Under this same Act properties, cash can be attached under the Criminal Amendment Ordinance (1944) whereas under the AP Special Courts Act 2016 pre-trial confiscation can be done. While in the Special Courts Act there is a one-year time frame fixed for the trial, which is absent in the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988. Vijayawada: The Anti-Corruption Bureau ( ACB ) will bring more cases in the preview of the Special Courts Act 2016 to attach properties of government servants involved in disproportionate assets cases. The Special Courts Act requires that in case of acquittal, the properties are to be returned to the accused or public servant. But under this Act, public service will be deprived of possession enjoyment and utilize the income from such properties” AP DGP RP Thakur told TOI.
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