{ "id": 27069, "slug": "madras-restriction-of-habitual-offenders-act-1948", "title": "Madras Restriction of Habitual Offenders Act, 1948", "short_title": "Madras Restriction of Habitual Offenders Act, 1948", "act_number": "(Madras Act No. 6 of 1948)", "act_year": 1948, "act_type": "STATE", "location": "Delhi", "law_status": "unknown", "enactment_date": "2026-04-24", "description": "Madras Restriction of Habitual Offenders Act, 1948", "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. Definitions.", "chapter": null, "content": "Notification of Offenders and Restrictions of their Movement\nNotification of Offenders and Restrictions of their Movement", "footnote": "", "is_definition": true, "sort_order": 1 }, { "number": "3", "title": "3. Power of Chief Commissioner to notify habitual offenders.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) if he is satisfied that any person is a habitual offender, declare that he shall be subject to the provisions of this Act to such extent and subject to such restrictions, if any, as may be specified in the notification;\n(b) cancel or modify any such declaration.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 2 }, { "number": "4", "title": "4. Delegation of powers to District Magistrate.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 3 }, { "number": "5", "title": "5. Notified offenders to intimate residence and change of residence.", "chapter": null, "content": "Provided that the District Magistrate or any officer authorized by him may exempt any such offender from reporting any temporary absence or intended absence from his residence, not exceeding such limit as may be prescribed.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 4 }, { "number": "6", "title": "6. Power to restrict movements of notified offenders.", "chapter": null, "content": "(i) the nature of the offences, if any, of which the offender has been convicted and the circumstances in which they were committed;\n(ii) whether the offender follows any lawful occupation, and whether such occupation is a real one or merely a pretence for facilitating the commission of offences;\n(iii) the suitability of the area to which his movements are to be restricted;\n(iv) the manner in which it is proposed that he should earn his living in such area, and the adequacy of the arrangements there for.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 5 }, { "number": "7", "title": "7. Power to cancel or alter such restriction.", "chapter": null, "content": "Provided that before issuing any such notification or order, the Chief Commissioner or the District Magistrate shall consider the matters referred to in Section 6, sub-section (2), in so far as they may be applicable\nSettlement\nSettlement", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 6 }, { "number": "8", "title": "8. Power to place notified offenders in settlements.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 7 }, { "number": "9", "title": "9. Power to discharge or transfer persons from settlements.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 8 }, { "number": "10", "title": "10. Power to subject voluntary residents in settlements to restrictions and penalties.", "chapter": null, "content": "Rules\nRules", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 9 }, { "number": "11", "title": "11. Power to make rules.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) all matters required or allowed by this Act to be prescribed;\n(b) the restrictions to be observed by notified offenders in respect of whom notifications or orders have been issued under Section 6 or Section 7;\n(c) the grant of certificates of identity to notified offenders, and the inspection of such certificates;\n(d) the conditions under which notified offenders may be permitted to leave the area to which their movements are restricted or the places in which they are settled;\n(e) the inspection of the residences of notified offenders;\n(f) the terms upon which notified offenders may be discharged from the operation of this Act;\n(g) the management and supervision of settlements including the discipline and conduct of the persons placed in them;\n(h) the periodical review of the case of all persons who have been placed in any settlement under this Act.\nPenalties and Procedure\nPenalties and Procedure", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 10 }, { "number": "12", "title": "12. Penalties.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) on a first conviction, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months. or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with both;\n(b) on a second or subsequent conviction, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees. or with both.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 11 }, { "number": "13", "title": "13. Arrest of notified offender.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) is found outside the area to which his movements have been restricted, contravention of the conditions under which he is permitted to leave such area, or\n(b) escapes from any settlement in which he has been placed,\nhe may be arrested without warrant by any police officer, village headman or village watchman if the offender is arrested, he shall be informed as soon as may be of the grounds for such arrest and shall be produced before the nearest Magistrate within a period of twenty four hours of such arrest, excluding the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the court of the Magistrate and the offender shall not be detained beyond the said period without the authority of a Magistrate. The Magistrate shall, on production of the offender and on proof of the facts, order him to be removed to such area or to such settlement, there to be dealt with in accordance with this Act and any rules made there under.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 12 }, { "number": "14", "title": "14. Rules for the removal of prisoner to apply in certain cases.", "chapter": null, "content": "Provided that no order from the Chief Commissioner or the Inspector General of Prisons, shall be necessary for the removal of such persons.\nMiscellaneous\nMiscellaneous", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 13 }, { "number": "15", "title": "15. Bar of jurisdiction.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 14 }, { "number": "16", "title": "16. Effect of certain order passed under Criminal Tribes Act, 1924 etc. (Central Act 6 of 1924).", "chapter": null, "content": "Schedule\n[See Section 2(4)]\n[See Section 2(4)]\nChapter XII\nSections\nChapter XVI\nChapter XVI", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 15 } ], "metadata": { "Act ID": "dl093", "Act Number": "(Madras Act No. 6 of 1948)", "Enactment Date": "24th April, 1948", "Act Year": "1948", "Short Title": "Madras Restriction of Habitual Offenders Act, 1948", "Type": "UNION_TERRITORY", "Location": "Delhi" }, "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:22" }