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THE ANDHRA PRADESH PUBLIC SECURITY ACT, 1992
The Andhra Pradesh Public Security Act, 1992
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An ACT
Section 1Section 1(1)
Section 1Section 1(2)
Section 1Section 1(3)
Section 1Section 2(a)
Section 2Section 2(b)
Section 2Section 2(c)
Section 2Section 2(d)
Section 2Section 2(e)
Section 2Section 2(f)
Section 2Section 3(1)
Section 3Section 3(2)
Section 3Section 3(3)
Section 3Section 3(4)
Section 3Section 3(5)
Section 3Section 4
Section 4Section 5(1)(a)
Section 5Section 5(1)(b)
Section 5Section 5(2)
Section 5Section 6(1)
Section 6Section 6(2)
Section 6Section 6(3)
Section 6Section 7(1)
Section 7Section 7(2)
Section 7Section 8(1)
Section 8Section 8(2)
Section 8Section 9(1)
Section 9Section 9(2)
Section 9Section 9(3)
Section 9Section 10(1)
Section 10Section 10(2)
Section 10Section 10(3)
Section 10Section 10(4)
Section 10Section 10(5)
Section 10Section 10(6)
Section 10Section 10(7)
Section 10Section 11(1)
Section 11Section 11(2)
Section 11Section 11(3)
Section 11Section 11(4)
Section 11Section 11(5)
Section 11Section 11(6)
Section 11Section 11(7)
Section 11Section 11(8)
Section 11Section 11(9)
Section 11Section 11(10)
Section 11Section 11(11)
Section 11Section 11(12)
Section 11Section 12(1)
Section 12Section 12(2)
Section 12Section 12(3)
Section 12Section 13
Section 13Section 14
Section 14Section 15
Section 15Section 16
Section 16Section 17(1)
Section 17Section 17(2)
Section 17Section 18(1)
Section 18Section 18(2)
Section 18Section 18(3)
Section 18
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"title": "THE ANDHRA PRADESH PUBLIC SECURITY ACT, 1992",
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"content": "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR MORE EFFECTIVE PREVENTION OF CERTAIN\nUNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES OF INDIVIDUALS AND ASSOCIATIONS AND\nMATTERS CONNECTED THERETO.\n\nWhereas national interest and public order are being geopardised by the\nunlawful activities of certain associations and groups of people and the\nadministration of law and maintenance of order are being imperilled by their\nactivities;\n\nAnd whereas it is considered desirable to enact a special law to provide for\nprevention and control of such unlawful activities and for matters connected\ntherewith;\n\nBe it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Andhra Pradesh\nin the Forty third Year of the Republic of India as follows :-",
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"content": "(1) This Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh Public Security Act, 1992.",
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"content": "(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh.",
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"content": "(3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 17th June, 1992.",
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"content": "(a) ‘Advisory Board’ means the board constituted under section 5;",
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"content": "(b) ‘Association’ means any combination, body or group of persons\nwhether known by any distinctive name or not and whether\nregistered under any relevant law or not and whether governed by\nany written constitution or not;",
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"content": "(c) ‘Government’ means the State Government;",
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"content": "(d) ‘Notification’ means a notification published in the Andhra\nPradesh Gazette and the word ‘notified’ shall be construed\naccordingly;",
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"title": "Section 2(e)",
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"content": "(e) ‘Unlawful activity’ in relation to an individual or association\nmeans activity:--\n(i) Which constitutes a danger or menace to public order,\npeace and tranquility; or\n(ii) Which has interfered or tends to interfere with the\nmaintenance of public order; or\n(iii) Which interfered or tends to interfere with the\nadministration of law or its established institutions and\npersonnel; or\n(iv) of indulging in or propagating acts of violence, terrorism,\nvandalism or other acts generating fear and apprehension in\nthe public or indulging in or encouraging the use of fire\narms, explosives and other devices or disrupting\ncommunications by rail or road; or\n(v) of encouraging or preaching disobedience to established\nlaw and its institutions; or\n(vi) of collecting money or goods forcibly to carry out any one\nor more of the unlawful activities mentioned above;",
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"title": "Section 2(f)",
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"content": "(f) ‘Unlawful Association’ means any association which indulges in\nor has for its object or abets or assists or gives aid, succour or\nencouragement, directly or indirectly, through any medium, device\nor otherwise to any unlawful activity.",
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"title": "Section 3(1)",
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"content": "(1) If the Government is of opinion that any association is, or has become,\nan unlawful association, it may, by notification, declare such association to be unlawful.",
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"title": "Section 3(2)",
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"content": "(2) Every such notification shall specify the grounds on which it is issued:\n\nProvided that nothing in this sub-section shall require the Government to\ndisclose any fact which it considers to be against the public interest to disclose.",
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"title": "Section 3(3)",
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"content": "(3) Where such unlawful association has a registered office, the\r\nnotification shall be served by sending the same through Registered post or\r\nhanded over to any office-bearer in such registered office and in case any office bearer is not available or refuses to receive the notification, the same shall be affixed to some conspicuous part of the office. Where the association does not have a registered office the notification shall be published in any one local newspaper.",
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"content": "(4) The notification shall be in force for a period of one year and may be\r\nextended for such further period or periods not exceeding one year at a time, as may be deemed necessary after reviewing the position.",
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"content": "(5) A notification issued under sub-section (1) may be revoked by the\nGovernment where they consider that the need for its continuance has ceased.",
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"content": "4. Representation by Association - Any association declared to be unlawful\nmay, if it so chooses, send a representation to the Government within fifteen\ndays from the date of publication of the notification or the date of receipt or\naffixture thereof in the manner specified in section 3, whichever is later, and\nsuch representation shall be placed before the Advisory Board for its\nconsideration. The association may if it so desires request for a personal\nhearing before the Advisory Board.",
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"content": "(1) (a) The Government shall whenever necessary constitute one or more Advisory Boards for the purpose of this Act.",
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"content": "(b) Each such Board shall consist of three persons who are or have been\r\nor qualified to be appointed as Judges of the High Court. The Government shall appoint the Members and designate one of them as the Chairman.",
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"content": "(2) The Government shall within six weeks from the date of publication of\r\nthe notification under sub-section (1) of Section 3 make a reference to the\r\nAdvisory Board and place before it a copy of the notification, supporting\r\nmaterial and the representation, if any, received from the unlawful association, for its consideration.",
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"content": "(1) The Advisory Board shall after considering the material placed before it and if necessary after calling for such further information, as it may deem necessary from the Government or from any office-bearer or member of the association concerned and after giving personal hearing, where sought for to the authorised office-bearer or the association, shall submit its report to the Government within three months from the date of receipt of reference from the Government.",
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"number": "6",
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"content": "(2) Where the association seeks personal hearing an intimation specifying\nthe date and time of hearing shall be sent to the address indicated in the\nrepresentation of the association. The concerned association shall not be\nentitled to appear through a lawyer or any person other than an authorised\noffice bearer.",
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"content": "(3) The report of the Advisory Board shall specify in a separate part\r\nthereof its opinion of that of the majority for the members as to whether or not there was sufficient cause for the issue of the notification in respect of the association concerned.",
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"content": "(1) In any case where the Advisory Board has reported that there is, in its\r\nopinion, sufficient cause for the issue of the notification declaring the concerned association as unlawful the Government may confirm the notification and continue the same for such period as it thinks fit, subject to the provisions of sub section (4) of Section 3.",
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"number": "7",
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"content": "(2) In any case where the Advisory Board has reported that there is, in its\nopinion, no sufficient cause for the issue of a notification as aforesaid the\nGovernment shall revoke the notification forthwith.",
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"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(1)",
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"content": "(1) Whoever is a member of an unlawful Association or takes\r\npart in meetings or activities of any such association or contributes or receives are solicits any contribution for the purpose of any such association shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both.",
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"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8(2)",
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"content": "(2) Whoever manages or assists in the management of an unlawful\r\nassociation or promotes or assists in promoting a meeting of any such\r\nassociation or of any members thereof, or in any way assists, abets or aids the unlawful activities of any such association through whatever manner or\r\nwhatever medium or device shall be punished with imprisonment for a term\r\nwhich may extend to three years or with fine or with both.",
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"title": "Section 9(1)",
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"content": "(1) The Government or in any area for which a Commissioner of Police is appointed, the Commissioner of Police and elsewhere the District Magistrate, may notify any place which in its opinion or his opinion is used for the activities of an unlawful association. Such Officer shall be\r\nknown as the Competent Authority.",
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"content": "(2) When any place is notified under sub-section (1) the Competent\r\nAuthority or any officer authorised in this behalf in writing by him may take\r\npossession of the notified place and evict therefrom any person found therein, and shall forthwith make a report of the taking possession to the Government:\r\n\r\nProvided that where such place contains any apartment occupied by\r\nwomen or children reasonable time and facilities shall be provided for their\r\nwithdrawal with least possible inconvenience.",
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"number": "9",
"title": "Section 9(3)",
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"content": "(3) A notified place whereof possession is taken under sub-section (2)\r\nshall remain in the possession of the Government as long as the notification\r\nunder Section 3 in respect thereof remains in force or for such earlier period as the Government decides.",
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"number": "10",
"title": "Section 10(1)",
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"content": "(1) The Competent Authority referred to in Section 9 or the officer\r\nauthorised by him while taking possession of notified place shall also take\r\npossession of movable property including money, securities or other assets\r\nfound therein and shall make a list thereof in the presence of two respectable witnesses.",
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"number": "10",
"title": "Section 10(2)",
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"content": "(2) If in the opinion of the Competent Authority or the authorised officer\r\nany article specified in the list is or may be used for or in aid of the purposes of the unlawful association he may proceed, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained in this section, to order such article to be forfeited to Government.",
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"number": "10",
"title": "Section 10(3)",
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"content": "(3) All other articles specified in the list shall be delivered to the person\r\nwhom the Competent Authority considers to be entitled to possession thereof\r\nand if no such person is found entitled thereto, it shall be disposed of in such manner as he may direct.",
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"number": "10",
"title": "Section 10(4)",
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"content": "(4) The Competent Authority shall publish a notice in two local\r\nnewspapers one of which is in the local language, specifying the articles which are proposed to be forfeited and calling upon any person claiming that any article is not liable for forfeiture to submit in writing within fifteen days any representation he desires to make against forfeiture of the article.",
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"number": "10",
"title": "Section 10(5)",
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"content": "(5) The Competent Authority shall consider the representation and pass\r\nsuch orders as he deems fit. If the decision is to forfeit the article he shall give reasons therefor.",
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"number": "10",
"title": "Section 10(6)",
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"content": "(6) Against any order of forfeiture passed under sub-section (5) the person\r\nwho made the representation may file an appeal to the Government within\r\nthirty days from the date of receipt of the order. The Government may pass\r\nsuch orders thereon as it deems fit after an opportunity to the appellant. Such order of the Government shall giving be final.",
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"number": "10",
"title": "Section 10(7)",
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"content": "(7) If the articles seized is livestock or is of a perishable nature, the\r\nCompetent Authority may, if he thinks fit expedient order the immediate sale\r\nthereof and the proceeds of the sale shall be disposed of in the manner herein provided for the disposal of the other articles.",
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"number": "11",
"title": "Section 11(1)",
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"content": "(1) Where the Government is satisfied, after such inquiry as it may think fit, that any monies, securities or other assets are being used or are intended to be used for the purpose of an unlawful association, the Government may, by order in writing, declare such monies, securities or other assets to whomsoever they belong to be forfeited to Government.",
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"number": "11",
"title": "Section 11(2)",
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"content": "(2) A copy of an order under sub-section (1) may be served on the person\r\nhaving custody of the monies, securities or other assets and on the service of such copy such person shall pay or deliver the monies, securities or other\r\nassets to the order of the Government:\r\n\r\nProvided that in the case of monies or securities, a copy of the order may\r\nbe endorsed for execution to such officer as the Government may select, and\r\nsuch officer shall have power to enter upon and search for such monies and\r\nsecurities in any premises where they may reasonably be suspected to be, and\r\nto seize the same.",
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"title": "Section 11(3)",
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"content": "(3) Before an order of forfeiture is made under sub-section (1) the\r\nGovernment shall give a written notice to the person, if any in whose custody\r\nthe monies, securities or other assets are found of its intention to forfeit and such person may make a representation to the Government against the\r\nproposed order of forfeiture within fifteen days of the receipt of the notice. The Government shall after considering the representation, if any, received from the affected person pass such orders as they deem fit.",
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"title": "Section 11(4)",
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"content": "(4) Where the Government has reason to believe that any person has\r\ncustody of any monies, securities or other assets which are being used or are\r\nintended to be used for the purpose of an unlawful association, the\r\nGovernment may, by order in writing, prohibit such person from paying,\r\ndelivering, transferring or otherwise dealing in any manner whatsoever with the same, save in accordance with the written orders of the Government. A copy of such order shall be served upon the person to whom it is directed.",
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"number": "11",
"title": "Section 11(5)",
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"content": "(5) The Government may endorse a copy of an order under sub-section (4)\r\nfor investigation to any officer it may select, and such copy shall be deemed to be warrant whereunder such officer may enter upon any premises of the\r\nperson to whom the order is directed, examine the books of such person of any\r\nofficer, agent or servant of such person, search for monies and securities and make inquiries from such person touching the origin of and dealings in any monies, securities or other assets which the investigating officer may suspect are being used or are intended to be used for the purpose of an unlawful association.",
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"title": "Section 11(6)",
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"content": "(6) Central Act 2 0f 1974 - A copy of an order under this section may be\r\nserved in the manner provided in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for the\r\nservice of summons, or where the person to be served is a Corporation,\r\nCompany, Bank or Association of persons, it may be served on any secretary,\r\ndirector or other officer or person concerned with the management thereof, or\r\nby leaving it or sending it by post addressed to the Corporation, Company,\r\nBank or Association at its registered office, or where there is no registered\r\noffice, at the place where it carries on business. Where the Government are\r\nsatisfied that in the circumstances it is not reasonably practicable to follow such procedure, they may cause the order to be published in any local\r\nnewspaper.",
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"number": "11",
"title": "Section 11(7)",
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"content": "(7) Where an order of forfeiture is made under sub-section (1) in respect of\r\nany monies, securities or other assets in respect of which a prohibitory order has been made under sub-section (4), such order of forfeiture shall have effect from the date of the prohibitory order, and the person to whom the prohibitory order was directed shall pay or deliver the whole of the monies, securities, or other assets forfeited, to the order of the Government.",
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"number": "11",
"title": "Section 11(8)",
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"content": "(8) Where any person liable under this section to pay or deliver any\nmonies, securities or other assets to the order of the Government refuses or\nfails to comply with any direction of the Government in this behalf, the\nGovernment may recover from such person, as arrears of land revenue or as a\nfine, the amount of such monies or other financial assets or the market value\nof such securities.",
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"number": "11",
"title": "Section 11(9)",
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"content": "(9) In this section, ‘security’ includes a document whereby any person\nacknowledges that he is under a legal liability to pay money, or whereunder\nany person obtains a legal right to the payment of money and the market value\nof any security means the value as fixed by any officer or person deputed by\nthe Government in this behalf.",
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"number": "11",
"title": "Section 11(10)",
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"content": "(10) Except so far as is necessary for the purposes of any proceeding\r\nunder this section, no information obtained in the course of any investigation made under sub-section (5) shall be divulged by any officer of Government without the consent of the Government.",
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"number": "11",
"title": "Section 11(11)",
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"content": "(11) The Government may, by order, delegate their powers under this\r\nsection to any officer not below the rank of a District Collector and likewise withdraw the same.",
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"number": "11",
"title": "Section 11(12)",
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"content": "(12) The Government may, in their discretion at any time, either suo motu\r\nor on an application made by the aggrieved party, call for and examine the\r\nrecords of any order passed by the District Collector under sub-section (11) for the purpose of satisfying themselves as to the legality, regularity or propriety thereof and pass such orders in reference thereto as they may deem fit:\r\n\r\nProvided that no order under this sub-section shall be passed by the\r\nGovernment unless the party likely to be affected thereby has had an\r\nopportunity of making a representation.",
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"number": "12",
"title": "Section 12(1)",
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"content": "(1) An application for revision shall lie to the High Court,\r\nagainst any order passed by the Government under sub-section (1) of section 7\r\nconfirming the notification issued under sub-section (1) of section 3 or against any order of forfeiture under sub-section (1) of section 11 questioning the legality, regularity or propriety thereof.",
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"number": "12",
"title": "Section 12(2)",
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"content": "(2) A revision petition under this section shall be filed within a period of\r\nthirty days from the date of receipt of the order of Government referred to in sub-section (1).",
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"number": "12",
"title": "Section 12(3)",
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"content": "(3) Every revision petition under this section shall be heard by a Bench of\nthree Judges.",
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"number": "13",
"title": "Section 13",
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"content": "13. Trespass upon notified places - Any person who enters or remains upon\na notified place without the permission of the Competent Authority or of an\nofficer authorised in this behalf by Competent Authority shall be deemed to\ncommit an offence of criminal trespass.",
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"number": "14",
"title": "Section 14",
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"content": "14. Bar of Jurisdiction - Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act and without prejudice to the jurisdiction and powers of the Supreme Court and\r\nHigh Court under the Constitution of India, no proceedings taken under this\r\nAct by the Government or the Competent Authority or any officer authorised in\r\nthis behalf by the Government shall be called in question in any court in any\r\nsuit or application or by way of appeal or revision, and no injunction shall be granted by any court or other authority in respect of any action taken or to be taken in pursuance of any power conferred by or under this Act.",
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"number": "15",
"title": "Section 15",
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"content": "15. Protection of action taken in good faith - No civil or criminal proceeding shall be instituted against any person for anything done in good faith or intended to be done under this Act or against the Government or any person acting on behalf of or by the authority of the Government, for any loss or damage caused to or in respect of any property, whereof possession has been taken by the Government under this Act.",
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"title": "Section 16",
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"content": "16. Constitution of Association - An association shall not be deemed to have\r\nceased to exist by reasons only of any formal act of dissolution or change of\r\ntitle, but shall be deemed to continue so long as any actual combination for the purposes of such association continues between any members thereof.",
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},
{
"number": "17",
"title": "Section 17(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The Government may, by notification make rules for carrying out all or any of the purposes of this Act.",
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"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 560
},
{
"number": "17",
"title": "Section 17(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) Every rule made under this Act shall immediately after it is made, be\r\nlaid before the Legislative Assembly of the State if it is in session and if it is not in session in the session immediately following for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session, or in two successive sessions and if, before the expiration of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following the Legislative Assembly agrees in making any modification in the rule or in the annulment of the rule, the rule shall, from the date on which the modification or annulment is notified, have effect only in such modified form, or shall stand annulled, as the case may be, so however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.",
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"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 570
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{
"number": "18",
"title": "Section 18(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(1) The following Acts are hereby repealed : -\n(a) (Act XI of 1950) The Indian Criminal Law Amendment (Andhra\nPradesh) (Andhra Area) Act, 1950; and\n(b) (Act XII of 1348 F) The Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Public\nSecurity Act, 1348 F.",
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"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 580
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{
"number": "18",
"title": "Section 18(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) (Act 1 of 1891) Upon such repeal the provisions of section 8 of the\r\nAndhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) General Clauses Act, 1891 or as the case may\r\nbe.\r\n\r\n(Act III of 1308 F), Sub-section (5) of section 3 of the Andhra Pradesh\r\n(Telangana Area) General Clauses Act, 1308 F shall apply.",
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"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 590
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{
"number": "18",
"title": "Section 18(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) (Ordinance 6 of 1992) The Andhra Pradesh Public Security Ordinance,\r\n1992 is hereby repealed.",
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}
],
"metadata": {
"Act ID": "199221",
"Act Number": "21",
"Enactment Date": "1992-09-30",
"Act Year": "1992",
"Short Title": "The Andhra Pradesh Public Security Act, 1992",
"Department": "Legislative Assembly of the State of Andhra Pradesh",
"Type": "STATE",
"Location": "Andhra Pradesh"
},
"updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:16"
}