(1) If as respects any place or class of places the State Government considers it necessary or expedient that special precautions should be taken to prevent the entry of unauthorised persons, the State Government may by order declare that place, or, as the case may be, every place of that class to be a protected place; and thereupon, for so long as the order is in force, such place or every place of such class, as the case may be, shall be a protected place for the purposes of this Act.
Non-compliance with the provisions of the Aot or any orders made thereunder.
Protected places.
Protected areas.
The West Bengal Security Act, 1950.
(West Ben. Act (Chapter II.—Access to certain places and areas.— Section 7.)
(2) No person shall, without the permission of the State Government, enter, or be on or in, or pass over, or loiter in the vicinity of, any protected place.
(3) Where in pursuance of sub-section (2) any person is granted permission to enter, or to be on or in, or to pass over, a protected place, that person shall, while acting under such' permission, comply with such orders for regulating his conduct as may be given by the State Government.
(4) 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 place 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 searched in pursuance of this sub-section except by a woman.
(5) If any person is in a protected place in contravention of this section, then without prejudice to any other proceedings which may be taken against him, he may be removed therefrom by any police officer or by any other person authorised in this behalf by the State Government.
(6) If any person is in a protected place in contravention of any of the provisions of this section, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both.