(1) If as respects any place the Government considers it necessary or expedient that special precautions should be taken to prevent the entry of unauthorised persons, the Government may, by notified order, declare that place to be a prohibited place.
(2) No person shall, without the permission of the Government or the authority specified by the Government, enter or be on or in, or pass over, or loiter in vicinity of, any prohibited place.
(3) Where in pursuance of sub-section (2) any person is granted permission to enter, or to be on or in, or to pass over, a prohibited place, that person shall, while acting under such permission, comply with such order for regulating his conduct as may be given by the Government or the authority specified by the Government.
(4) Any Police Officer, or any other person authorised in this behalf by the Government, may search any person entering or seeking to enter or being on or in, or leaving a prohibited place, and any vehicle, aircraft or article brought in by such person, and may, for the purpose of the search, detain such person, vehicle, aircraft and article :
Provided that no female shall be searched in pursuance of this subsection except by a female.
(5) If any person is in a prohibited place in contravention of this section then, without prejudice to any other proceedings which may be taken against him, he may be removed therefrom by any Police Officer not below the rank of a sub-inspector or by any other person authorised in this behalf by the Government.
(6) If any person is in a prohibited place in contravention of any of the provisions of this section he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine, or with both.