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Resolution dated 1st April, 1963 with the followingDivisions:(i) <strong>Investigation</strong> & Anti-Corruption Division(Delhi Special Police Establishment).(ii) Technical Division.(iii) Crime Records and Statistics Division.(iv) Research Division.(v) Legal and General Division.(vi) Administration Division.Khan Qurban Ali’s Secret Note urging the Governmentto issue Ordinance detailing powers <strong>of</strong> the Special Staff(SS), dated 16th September, 19431.4 In 1953, an Enforcement Wing was addedto the SPE to deal with <strong>of</strong>fences under the Importand Export Control Act. With the passage <strong>of</strong> time,more and more cases under various laws other thanPrevention <strong>of</strong> Corruption Act and violations <strong>of</strong> Importand Export Control Act also came to be entrustedto the SPE. In fact, by 1963, SPE was authorisedto investigate <strong>of</strong>fences under 91 different sections<strong>of</strong> Indian Penal Code and 16 other <strong>Central</strong> Acts,besides <strong>of</strong>fences under the Prevention <strong>of</strong> CorruptionAct, 1947.1.5 A growing need was felt for a <strong>Central</strong> PoliceAgency at the disposal <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Central</strong> Government,which could investigate not only cases <strong>of</strong> briberyand corruption, but also violation <strong>of</strong> <strong>Central</strong> fiscallaws, major frauds relating to Government <strong>of</strong> IndiaDepartments, Public Joint Stock Companies, Passportfrauds, crimes on the High Seas, crimes on the Airlinesand serious crimes committed by organised gangs andpr<strong>of</strong>essional criminals. Therefore, the Government<strong>of</strong> India set up <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Bureau</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Investigation</strong> by a1.6 The <strong>Investigation</strong> & Anti-Corruption Division(Delhi Special Police Establishment) was entrustedwith the following mandate in the Resolution althoughit continued to derive its jurisdiction and powers fromDSPE Act, 1946: Cases in which public servants under the control<strong>of</strong> the <strong>Central</strong> Government are involved eitherby themselves or along with State Governmentservants and/or other persons. Cases in which the interests <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Central</strong>Government or <strong>of</strong> any public sector project orundertaking, or any statutory corporation orbody set up and financed by the Government<strong>of</strong> India are involved. Cases relating to breaches <strong>of</strong> <strong>Central</strong> Laws withthe enforcement <strong>of</strong> which the Government <strong>of</strong>India is particularly concerned, e.g.:(a) Breaches <strong>of</strong> Import and Export ControlOrders.(b) Serious breaches <strong>of</strong> Foreign ExchangeRegulation Act.(c) Passport frauds.(d) Cases under the Official Secrets Actpertaining to the affairs <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Central</strong>Government.(e) Cases <strong>of</strong> certain specified categoriesunder the Defence <strong>of</strong> India Act or Ruleswith which the <strong>Central</strong> Government isparticularly concerned. Serious cases <strong>of</strong> cheating or fraud relating to theRailways, or Posts & Telegraphs Department,particularly those involving pr<strong>of</strong>essional criminalsoperating in several States. Crime on the High Seas.CBI – An Overview | Industry, Impartiality and Integrity 5
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