civil services chronicle

civil services chronicle

civil services chronicle Published this article page no  30 When nations go to war they often seize the properties in their countries of the citizens and corporations of the enemy country. Properties that are seized under these circumstances are referred to as alien properties or enemy properties. o The idea behind seizing these properties is that an enemy country should not be allowed to take advantage of its assets in the other country during war.  During IndiaChina war in 1962 and India – Pakistan war in 1965 and 1971 Central government took over properties of citizens of China and Pakistan in India under the Defence of India Acts. o The responsibility of the administration of enemy properties was handed over to the Custodian of Enemy Property for India (CEPI) an office under the Central government. Enemy Property Act 1968  The Defence of India Acts were temporary laws that ceased to operate after the wars ended. To administer the enemy property seized during the wars the government enacted the Enemy Property Act in 1968. Custodian of Enemy Property for India (CEPI)  The Office of the CEPI was set up in the year 1939 to deal with enemy properties confiscated during World War II.  The legal status to the office was given under Enemy Property Act 1968.  It works under the aegis of Ministry of Home affairs Freedom Fighters Division with its Head Office at New Delhi and three branch offices at Mumbai Kolkata and Lucknow.  The Custodian is a quasijudicial Authority under the Enemy Property Act and a Civil court under the Civil Procedure Court 1908. 11 o It defined enemy property as the property for the time being belonging to or held or managed on behalf of an enemy an enemy subject or enemy firm. o The Act defined an enemy as a country (and its citizens) that committed external aggression against India (i.e. Pakistan and China). o It provided for the continuous vesting of enemy property in the CEPI. o It laid down the powers of CEPI for management and preservation of enemy properties civil services chronicle buy. 

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