s 61B Recovery of contributions, etc., upon conviction
61B.—(1) The court before which any conviction under section 7(3), 8A(3) or 61 is had may in addition to the penalty prescribed in those sections order the person convicted to pay the amount of any contributions together with any interest due thereon certified by an officer appointed by the Board in that behalf to be due from that person at the date of the conviction.[6/2016] [Act 30 of 2024 wef 15/12/2024] (1A) Where —(a) a member of the Fund has withdrawn any amount from his or her ordinary account, special account or retirement account in connection with any investment made under any scheme in accordance with any regulations made under section 77(1)(n);[Act 33 of 2024 wef 19/01/2025] (b) the member is convicted of an offence under this Act or any other written law in connection with that investment; and (c) the Board has required that member to refund or transfer to his or her ordinary account, special account or retirement account such amount as may be prescribed by those regulations, the court before which the conviction is had may, in addition to the penalty prescribed under this Act or under that other written law, order that member to refund or transfer to his or her ordinary account, special account or retirement account (as the case may be) in accordance with such directions as the Board may give, the amount certified by an officer appointed by the Board in that behalf to be due from that member, under paragraph (c), at the date of the refund or transfer. [6/2016] [Act 33 of 2024 wef 19/01/2025] (2) The court may order that the amount ordered to be paid under subsection (1), or refunded or transferred under subsection (1A), section 16B(12) or 16C(10), be recoverable —(a) according to the law for the time being in force relating to the recovery of fines; or (b) upon the application by the Board, in like manner as a judgment of a civil court for the payment of money. [26/2019] (3) Where the court orders that the amount ordered to be paid under subsection (1), or refunded or transferred under subsection (1A), to be recoverable in the manner mentioned in subsection (2)(b), the court must certify the amount to be paid, refunded or transferred and the Board may recover the amount so certified in any civil court of competent jurisdiction as though the amount were a judgment debt due to the Board.