(1) The Senior Superintendent of Police of a district or any police officer, authorized by him in this behalf, through a general or special order, may give reasonable directions to the public to keep order on public roads and streets, thoroughfares, or any public place, in order to prevent obstruction, injuries or annoyance to the passers-by.
(2) The Senior Superintendent of Police of a district may issue general directions under sub-section (1), in respect of the whole district or any part thereof.
Regulation of use of music and other sound system in public places.
Direction to keep order on public roads.
61. Whoever contravenes the provisions of sections 58, 59 or 60, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term, which may extend to six months, or with fine, which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both:
Provided that either before or after the institution of prosecution, these offences may be compounded before the competent authority or the court for such amount, as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf.