In this Act, unless the context or the context otherwise requires,–
(a) "Court" means District Court, Appellate Court and Supreme Court and the term also refers to the body or officer empowered according to the prevailing law to process and dispose of cases.
(b) "Investigating Officer" shall mean an agency or officer appointed, designated or authorized in accordance with the prevailing law to investigate and investigate the offence.
(c) "Offence" means a criminal offense for which the Government of Nepal is a plaintiff according to the prevailing law.
(d) "property obtained from a crime" means any type of property directly or indirectly obtained or obtained from a crime and the term also refers to other property or economic benefits that have increased from such property. दुधाध (e) "Instrument related to offense" means any instrument, property or equipment used or intended to be used in any way to commit the offense partially or fully.
(f) "Fund" means the Delinquent Property Management Fund as per Section 22.
(g) "Prescribed" or "as prescribed" means prescribed or prescribed in the rules made under this Act.
(h) "Bonafide third party" means a person or entity not involved in the crime.
(i) "Department" means the Criminal Assets Management Department as per Section 13.
(j) "Person" means a natural person or a legal person.
(k) "Property" means any kind of property or any valuable thing or instrument, whether physical or immaterial, movable or immovable, tangible or intangible, and the term includes any kind of document, document establishing any right, interest, claim or authority over the same. , also refers to evidence or electrical or other equipment.
(l) "property or instrument" means the property obtained from the crime or the instrument related to the crime.
(d) "Committee" means Fund Operation and Management Committee as per Section 25.