 the prevention of corruption (amendment) bill, 1955 (as introduced in lob: sabha) a billfurther to amend the prevention of com'uption act, 1947, and to make a consequential amendment in the criminal law amendment act, 1952 be it enacted by parliament in the sixth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the prevention of corruption (amend- short title ment) act, 1955 s 2 in section 3 of the prevention of corruption act, 1947 (herein- amendment after referred to as the principal act), for the words and figures 'or if ~c~ln ~f section 165', the words and figures 'section 162, section 163, section 1:'7 164, section 165' shall be substituted '0 3 in section 5a of the principal act, after the words and figures amendm~1 'under section 161', the words and figures 'section 162, section 163, ~t a:i¥oo~ section 164,' shall be inserted 1947 4 in section 6 of the principal act, in sub-section (1), after the amendment words and figures 'under section 161', the words and figures 'or ofsecrion 6, section 164' shall be inserted ~:7 ii gf 5 in section 6 of the criminal law amendment act, 1952, in amendment clause (a) of sub-section (1), after the words and figures 'under ifc~xt~i ~ section 161', the words and figures 'section 162, section 163, section 19s30 164 " shall be inserted  statement of objects and reasonsoffences under sections 161, 165 and 165a ipc are made cognizable under section 3 of the prevention of corruption act, 1947, but offences under sections 162, 163 and 164 ipc continue to be noncognizable with the result that there is at present no effective method of dealing with touts and agents through whom corrupt officials secure bribes and illegal gratification it is,therefore, proposed to amend section 3 of the prevention of corruption act, 1947 so as to make offences under sections 162, 163 and 164 ipc also cognizable the bill makes certain other consequential amendments in that act and in the criminal law ain"ndment act, 1952 new deuu; g b pant the 13th june, 1955  extracts from the prevbntlon of corruption a~, 1947(no ii of 1947) - - - - - - - 3 an offence punishable under section 161 or section 165 or offence un-xlv of186o section 165a of the indian penal code shall be deemed ~6~ =d~:; to be a cognizable offence for the purposes of the code of criminal of the penal vof 1898 procedure, 1898, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained ~~gle be therein offeocea  v of 1898 - - - - - - - 5a notwithstanding anything contained in the code of criminal invcltiga-procedure, 1898, no police officer below the ranktion 2~to cues u  er tbie act (a) in the presidency towns of madras and calcutta, of an assistant commissioner of police, (b) in the presidency town of bombay, of a superintendent of police, and (c) elsewhere, of a deputy superintendent of police xlv of 1860~ shall investigate any offence punishable under section 161, section 165 or section 165a of the indian penal code or under sub-section -(2) of section 5 of this act, without the order of a presidency magistrate or a magistrate of the first-class, as the case may be, or make any arrest therefor without a warrant: -provided that a police officer of the delhi special police establishment, not below the rank of an inspector of police, who is specially authorised by the inspector-general of police of that establishment may, if he has reasons to believe that, on account of the delay involved in obtaining the order of a magistrate of the first-class, any valuable evidence relating to such offence is likely to be destroyed or concealed, investigate the offence without such order; but in every case where he makes such investigation, the police officer shau, as soon as may be, send a report of the same to a magistrate of the first-class, together with the circumstances in which the investigation was made 6 (1) no court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable prevl~us under section 161 or section 165 of the indian penal code or under :~~n ~~; sub-section (2) of section 5 of this act, alleged to have been proaecudnn committed by a public servant except with the previous sanction,-- - - - -  - power to appoint ape cia) judlet (no xlvi of 1952) - - - - - - - 6 (1) the state government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint as many special judges as may be necessary for such area or areas as may be specified in the notification to try the following offences, namely: - (a) an offence punishable under section 161, section 165 or section 165a of the indian penal code or sub-section (2) of sec- xlv of 186<> tion 5 of the prevention of corruption act, 1947; ii of 1947 - - - - - - - -  a billfurther to amend the prevention of comtption act, 1947, and to make a consequential amendment in the criminal law amendment act, 1952 (shri gofjind ballabh pant; minister of home affairs) 