be
specified in this behalf by the Central Government.
(3) When trying any case, a special Judge may also try any offence, other than an offence specified in
section 3, with which the accused may, under the Code of Criminal Procedure. 1973, be charged at
the same trial.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, a special Judgeshall, as far as practicable, hold the trial of an offence on day-to-day basis.
5. Procedure and powers of special Judge(1) A special Judge may take cognizance of offences without the accused being committed to him fortrial and, in trying the accused persons, shall follow the procedure prescribed by the Code of
Criminal Procedure, 1973. for the trial of warrant cases by Magistrates.
(2) A special Judge may, with a view to obtaining the evidence of any person supposed to have been
directly or indirectly concerned in or privy to, an offence, tender a pardon to such person on
condition of his making a full and true disclosure of the whole circumstances within his knowledge.
relating to the offence and to every other person concerned, whether as principal or abettor, in thecommission thereof and any pardon so tendered shall, for the purposes of sub-sections (1) to (5) ofsection 308 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, be deemed to have been tendered under section
307 of that Code.
(3) Save as provided in sub-sections (1) or sub-section (2), the provisions of the Code of Criminal
Procedure, 1973, shall, so far as they are not inconsistent with this Act, apply to the proceedings
before a special Judge; and for the purposes of the said provisions, the Court of the special Judgeshall be deemed to be a Court of Session and the person conducting a prosecution before a special
Judge shall be deemed to be a public prosecutor.
(4) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the provisions contained in sub-section (3),the provisions of sections 326 and 475 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, shall, so for as may
be, apply to the proceedings before a special Judge and for the purposes of the said provisions, a
special Judge shall be deemed to be a Magistrate.
(5) A special Judge may pass upon any person convicted by him any sentence authorised by law for
the punishment of the offence of which such person is convicted.
(6) A special Judge, while trying an offence punishable under this Act, shall exercise all the powers
and functions exercisable by a District Judge under the Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 1944.

6. Power to try summarily(1) Where a special Judge tries any offence specified in sub-section (1) of section 3, alleged to havebeen committed by a public servant in relation to the contravention of any special order referred to in
sub-section (1) of section 12A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 or of an order referred to inclause (a) of sub-section (2) of that section, then, notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section(1) of section 5 of this Act or section 260 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the special Judgeshall try the offence in a summary way, and the provisions of sections 262 to 265 (both inclusive) of
the said Code shall, as far as may be, apply to such trial:
Provided that, in the case of any conviction in a summary trial under this section, it shall be lawful
for the special Judge to pass a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year:
Provided further that when at the commencement of, or in the course of, a summary trial under thissection, it appears to the special Judge that the nature of the case is such that a sentence ofimprisonment for a term exceeding one year may have to be passed or that it is, for any other reason,
undesirable to try the case summarily, the special Judge shall, after hearing the parties, record anorder to that effect and thereafter recall any witnesses who may have been examined and proceed tohear or re-hear the case in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the said Code for the trial of
warrant cases by Magistrates.
(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act or in the code of Criminal
Procedure, 1973, there shall be no appeal by a convicted person in any case tried summarily under
this section in which the special Judge passes a sentence of imprisonment not exceeding one month,and of fine not exceeding two thousand rupees whether or not any order under section 452 of the said
Code is made in addition to such sentence, but an appeal shall lie where any sentence in excess of theaforesaid limits is passed by the special Judge.

CHAPTER III:
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
7. Public servant taking gratification other than legal remuneration in respect of an official act
Whoever, being, or expecting to be a public servant, accepts or obtains or agrees to accept or
attempts to obtain from any person, for himself or for any other person, any gratification whatever,other than legal remuneration, as a motive or reward for doing or forbearing to do any official act orfor showing or forbearing to show, in the exercise of his official functions, favour or disfavour to any
person or for rendering or attempting to render any service or disservice to any person, with theCentral Government or any State Government or Parliament or the Legislature of any State or withany local authority, corporation or Government company referred to in clause (c) of section 2, or withany public servant, whether named or otherwise, shall be punishable with imprisonment which shallbe not less than six months but which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine.
Explanations.(a) "Expecting to be a public servant." If a person not expecting to be in office obtains a gratification
by deceiving others into a belief that he is about to be in office, and that he will then serve them, he
may be guilty of cheating, but he is not guilty of the offence defined in this section.
(b) "Gratification." The word "gratification" is not restricted to pecuniary gratifications or to
gratifications estimable in money.
(c) "Legal remuneration." The words "legal remuneration" are not restricted to remuneration which a
public servant can lawfully demand, but include all remuneration which he is permitted by theGovernment or the organisation, which he serves, to accept.
(d) "A motive or reward for doing." A person who receives a gratification as a motive or reward for
doing what he does not intend or is not in a position to do, or has not done, comes within thisexpression.
(e) Where a public servant induces a person erroneously to believe that his influence with theGovernment has obtained a title for that person and thus induces that person to give the public
servant, money or any other gratification as a reward for this service, the public servant has
committed an offence under this section.
8. Taking gratification, in order, by corrupt or illegal means, to influence public servant
Whoever accepts or obtains, or agrees to accept, or attempts to obtain, from any person, for himself
or for any other person, any gratification whatever as a motive or reward for inducing, by corrupt orillegal means, any public servant, whether named or otherwise, to do or to forbear to do any official
act, or in the exercise of the official functions of such public

servant to show favour or disfavour to any person, or to render or attempt to render any service ordisservice to any person with the Central Government or any State Government or Parliament or theLegislature of any State or with any local authority, corporation or Government company referred toin clause (c) of section 2, or with any public servant, whether named or otherwise, shall bepunishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than six months but which may
extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine.
9. Taking gratification, for exercise of personal influence with public servant
Whoever accepts or obtains or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain, from any person, for himself orfor any other person, any gratification whatever, as a motive or reward for inducing, by the exerciseof personal influence, any public servant whether named or otherwise to do or to forbear to do any
official act, or in the exercise of the official functions of such public servant to show favour or
disfavour to any person, or to render or attempt to render any service or disservice to any person with
the Central Government or any State Government or Parliament or the Legislature of any State orwith any local authority, corporation or Government company referred to in clause (c) of section 2, orwith any public servant, whether named or otherwise, shall be punishable with imprisonment for aterm which shall be not less than six months but which may extend. to five years and shall also be
liable to fine.
10. Punishment for abetment by public servant of offences defined in section 8 or 9
Whoever, being a public servant, in respect of whom either of the offences defined in section 8 or
section 9 is committed, abets the offence, whether or not that offence is committed in consequence ofthat abetment, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than six
months but which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine.
11. Public servant obtaining valuable thing, without consideration from person concerned inproceeding or business transacted by such public servant
Whoever, being a public servant, accepts or obtains or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain for
himself, or for any other person, any valuable thing without consideration, or for a consideration
which he knows to be inadequate, from any person whom he knows to have been, or to be, or to be
likely to be concerned in any proceeding or business transacted or about to be transacted by such
public servant, or having any connection with the official functions of himself or of any public
servant to whom he is subordinate, or from any person whom he knows to be interested in or related
to the person so concerned, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not lessthan six months but which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine.
12. Punishment for abetment of offences defined in section 7 or 11
Whoever abets any offence punishable under section 7 or section 11 whether or not that offence iscommitted in consequence of that abetment, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term whichshall be not less than six months but which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine,13. Criminal misconduct by a public servant(1) A public servant is said to commit the offence of criminal misconduct,(a) if he habitually accepts or obtains or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain from any person for
himself or for any other person any gratification other than legal remuneration as a motive or reward
such as is mentioned in section 7; or(b) if he habitually accepts or obtains or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain for himself or for any
other person, any valuable thing without consideration or for a consideration which he knows to beinadequate from any person whom he knows to have been, or to be, or to be likely to be concerned inany proceeding or business transacted or about to be transacted by him, or having any connection
with the official functions of himself or of any public servant to whom he is subordinate, or from any
person whom he knows to be interested in or related to the person so concerned; or(c) if he dishonestly or fraudulently misappropriates or otherwise converts for his own use any
property entrusted to him or under his control as a public servant or allows any other person so to do;or(d) if he,(i) by corrupt or illegal means, obtains for himself or for any other person any valuable thing or
pecuniary advantage; or(ii) by abusing his position as a public servant, obtains for himself or for any other person any
valuable thing or pecuniary advantage; or(iii) while holding office as a public servant, obtains for any person any valuable thing or pecuniary
advantage without any public interest; or(e) if he or any person on his behalf, is in possession or has, at any time during the period of his
office, been in possession for which the public servant cannot satisfactorily account, of pecuniary
resources or property disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Explanation.-For the purposes of this section, "known sources of income" means income received
from any lawful source and such receipt has been intimated in accordance with the provisions of any
law, rules or orders for the time being applicable to a public servant.
(2) Any public servant who commits criminal misconduct shall be punishable with imprisonment fora term which shall be not less than one year but which may extend to seven years and shall also be
liable to fine.
14. Habitual committing of offence under sections 8, 9 and 12
Whoever habitually commits(a) an offence punishable under section 8 or section 9; or(b) an offence punishable under section 12,

shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than two years but which
may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine.
15. Punishment for attemptWhoever attempts to commit an offence referred to in clause (c) or clause (d) of sub-section (1) ofsection 13 shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years andwith fine.
16. Matters to be taken into consideration for fixing fine
Where a sentence of fine is imposed. under sub-section (2) of section 13 or section 14, the court in
fixing the amount of the fine shall taken into consideration the amount or the value of the property, ifany, which the accused person has obtained by committing the offence or where the conviction is for
an offence referred to in clause (e) of sub-section (1) of section 13, the pecuniary resources orproperty referred to in that clause for which the accused person is unable to account satisfactorily.

CHAPTER IV:
INVESTIGATION INTO CASES UNDER THE ACT
17. Persons authorised to investigate
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, no police officer
below the rank,(a) in the case of the Delhi Special Police Establishment, of an Inspector of Police;(b) in the metropolitan areas of Bombay, Calcutta, Madras and Ahmedabad and in any othermetropolitan area notified as such under sub-section (1) of section 8 of the Code of Criminal
Procedure, 1973, of an Assistant Commissioner of Police;(c) elsewhere, of a Deputy Superintendent of Police or a police officer of equivalent rank,
shall investigate any offence punishable under this Act without the order of a Metropolitan
Magistrate or a Magistrate of the first class, as the case may be, or make any arrest therefor without awarrant:
Provided that if a police officer not below the rank of an Inspector of Police is authorised by the State
Government in this behalf by general or special order, he may also investigate any such offence
without the order of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Magistrate of the first class, as the case may be,or make arrest therefor without a warrant:
Provided further that an offence referred to in clause (e) of sub-section (1) of section 13 shall not be
investigated without the older of a police officer not below the rank of a Superintendent of Police.
18. Power to inspect bankers' books
If from information received or otherwise, a police officer has reason to suspect the commission of
an offence which he is empowered to investigate under section 17 and considers that for the purposeof investigation or inquiry into such offence, it is necessary to inspect any bankers’ books, then,notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, he may inspect any
bankers’ books in so far as they relate to the accounts of the persons suspected to have committed
that offence or of any other person suspected to be holding money on behalf of such person, and takeor cause to be taken certified copies of the relevant entries therefrom, and the bank concerned shallbe bound to assist the police officer in the exercise of his powers under this section:
Provided that no power under this section in relation to the accounts of any person shall be exercisedby a police officer below the rank of a Superintendent of Police, unless he is specially authorised inthis behalf by a police officer of or above the rank of a superintendent of Police.
Explanation-In this section, the expressions "bank" and "bankers’ books" shall have the meanings
respectively assigned to them in the Bankers’ Books Evidence Act, 1891.

19. Previous sanction necessary for prosecution(1) No court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 7, 10, 11, 13 and 15
alleged to have been committed by a public servant, except with the previous sanction,(a) in the case of a person who is employed in connection with the affairs of the Union and is notremovable from his office save by or with the sanction of the Central Government, of that
Government;(b) in the case of a person who is employed in connection with the affairs of a State and is notremovable from his office save by or with the sanction of the State Government, of that Government;(c) in the case of any other person, of the authority competent to remove him from his office.
(2) Where for any reason whatsoever any doubt arises as to whether the previous sanction as required
under sub-section (1) should be given by the Central Government or the State Government or any
other authority, such sanction shall be given by that Government or authority which would have been
competent to remove the public servant from his office at the time when the offence was alleged tohave been committed.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the code of Criminal Procedure, 1973,(a) no finding, sentence or order passed by a special Judge shall be reversed or altered by a Court inappeal, confirmation or revision on the ground of the absence of, or any error, omission or
irregularity in, the sanction required under sub-section (1), unless in the opinion of that court, afailure of justice has in fact been occasioned thereby;(b) no court shall stay the proceedings under this Act on the ground of any error, omission or
irregularity in the sanction granted by the authority, unless it is satisfied that such error, omission or
irregularity has resulted in a failure of justice;(c) no court shall stay the proceedings under this Act on any other ground and no court shall exercise
the powers of revision in relation to any interlocutory order passed in any inquiry, trial, appeal orother proceedings.
(4) In determining under sub-section (3) whether the absence of, or any error, omission or irregularity
in, such sanction has occasioned or resulted in a failure of justice the court shall have regard to thefact whether the objection could and should have been raised at any earlier stage in the proceedings.
Explanation.-For the purposes of this section,(a) error includes competency of the authority to grant sanction;(b) a sanction required for prosecution includes reference to any requirement that the prosecution
shall be at the instance of a specified authority or with the sanction of a specified person or any
requirement of a similar nature.

20. Presumption where public servant accepts gratification other than legal remuneration(1) Where, in any trial of an offence punishable under section 7 or section 11 or clause (a) or clause(b) of sub-section (1) of section 13 it is proved that an accused person has accepted or obtained or has
agreed to accept or attempted to obtain for himself, or for any other person, any gratification (otherthan legal remuneration) or any valuable thing from any person, it shall be presumed, unless thecontrary is proved, that he accepted or obtained or agreed to accept or attempted to obtain thatgratification or that valuable thing, as the case may be, as a motive or reward such as is mentioned in
section 7 or, as the case may be, without consideration or for a consideration which he knows to be
Inadequate.
(2) Where in any trial of an offence punishable under section 12 or under clause (b) of section 14, itis proved that any gratification (other than legal remuneration) or any valuable thing has been given
or offered to be given or attempted to be given by an accused person, it shall be presumed, unless thecontrary is proved, that he gave or offered to give or attempted to give that gratification or thatvaluable thing, as the case may be, as a motive or reward such as is mentioned in section 7, or, as thecase may be, without consideration or for a consideration which he knows to be inadequate.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) and (2), the court may decline to draw thepresumption referred to in either of the said sub-sections, if the gratification or thing aforesaid is, in
its opinion, so trivial that no inference of corruption may fairly be drawn.
21. Accused person to be a competent witness
Any person charged with an offence punishable under this Act, shall be a competent witness for the
defence and may give evidence on oath in disproof of the charges made against him or any person
charged together with him at the same trial:
Provided that(a) he shall not be called as a witness except at his own request;(b) his failure to give evidence shall not be made the subject of any comment by the prosecution or
give rise to any presumption against himself or any person charged together with him at the same
trial;(c) he shall not be asked, and if asked shall not be required to answer, any question tending to showthat he has committed or been convicted of any offence other than the offence with which he ischarged, or is of bad character, unless(i) the proof that he has committed or been convicted of such offence is admissible evidence to that
he is guilty of the offence with which he is charged, or(ii) he has personally or by his pleader asked any question of any witness for the prosecution with aview to establish his own good character, or has given evidence of his good character, or the nature or
conduct of the defence is such as to involve imputations on the character of the prosecutor or of any
witness for the prosecution, or(iii) he has given evidence against any other person charged with the same offence.

22. The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to apply subject to certain modifications
The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, shall in their application to any proceedingin relation to an offence punishable under this Act have effect as if,(a) in sub-section (1) of section 243, for the words "The accused shall then be called upon", thewords "The accused shall then be required to give in writing at once or within. such time as the Court
may allow, a list of the persons (if any) whom he proposes to examine as his witnesses and of the
documents (if any) on which he proposes to rely and he shall then be called upon" had been
substituted;(b) in sub-section (2) of section 309, after the 'third proviso, the following proviso had been inserted,
namely:"Provided also that the proceeding shall not be adjourned or postponed merely on the ground that an
application under section 397 has been made by a party to the proceeding.";(c) after sub-section (2) of section 317, the following sub-section had been inserted, namely:"(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), the Judge may, if hethinks fit and for reasons to be recorded by him, proceed with inquiry or trial in the absence of theaccused or his pleader and record the evidence of any witness subject to the right of the accused torecall the witness for cross-examination.";(d) in sub-section (1) of section 397, before the Explanation, the following proviso had been inserted,
namely:"Provided that where the powers under this section are exercised by a Court on an application madeby a party to such proceedings, the Court shall not ordinarily call for the record of the proceedings:(a) without giving the other party an opportunity of showing cause why the record should not becalled for; or(b) if it is satisfied that an examination of the record of the proceedings may be made from thecertified copies.".
23. Particulars in a charge in relation to an offence under section 13(1) (c).
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, when an accused ischarged with an offence under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 13, it shall be sufficient todescribe in the charge the property in respect of which the offence is alleged to have beencommitted , and the dates between which the offence is alleged to have been committed, without
specifying particular items or exact dates, and the charge so framed shall be deemed to be a charge of
one offence within the meaning of section 219 of the said Code:Provided that the time included between the first and last of such dates shall not exceed one year.

24. Statement by bribe giver not to subject him to prosecution
Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, a statement made by aperson in any proceeding against a public servant for an offence under sections 7 to 11 or under
section 13 or section 15, that he offered or agreed to offer any gratification (other than legal
remuneration) or any valuable thing to the public servant, shall not subject such person to aprosecution under section 12.
25. Military, Naval and Air Force or other law not to be affected(1) Nothing in this Act shall affect the jurisdiction exercisable by, or the procedure applicable to, any
court or other authority under the Army Act. 1950, the Air Force Act, 1950, the Navy Act, 1957, theBorder Security Force Act, 1968, the Coast Guard Act, 1978 and the National Security Guard Act,
1986.
(2) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that for the purposes of any such law as isreferred to in sub-section (1), the court of a special Judge shall be deemed to be a court of ordinarycriminal justice.
26. Special Judges appointed under Act 46 of 1952 to be special Judges appointed under thisAct
Every special Judge appointed under the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1952,, for any area or areasand is holding office on the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be a special Judgeappointed under section 3 of this Act for that area or areas and, accordingly, on and from suchcommencement, every such Judge shall continue to deal with all the proceedings pending before him
on such commencement in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
27. Appeal and revision
Subject to the provisions of this Act, the High Court may exercise, so far as they may be applicable,
all the powers of appeal and revision conferred by the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 on a High
Court as if the court of special Judge were a court of Session trying cases within the local limits ofthe High Court.
28. Act to be in addition to any other law
The provisions of this Act shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other law for the time
being in force, and nothing contained herein shall exempt any public servant from any proceedingwhich might, apart from this Act, be instituted against him.

29. Amendment of the Ordinance 38 of 1944
In the Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 1944,(a) in sub-section (1) of section 3, sub-section (1) of sector 9, clause (a) of section 10, sub-section (1)of section 11 and sub-section (1) of section 13, for the words "State Government", wherever theyoccur, the words "State Government or, as the case may be, the Central Government" shall be
substituted;(b) in section 10, in clause (a), for the words " three months", the words "one year" shall be
substituted;(c) in the Schedule,(i) paragraph 1 shall be omitted;(ii) in paragraphs 2 and 4,(a) after the words "a local authority", the words and figures "or a corporation established by or undera Central, Provincial or State Act, or an authority or a body owned or controlled or aided byGovernment or a Government company as defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 or asociety aided by such corporation, authority. body or Government company" shall be inserted;(b) after the words "or authority", the words "or corporation or body or Government company orsociety" shall be inserted;(iii) for paragraph 4A, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely: "4A. An offence punishable under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.";(iv) in paragraph 5, for the words and figures "items 2, 3 and 4", the words, figures and letter "items
2, 3, 4 and 4A" shall be substituted.
30. Repeal and saving(1) The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 and the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1952 are hereby
repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, but without prejudice to the application of section 6 of the General
Clauses Act, 1897, anything done or any action taken or purported to 'have been done or taken underor in pursuance of the Acts so repealed shall, in so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act, be deemed to have been done or taken, under or in pursuance of the corresponding provisionof this Act.

31. Omission of certain sections of Act 45 of 1860
Sections 161 to 165A (both inclusive) of the Indian Penal Code shall be omitted, and section 6 of theGeneral Clauses Act, 1897, shall apply to such omission as if the said sections had been repealed bya Central Act.