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Power to remove difficulty STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS Act 45 of 2025:- It is considered necessary to provide for the appointment of Recovery Commissioner for seizure, attachment, forfeiture of properties derived from illegal mining activities including multiple transactions involving myriad number of lessees, transporters, exporters, stock holders, purchasers and other intermediaries, organized crime, cohesive conspiracy and proceeds of crime in the State of Karnataka. Whereas the Hon'ble Supreme Court in its Order dated: 16.9.2013 in an interlocutory application number 189 of writ petition 562/2009 has permitted the CBI to refer the matters with respect to the exporters who had exported less than 50000 MTS and were not enquired into in the preliminary enquiry and also has permitted the CBI to refer the cases of exporters who had exported less than 50000 MTS of iron ore without valid permit to refer to the Government of Karnataka for taking for the necessary action under the relevant laws as recommended by the Central Empowered committee vide letter, dated: 5.9.2012. And in pursuant to the cabinet decision taken on 17.10.2013, issues relating to the illegal exports of iron ore through nine ports were referred to CBI vide G.O No: HD 98 CID 2013, dated: 18.12.2013. Accordingly the CBI has furnished intermittent details of the preliminary enquiries, charge sheeted cases registered by various branches of the CBI. Hence, the Bill. [L.A. Bill No. 64 of 2025, File No. SAMVYASHAE 71 SHASANA 2025] [Entries 5, 23 and 64 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India] [Published in Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary No.549 in part-IVA dated:09.09.2025] KARNATAKA ACT NO. 45 OF 2025 (First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the 9th day of September, 2025) THE KARNATAKA APPOINTMENT OF RECOVERY COMMISSIONER FOR SEIZURE AND ATTACHMENT OF PROPERTY OF ILLEGAL MINING AND PROCEEDS OF ACT, 2025 (Received the assent of the Governor on the 9th day of September, 2025) An Act to provide for the appointment of Recovery Commissioner for seizure, attachment, forfeiture of properties derived from illegal mining activities including multiple transactions involving myriad number of lessees, transporters, exporters, stock holders, purchasers and other intermediaries, organized crime, cohesive conspiracy and proceeds of crime in the State of Karnataka. Whereas, the Hon’ble Supreme Court in its Order dated: 16.9.2013 in an interlocutory application number 189 of writ petition 562/2009 has permitted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to refer the matters with respect to the exporters who had exported less than 50000 MTS and were not enquired into in the preliminary enquiry and also has permitted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to refer the cases of exporters who had exported less than 50000 MTS of iron ore without valid permit to refer to the Government of Karnataka for taking necessary action under the relevant laws as recommended by the Central Empowered committee vide letter, dated: 5.9.2012. And whereas, in pursuant to the cabinet decision taken on 17.10.2013, issues relating to the illegal exports of iron ore through nine ports were referred to CBI vide G.O No: HD 98 CID 2013, dated:18.12.2013. Accordingly the CBI has furnished intermittent details of the preliminary enquiries, charge sheeted cases registered by various branches of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). And whereas, it is expedient to provide for the appointment of Recovery Commissioner for seizure, attachment and forfeiture of properties derived from illegal mining activities including multiple transactions involving myriad number of lessees, transporters, exporters, stock holders, purchasers and other intermediaries, organized crime, cohesive conspiracy and proceeds of crime in the State of Karnataka and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the seventy sixth year of the Republic of India as follows:-