THE PREVENTION OF MONEY-LAUNDERING (APPEAL) RULES, 20051 In exercise Of the powers conferred by sub-section (… — THE PREVENTION OF MONEY -LAUNDERING ACT, 2002

THE PREVENTION OF MONEY-LAUNDERING (APPEAL) RULES, 20051 In exercise Of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and clause (r) and clause (x) of sub-section (2) of section 73 read with section 35 of the Prevention of Money iaundering Act, 2002 (15 of 2003), the Central Government hereby makes the joicwing rules for the purpose of appeals under the said Act, namely: 1. Short title and commencement (1) These rules may be called the Prevention of Money-laundering (Appeal) Rules, 2005. (2) They shall come into force on the date2 of their publication in the Official Gazette: 2 Definitions (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires; (a) Act" means the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 (15 of 2003); (b) Adjudicating Authority" means an Adjudicating Authority appointed under sub-section (1) of section 6 of the Act; (c) Appellate Tribunal" means the Appellate Tribunal established under section 25 of the Act; (d) "appellant" means an aggrieved person who prefers an appeal before the Appellate Tribunal; (e) "Director means the Director appointed under sub-section (1) of section 49 of the Act; (f) "Form means the form appended to these rules; (g) "order" means an order passed by the Director under sub-section (2) ofsection 13 of the Act or by the Adjudicating Authority under section 8 of the Act, as the case may be; "Registrar" means the Registrar of the Appellate Tribunal; "section means a section of the Act_ (2) All other words and expressions used and not defined in these rules but defined in the Act; shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them in the Act: 3. Form of Appeal- (1) Every appeal preferred before the Appellate Tribunal against the order of the Adjudicating Authority or the Director, as the case may be, under section 26 of the Act shall