of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution. — AS£AM ACT XVI OF ·1953

20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend and consolidate the law relating to the Maintenance of Public Order in the Autonomous Districts specified in Part A of tbe table ap· pended · to paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Ccmstitution ; It is as follows:- (1) This Act may be called the Assam Maintenance and of Public Ord1:r ·(Autonomous Districts) Act, 1953. It shall extend to all the Autonomous · Districts specified in Part A of the table appended to paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution ; It shall come into force at once . (1) The State Government, if satisfied with respect . to any particular person that with a \ · iew to pt· t· eventing him n g from (a) ·d ·directing that, except in so far as he may be permitted by the ·provisions or the ord er, or by such authority or __ persons as may he specifi.:d therein, he shall not be in any such area or place -in Assam as may -b -be specified in the order ; )) requiring him to reside or remain in such plflce or within such area in Assam as may be specified in the order, and if he is not already there to proceed to that place or area within .· such time as may be spi;:cified m the order ; · (c) requiring him to notify his movements or to report himself or both to notify his movements and report himself in such maimer, at such times and to such autho· rity or;persons as may be specified in the order ; (d) impa,;ing upon him such r.estrictio ,n ,ns as may be specified in the oi;,der jn respec t of his employment . or business, in respect of his asw cia tion or communication with other persons, and in respect of his activities in rdation to the dissemination of' news or propagation of opinions ; r. Power to rhest!·ct 1 t m e en move- ac t e move- menta or actain persons. 31 (e) prohibiting or restricting the possession oi, by . him of any such· article or articles as · may . be. fiecl fo the order ; (f) otherwise regulating his conduct m particular manner as may be specified in the order. (2) A District Magistrate may exercis 'e 'e the pawer conferred _ by sub-section (1) and an order . so made by him . shall be valid for a period not exceeding two months. (3) When any order made under · sub-sectiorn('l) ,,.,, ,<· ~~.:~" ICf -~ ~.:~" I.Cf ~:"· se "" i- by a District Magistrate or by an officer or authority empowered under section 14, the District Magistrate or that officer or authority, as the case may be, shall forth-_ _with · report the fact to the State Government, together with the grounds on which the order has been made and such other particulars as, in the opinion of such officer or authority, have a bearing on the necessity for or expediency . of the order. · (4) An order made under sub-section (1) may require the person in respect of whom it is made to enter into a bond, with or without sureties, for the due performance of, or·-as an alternative to the enforcement of, such restrictions or conditions made in the order as may be specified . in . the order. (5) If any person is in any area or place in contraventio n of an order made under the provisions of this section _ or , fails to leave any area or place. in accordance with the requirements of such an order, then, he may be removed from such area or place by any police officer or by any pB,rson acting on behalf of Governm ·e ·ent. (6) If the State Gov,ernment has reason to believe that ./ a person in respect of whom such an order as aforesaid has . b1Jen made has absconded or is concealing himself so that th<; order cannot be executed, it may_:_ ·. (a) . m make a rep9rt in writing -of the fact to a Magisof the first in the 1 C: A 1 C 98 · direct the' said person to · ap 'pear before such officer, at s· ·uch place and within such -p -period as may be specified in the · order '. and if the saia person fails to comply wit4 such directkn " shall, unless he proves that it was not possible for · him to comply therewith and that he had, within the period sped· fied· in tlie order, informed the · officer of the reason which rendered compliance therewith impos .s .sible and of his where--abouts, be punishable witli imprisonment for a term which · inay extend to one year, or with fine, orwith both. · (7) If any person contravenes · any order made under this'section, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for .. a trate class having jurisdiction . place _ the said . person · ordinarily resides ; .a .and thereupon t' the ·spirit · of the 1 prO\dsions of sections 87, 88" -and 89 cf · the Code :of Criminal Procedure, 1398, . shall· ·apply in respect of the said person and · his property · as if the , order under . clause . (a) · or (b ) of . sub·section , (1) of · section 2 A

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