{ "id": 13561, "slug": "arunachal-pradesh-unlawful-activities-prevention-act-2014-2014", "title": "Arunachal Pradesh Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 2014", "short_title": "Arunachal Pradesh Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 2014", "act_number": "(Act No. 12 of 2014)", "act_year": 2014, "act_type": "STATE", "location": "Arunachal Pradesh", "law_status": "unknown", "enactment_date": null, "description": "Arunachal Pradesh Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 2014", "preamble": "", "section_label": "Section", "sections": [ { "number": "1", "title": "1. Short title, Extent and commencement.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 0 }, { "number": "2", "title": "2. Definition.", "chapter": null, "content": "(i) \"Advisory Board\" means the Board constituted under section 9.\n(ii) \"Bootlegger\" means a person who distills, manufactures, stores, transports or takes away, imports, exports, sells or distributes any liquor, intoxication drug or other intoxicating substances in contravention of any of the provisions contained in any law for the time-being in force, or knowingly spends or utilizes money or gives support or gives aid to do any of the matters mentioned above, by any person or through any person by providing any animal, vehicle, vessel, other conveyance or any tank, any other articles whatever it may be or the person who abets to do any such matter in any manner.\n(iii) \"Close relative\" means spouse parents, children or sibilate and first degree blood relative of such person and include the children or spouses of such persons.\n(iv) \"Habitual Depredator of environment\" means a person who, by any direct act by which he derives pecuniary or commercial benefit, commits an offence under any law relating to protection of environment or rivers or under any law relating to sand mining from any place or under any law relating to quarrying or mining, or who commits or abets the commission of offences punishable under any law relating to conservation of forests or wild life.\n(v) \"Detention Order\" means an Order made under section 3.\n(vi) \"Habitual Drug Offender\" means a person, who illegally cultivates, manufactures, stocks, transport, sells or distributes any drug in contravention of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 (Central Act 61 of 1985) or in contravention of any other lav/ for the time being in force, or who knowingly does anything abetting or facilitating any such activity.\n(vii) \"Immoral Traffic Offender\" means a person who commits or abets the commission oi any offence under the immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 (Central Act 104 of 1956).\n(viii) \"Unlawful Person\" means a person who indulges in any unlawful activity or promote or abets any illegal organization/activities declared as prohibited by the State, which are harmful to maintenance of the public order or supply of daily services and goods to public either directly or indirectly.\n(ix) \"Dangerous person\" means a person, who either by himself or as a member or leader of a gang during a period of three successive years habitually commits, or attempts the commission of any of the offences punishable under Chapter XVI or Chapter XVII of the Indian Penal Code or any of the offences punishable under Chapter V of the Act 1959 (54 of 1959).\n(x) \"Person\" means a person mentioned in section 8 of the Act.\n(xi) \"Property grabber\" means a person who illegally takes possession, either for himself or on behalf of others, of any movable or immovable property belonging to Government or Government owned Institutions or of any person and includes a person who creates illegal tenancies or lease or license or agreements or any other agreements, express or implied, in respect of such properties, or who knowingly gives financial aid to any person for taking illegal possession of such properties or construction of unauthorized structures thereon or who attempts to collect from any possessors of properties, rent compensation or other charges by criminal intimidation or who evicts or attempts to evict any such possessors by force without resorting to the lawful procedure or who abets in any manner such activities.\n(xii) \"Unlawful activity\" means acting in such a manner so as to cause or likely to cause directly or indirectly, any feeling of insecurity, danger or fear among the general public or any section thereof or any danger to the safety of individuals, safety of public, public health or the ecological system or disruption of daily supplies and essential services to public or any loss or damage to public exchequer or to any public or private property or enforce on general public activities declared as illegal by the State or prohibited by State Government under section 144 of CrPc or any other order for the time being in force such as Bandh through intimidation or psychological fear or threat and causing actual damage to public or private property.\n(xiii) \"State\" means the State of Arunachal Pradesh.\n(xiv) \"State Government\" means the State Government of Arunachal Pradesh.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": true, "sort_order": 1 }, { "number": "3", "title": "3. Powers to make Orders detaining a certain person.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 2 }, { "number": "4", "title": "4. Execution of detention order, places of detention and powers to regulate place and condition of detention.", "chapter": null, "content": "(i) To be detained in such place and under such condition including conditions as to maintenance, discipline and punishment for breaches of discipline as the State Government may, by genera! or special order, specify ; and\n(ii) To be removed from one place of detention to another place of detention within the State of Arunachal Pradesh by the order of the State Government.\n5.\n(i) Vague,\n(ii) Non-existent,\n(iii) Not-relevant,\n(iv) Not connected or not proximately connected with such person, or\n(v) Invalid for any other reason whatsoever.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 3 }, { "number": "6", "title": "6. Detention not to be invalid or inoperative on certain grounds.", "chapter": null, "content": "(1) That the person to be detained under there is outside the limit of the territorial Jurisdiction of the officer making the order.\n(2) That the place of detention of such person is outside the said limits.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 4 }, { "number": "7", "title": "7. Powers on relation to absconding persons.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) The provisions of section 82, 83, 84 and 85 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 shalt apply in respect of the said person and his Property as if the order directing that he be detained were a warrant issued by the Magistrate.\n(b) By order direct the said person to appear before such officer at such place and within such period as may be specified in the order; and if the said person fails to comply with such direction he shall, unless he proves that it was not possible for him to comply therewith and that he had, within the period specified in the order, informed the officer mentioned in the order of the reason which rendered compliance therewith impossible and of his whereabouts, be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine of Rupees fifty thousand or with both.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 5 }, { "number": "8", "title": "8. Grounds of order detention to be disclosed to person affected by the order.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 6 }, { "number": "9", "title": "9. Constitution of Advisory Board.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 7 }, { "number": "10", "title": "10. References of Advisory Board.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 8 }, { "number": "11", "title": "11. Procedure of Advisory Board.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 9 }, { "number": "12", "title": "12. Action upon the report of Advisory Board.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 10 }, { "number": "13", "title": "13. Maximum period of detention.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 11 }, { "number": "14", "title": "14. Revocation or modification of detention order.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 12 }, { "number": "15", "title": "15. Temporary release of person detained.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 13 }, { "number": "16", "title": "16. Protection of action taken in good faith.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 14 }, { "number": "17", "title": "17. Punishment for concealing persons ordered to be detained.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 15 }, { "number": "18", "title": "18. Powers to make rules.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 16 } ], "metadata": { "Act ID": "Last Updated 8th February, 2020 [aru091]", "Act Number": "(Act No. 12 of 2014)", "Enactment Date": "", "Act Year": "2014", "Short Title": "Arunachal Pradesh Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 2014", "Type": "STATE", "Location": "Arunachal Pradesh" }, "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18" }