ECONOMIC OFFENCES (INAPPLICABILITY OF LIMITATION) ACT 1974 

[12 of 1974]

An Act to provide for the inapplicability of the provisions of Chapter XXXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 to certain economic offences 

Be it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows: 

1. Short title extent and commencement 

(1) This Act may be called the Economic Offences (Inapplicability of Limitation) Act 1974. 

(2) It extends to the territories to which the Code of Criminal Procedure applies. 

(3) It shall come into force on the 1st day of April 1974.

2. Chapter XXXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 not to apply to certain economic offences 

Nothing in Chapter XXXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 shall apply to - 

(i) any offence punishable under any of the enactments or provisions if any thereof specified in the Schedule; or 

(ii) any other offence which under the provisions of that Code may be tried along with such offence and every offence referred to in clause (i) or in clause (ii) may be taken cognizance of by the Court having jurisdiction as if the provisions of that Chapter were not enacted. 

THE SCHEDULE

[Section 2]

(1) The Indian Income Tax Act 1922 (11 of 1922). 

(1A) Clause (a) of section 63 of the Copyright Act 1957 (14 of 1957). 

(2) The Income Tax Act 1961 (43 of 1961). 

(2A) The Interest Tax Act 1974. 

(2B) The Hotel Receipts Tax Act 1980. 

(2C) The Expenditure Tax Act 1987. 

(3) The Companies (Profits) Surtax Act 1964 (7 of 1964). 

(4) The Wealth Tax Act 1957 (27 of 1957). 

(5) The Gift Tax Act 1958 (18 of 1958). 

(6) The Central Sales Tax Act 1956 (74 of 1956). 

(7) The Central Excises and Salt Act 1944 (1 of 1944). 

(8) The Medicinal and Toilet Preparations (Excise Duties) Act 1955 (16 of 1955). 

(9) The Customs Act 1962 (52 of 1962). 

(10) The Gold (Control) Act 1968 (45 of 1968). 

(11) The Imports and Exports (Control) Act 1947 (18 of 1947). 

(12) The Foreign Exchange Regulation Act 1947 (7 of 1947). 

(13) The Foreign Exchange Regulation Act 1973 (46 of 1973). 

(14) The Capital Issues (Control) Act 1947 (29 of 1947). 

(15) The Indian Stamp Act 1899 (2 of 1899). 

(16) The Emergency Risks (Goods) Insurance Act 1962 (62 of 1962). 

(17) The Emergency Risks (Factories) Insurance Act 1962 (63 of 1962). 

(18) The Emergency Risks (Goods) Insurance Act 1971 (50 of 1971). 

(19) The Emergency Risks (Undertakings) Insurance Act 1971 (51 of 1972). 

(20) The General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act 1972 (57 of 1972). 

(21) The Industries (Development and Regulation) Act 1951 (65 of 1951). 

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