Days after declaring the Muslim League Jammu Kashmir (Masarat Alam faction) and the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, Jammu and Kashmir as “unlawful associations”, the Union Home Ministry on January 11 said States could also seize funds and confiscate properties associated with the two organisations within their jurisdictions.
The two organisations were declared unlawful under the anti-terror Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) last month.
The Ministry, in a notification, said that in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 42 of the UAPA, “the Central Government hereby directs that all powers exercisable by it under Section 7 and Section 8 of the said Act shall be exercised also by the State governments and the Union Territory administration” in relation to the two unlawful associations.
