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PROHIBITION OF BENAMI PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS RULES, 2016

NOTIFICATION NO. GSR 1004(E) [NO.99/2016 (F.NO.149/144/2015-TPL (PART-II)], DATED 25-10-2016

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 68 of the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988 (45 of 1988), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely:—

Short title and commencement

1.(1) These rules may be called the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Rules, 2016.

(2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of November, 2016.

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