Notification issued u/s 7(1) (b) of COFEPOSA Act against Shri Abdul Hakkeem PP @ Abdul Hakkim PP

EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 330] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2020/MAGHA 4, 1941 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE BUREAU) (COFEPOSA WING) ORDER New Delhi, the 24th January, 2020 S.O. 362(E).—Whereas the Joint Secretary to the Government of India, specially empowered under sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 (52 of 1974) issued Order No. PD-12001/49/2019-COFEPOSA dated 27.9.2019 under the said sub-section directing that Shri Abdul Hakkeem PP @ Abdul Hakkim PP, S/o Shri Kunhi Moideen Kutty, R/o Palassery Pulikkal House, Palamadathil, A R Nagar PO, Kunnumpuram, Malappuram be detained and kept in Central Prison & Correctional Home, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, with a view to prevent him from smuggling goods, abetting the smuggling of goods and dealing in smuggled goods otherwise than by engaging in transporting or concealing or keeping smuggled goods, in future. 2. Whereas the Central Government has reasons to believe that the aforesaid person has absconded or has been concealing himself so that the said Order cannot be executed. 3. Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 7 of the said Act, the Central Government hereby directs the aforesaid person to appear before the Director General of Police & State Police Chief, Government of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram within 7 days of the publication of this Order in the Official Gazette. [No. PD-12001/49/2019-COFEPOSA] RAVI PRATAP SINGH, Jt. Secy. and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. ALOK KUMAR