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Section 18: Arrest of persons found outside restriction area or corrective settlement.

The Bombay Habitual Offenders Act, 1959.State Act of Maharashtra · Act 61 of 1959

If any person-

(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 patil or village watchman 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.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Bombay Habitual Offenders Act, 1959.
Section18
Marginal noteArrest of persons found outside restriction area or corrective settlement.
JurisdictionState of Maharashtra
StatusIn force as published by the source

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