Part XII · Miscellaneous Financial Provisions

Article 284 Custody of suitors' deposits and other moneys received by public servants and courts.

This article covers other public moneys. Deposits held by officers and courts, and moneys received for specific purposes, are paid into the public account. Their custody and use follow the rules the legislature makes. These sums are not part of the Consolidated Fund.

1. All moneys received by or deposited with— (a) any officer employed in connection with the affairs of the Union or of a State in his capacity as such, other than revenues or public moneys raised or received by the Government of India or the Government of the State, as the case may be; or (b) any court within the territory of India to the credit of any cause, matter, account or persons, shall be paid into the public account of India or the public account of State, as the case may be.

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