(1) If the State Government considers it necessary or expedient in the public interest or in the interest of the safety and security of any area to regulate the entry of person into that area, the State Government may, without prejudice to any other provisions of this Act, by order declare the area to be a protected arca ; and thereupon, for so long as the order is in force, such area shall be a protected area for the purposes of this Act.
(2) On and after such day as may be specified in, and subject to any exemptions for which provison may be made by an order made under sub-section (1), no person who was not immediately before the said day resident in the area declared to be a protected area by the said order shall be therein except in accordance with the terms of a permit in writing granted to him by an authority or person specified in the said order.
(3) Any police officer, or any other person authorised in this behalf by the State Government may search any person entering or seeking to enter, or being on or in, or leaving, a protected area, and any vehicle, vessel, animal or article brought in by such person, and may, for the purpose of the search, detain such person, vehicle, vessel, animal or article : :
Provided that no woman shall be seaxched in pursuance of this sub-section except by a woman.
(4) If any person is in a protected area’ in contravention of the provisions of this section, then, without prejudice to any other proceedings which may be taken against him, he may be removed therefrom by or under 4 the direction cf any police officer on uty in the protce: area or by any other person auihorised in this behalf by the State Government.
| (5S) Ifany person 1s In a protected area in contravention of any of the provisions of this section, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with fine or with both.
Coedine © unr 16. Any person who effects or attempts to effect entry into a protected place or protected area— ‘a by using, or threatening to use,criminal force to any person posted for the purpose of protecting, or preventing or controlling access to, such place or area, or (>) after taking precautions to conceal his entry or attempted entry from any such person, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with fine or with both.
SAN Ot: 17. (1) No person shall do an act with intent to injuriously affect, whether by impairing the efficiency or impeding the working of anything or in any other manner whatsocver, or io cause damage to,—
(a) any building, vehicle, machinery, apparatus or other property used or intended to be used, for the purpose of Government or -any local authority ;
(b) any road, canal, canal embankments, protective bounds, sluice-gates, lockgates, bridge, culvert, air-ficid, air-strip or any installation thereon, or any telegraph line or post (as piace yess defined in the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885) AT o or any wireless installation ;
(c) any aircraft ;
(d) any building or other property used in connection with the production, distribution or supply of any essential commodity, any sewage works, mine or factory ;
ATX of 1923 Penalty for subversive acts.
Punishment for:
Carrying or possessing any corrosive substance.
Definition of looting.
(¢) any prohibited place as defined in sub-section (8) of section 2 of the Indian Official Secrets Act, 1923.
(2) The provisions of sublsection (1) shall apply in relation to any omission on the gart of a person to do any-.
thing which he is under a duty imposed on him by law or an order of any competent authority to do, as they apply to the doing of any act by a person.
(3) If any person contravenes any of the provisions of this section, he shall be punishable with imprisonment fora term which may extend to two years or with fine or with both.
18. Ifany person commits any subversive act he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with fine or with both.
19. Any person who carries on his person or knowingly has in his possession or under his contro! any corrosive substance under such circumstances as to give rise to a reasonable suspicion that he does not carry it on his person or have it in his possession or under his control for a lawful object, shall, unelss he can show that he was carrying it on his person or that he had it in his possession or under his control for a lawful object, be punishable with imprisonment for aterm which may extend to two years, to which fine may be added.
2. Whoever commits dacoity, robbery, theft, or theft. in a building, vessel or vehicle or criminal misappropriation, if the commission of such offence takes place,—
(a) during a riot or any disturbance of the public peace at or in the neighbourhood of the riot, or the place at which such disturbance of the public peace occurs, or
(b) in any area in .which a riot or disturbanc- of lic public peace has occurred and before Jay and order has been comple's!y restored in such area, ov Use of force to step looting, Curfew.
Control of processions, mectings, etc.
(c) in circumstances such that person whose property is stolenor criminally misappropriated is not, as a consequence of rioting orany other disturbance ope public peace, present or able to protect%uch property is said to commit the offené of looting.
21. Any police officer may use such force as may be necessary in order to stop the commission of the offence of looting within his view.