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Section 17: Arrest of persons found outside restriction area or corrective settlement

The Karnataka Habitual Offenders Act, 1961State Act of Karnataka · Act 24 of 1961

If any habitual offender,-

(a) is found outside the area to which his movements have been restricted, in contravention of the conditions under which he is permitted to leave such area; or

(b) escapes from any corrective settlement in which he is placed, -he may be arrested without warrant by a police officer, police patel, or a member of the village police and taken before a magistrate who, on proof of the facts, may order him to be removed to such area or to such corrective settlement, there to be dealt with in accordance with this Act and the rules made thereunder.

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Where this provision sits

ActThe Karnataka Habitual Offenders Act, 1961
Section17
Marginal noteArrest of persons found outside restriction area or corrective settlement
JurisdictionState of Karnataka
StatusIn force as published by the source

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