(1) As and when, the security of the State in any area is threatened by insurgency or any terrorist or militant activity whether by any organized crime group or otherwise, the State Government may, by 1Added by Punjab Act No.19 of 2018, Section 7 Internal Security Scheme.
Creation of Special Security Zone.
notification in the Official Gazette, declare such an area as a Special Security Zone:
Provided that such notification shall be placed before the State Legislature, within a period of six months from the date of issue or the first sitting of the Legislature, whichever is earlier.
(2) For a Special Security Zone, as declared under sub-section
(1), the State Government may, create an appropriate Police structure providing for such zone, a suitable command, control and response system.
(3) The Director General of Police shall with the concurrence of the State Government, issue orders, laying down standard operating procedures, to be followed by the police in a Special Security Zone.
(4) The State Government may, on the recommendation of the Director General of Police, and for the reasons, to be recorded in writing, ban or regulate the production, sale, storage, possession or entry of any devices, or equipment, or any explosive, poisonous, chemical biological or radioactive articles or substances, or any inflow of funds, in a Special Security Zone, if the use or inflow thereof, is reasonably considered a threat to internal security or public order in the area, in any manner.
35. The State Government, may, for any special Security Zone, frame rules to prevent and control the activities of persons or organizations, which may have an impact on the internal security or public order.
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