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The Gujarat Habitual Offenders Act, 1959.State Act of Gujarat · Act 61 of 1959

(1) Where any registered offender changes his ordinary residence to another ProcedU18 by district within the State, the District Magistrate of the district in which the {)ffender~ot illregistered Ilhallinfor,mthe DiStrict Magistrate of the other distI ict of such change, :=f and at the lIUIletime fUiniah him with the name and other particulars relating to the residence or registered oft'ewle~ in tije register. . ~~ to other diItriot.

(2) On the receipt of such information, the District Magistrate of the other district shall enter in his register the name and other particu.Jats of t registered offender furnished to him, and inform the District Magistrate of the first district of such re~:ration, and eupon such District Magistrate sh.all cancel from his register the entry relating to that offender :

Provided that where a registered oft'ender clmr.geahis ordinAr.yresidence to another district outside the State, ~ District Magistrate of the first distric.,'tsht\ll, while furnishing the District M:agistrate of the other district ""ith the name and other partieuJ3rs of the registered oft'end.el', make a req'llest to that District Magistrate tJlat he may be informed of the &tepe, if any, "Which may have been taken in relation to the off«lder under any law for the time being in force in that other district; and upon the receipt of such information the District Magistrate of the first district shall cancel from his register the entry relating to that offender.

(3) Uwn the entry of the name and other particulars of a registered offender in any register in the State under sub-eection.(2}, the prm~oIl8 of this Act and the nales made thereWider sliall apply to him as if he haa been registered, in pursuance of a direction given ttnder section 3, in the register of the district to which he has changed hiB ordinary residence.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Gujarat Habitual Offenders Act, 1959.
Section8
JurisdictionState of Gujarat
StatusIn force as published by the source

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