Snow White Treatise on Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 Law and Practice By Delip K Sheth Edition 2024

Snow White Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 By Delip K Sheth

Snow White Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 By Delip K Sheth

This Treatise on- Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 (“PMLA”) Covers the Widest possible expanse of the subject in all its finer aspects. Exhaustive contents of the Treatise are aimed at providing a research-based, comprehensive and authentic section wise, sub-section wise, clause wise and sub-clause wise commentary on PMLA.

All important concepts and propositions affirmed by the Supreme Court and High Courts and PMLA Appellate Tribunal have been incorporated in the commentary of the relevant sections.

Few words about the salient features of this Treatise that has substantially enhanced its utility as a comprehensive standard reference work. Apart from the arrangement explained in the Preface, the Treatise has following user-friendly features.

• A Chapter on “Principles of Interpretation“. This is intended specially for the members of the Bench and the , Bar to assist them in interpreting the dicey issues with help of important principles of interpretation and rules of construction relevant to such issues. This chapter is replete with important case law decided in India and abroad pertaining to review of non-English words and phrases.
• Legislative History of each section consisting of gist of observations given in the ‘ Committee· Report on Prevention of Money Laundering Bill, 1999 and Notes on clauses of Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Act, 2005, Prevention of Money-Laundering (Amendment) Act, 2009, Prevention of Money-Laundering (Amendment) Act, 2012 and the gist of all amendments made by Finance Act, 2015, Finance Act, 2016, Finance Act,,;2018, ,Finance Act, 2019, Finance (No.2) Act, 2019 and Aadhaar and ·Other. Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019.
• Synopsis prefacing each section mentioning important issues covered by each sub-section, clause and sub-clause. This is meant to facilitate reference to locate important topics and issues. For illustration, reference may be made to the synopsis of following sections
• Section 3 (Offence of money-laundering)
• Section 5 (Attachment of property involved in money-laundering)
• Section 8 (Adjudication)
• Section 17 (Search and seizure)
• Section 24 (Burden of Proof)
• Section 26 (Appeals to Appellate Tribunal)
• Section 44 (Offences triable by Special Courts)

About the Author

Dr.Dilip K Sheth, B.Com (Hons) FCA, LL.M. PH.D.(Law) has been in professional practice for over 4 decades. For last 25 years, he is engaged in chamber practice in which he has advised foreign companies, foreign banks, collaborations, Indian corporate sector, NRIs, eminent firms of Chartered Accounts, and eminent firms of lawyers and solicitors.