During the investigation of a bank fraud, the Director of Enforcement provisionally attaches, by an order in writing, an apartment in Mumbai which, he has reason to believe, represents the proceeds of crime. Under Section 5 of the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002, such an order of provisional attachment remains in force for a period:

Section 5(1) of the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 empowers the Director, or any other officer not below the rank of Deputy Director authorised by him, who has reason to believe, the reasons to be recorded in writing, that any property represents the proceeds of crime, to provisionally attach it by an order in writing, and the attachment remains in force for a period not exceeding one hundred and eighty days from the date of the order. A copy of the order and the material is forwarded to the Adjudicating Authority, which then decides upon confirmation of the attachment. Periods of thirty or ninety days and of one or two years have no statutory basis; the outer limit of the provisional attachment is expressly one hundred and eighty days.