Scheduled offences and predicate risk

Scheduled offences define the criminal-activity gateway. Part A and Part C coverage, amendments and cross-border conduct must be checked against the date a

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Scheduled offences define the criminal-activity gateway. Part A and Part C coverage, amendments and cross-border conduct must be checked against the date and exact offence.

Source review date: 4 July 2026. Read with the official text and the facts of the transaction.

Legal anchors

Section 2(1)(y)
PMLA Schedule
FIU scheduled-offence resource

How to analyse it

Identify statute, section and offence date.
Check whether it was scheduled at the relevant time.
Map proceeds to the alleged offence.
Review cross-border equivalent offence.

Practical illustration

A regulatory breach is not automatically a scheduled offence. The precise penal section and schedule entry must be established.

What can go wrong?

Using broad statute name without section
Ignoring offence date
No nexus between property and crime

Evidence pack

FIR/complaint
Charge sheet
Schedule mapping
Proceeds computation

Decision workflow

Freeze the facts and effective date.
Identify the controlling Act, rule, notification, circular and jurisdictional overlay.
Prepare a calculation or exposure note.
Collect the evidence pack before filing, payment, signing or response.
Record reviewer conclusion and assumptions.

Quick Q&A

Is the result automatic?

No. Identify statute, section and offence date.

What is the most important control?

Review cross-border equivalent offence.

What should be escalated?

Using broad statute name without section, especially where money, deadlines, enforcement, personal liability or irreversible transaction steps are involved.

Official source trail

Secondary commentary may help interpretation, but it is not the source of law.