law: The Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002
  60. Attachment,
  
  seizure and confiscation, etc., of property in a contracting State or India.-
  1.  Where
  
  the Director has made an order for attachment of any property under section 5
  
  or where an Adjudicating Authority has made an order confirming such attachment
  
  or confiscation of any property under section 8, and such property is suspected
  
  to be in a contracting State, the Special Court, on an application by the
  
  Director or the Administrator appointed under sub-section (1) of section 10, as
  
  the case may b , may issue a letter of request to a court or an authority in
  
  the contracting State for execution of such order.
  2.  Where
  
  a letter of request is received by the Central Government from a court or an
  
  authority in a contracting State requesting attachment or confiscation of the
  
  property in India, derived or obtained, directly or indirectly, by any person
  
  from the co mission of an offence under section 3 committed in that contracting
  
  State, the Central Government may forward such letter of request to the
  
  Director, as it thinks fit, for execution in accordance with the provisions of
  
  this Act.
  3.  The
  
  Director shall, on receipt of a letter of request under section 58 or section
  
  59, direct any authority under this Act to take all steps necessary for tracing
  
  and identifying such property.
  4.  The
  
  steps referred to in sub-section (3) may include any inquiry, investigation or
  
  survey in respect of any person, place, property, assets, documents, books of
  
  account in any bank or public financial institutions or any other relevant
  
  matters.
  5.  Any
  
  inquiry, investigation or survey referred to in sub-section (4) shall be
  
  carried out by an authority mentioned in sub-section (3) in accordance with
  
  such directions issued in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
  6.  
  
    The
  
  provisions of this Act relating to attachment, adjudication, confiscation and
  
  vesting of property in the Central Government contained in Chapter III and
  
  survey, searches and seizures contained request is received from a court or
  
  contracting State for attachment or confiscation of property in Chapter V shall
  
  apply to the property in respect f which letter of