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(1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Control of T Crime Act. 2015" and Organised (2) Itextends to whole of the State of Gujarat. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. Short title, extent and commencement" IV Ex"-25 25-r may, by 25-2 Delhnitions- 2. (1) In this t, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "abet" with its grammatieal variations and cognate expressions, includes- (i) the communication or association with person with the actual knowledge or having reason to believe that such person is engaged in assisting in any m er an organised crime syndicate; and the passing on or publication of or distribution of, , doc ent or matter obtained from the orsanised crime IPART rV syndicate; and (iii) the rendering of any assistance, whether financial or an o nce under this Act; (b) "Code" means the Code of Criminal Procedure,IgT3; 2 of 1974. (c) "continuing unlawful activity" means an activity prohibited by law for the time being in force, which is a cogntzable offence punishable with imprisonment for a term of three years or more,'-- undertaken either singly or jointly, as a member of an organised crime syndicate or on behalf of such syndicate in respect of which more than one charge-sheets have been filed before a competent court within the preceding periodof ten years and that court has (d) "economic offences" include mnning of the ponzy schemes and the multi-level m eting schernes with a view to defraud the people at large for obtaining the monetary benefits or large seale organized betting in form; (e) "organised crime" means continuing unlawful activity and terrorist act including extortion, land grabbing, contract killing, economic offences, cyber crimes having severe consequences, prostitution or ransom by an individual, singly or jointly, either as syndicate, by use of violence or at of violence or intimidation or coercion or other means; (0 "orgarrised crime syndicate" me a group of two or more persons who, acting either singly or collectively, as a syndicate or gang indulging in activities of organised crime; (g) "Special Co " means the Special Court constituted under section 5; of the people by doing an act using bombs, dynamite or other PART rvl G T GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, EX., O5-II-201| or other chemicals or in n e in such a manner so as to .""r. ";:ll:ifi:.,,ff#oJff or services essential to the life of the corimunrty or an act of CHAPTER II , PUNISHMENT