The Assam Disorderly Houses Act, 1936

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    "title": "The Assam Disorderly Houses Act, 1936",
    "short_title": "The Assam Disorderly Houses Act, 1936",
    "act_number": "Assam Act 4 of 1936",
    "act_year": 1936,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
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    "description": "The Assam Disorderly Houses Act, 1936",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, commencement and extent.",
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Power to summon owner, etc., of brothel.",
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            "content": "(a) that any house in the vicinity of any educational institution or of any boarding house, hostel or mess, used or occupied by students is used as a brothel or for the purpose of habitual prostitution, or as a disorderly house, or\n(b) that any house is used as aforesaid to the annoyance of the inhabitants of the vicinity, or\n(c) that any house in the vicinity of cantonment is used as a brothel or for the purposes of habitual prostitution,",
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            "title": "4. Order for discontinuance.",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Failure to appear.",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Initiation of proceedings.",
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            "content": "(a) with the sanction or by order of the District Magistrate of the District; or\n(b) on the report of the Chairman of a Municipal Board in pursuance of a resolution passed by the said Board at a meeting;\n(c) on the complaint of three or more persons occupying separate holding in the vicinity of a brothel or disorderly house to which the complaint refers.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Penalty.",
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        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Power to inspect house.",
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        "Act ID": "Last Updated 11th February, 2020 [ass147]",
        "Act Number": "Assam Act 4 of 1936",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1936",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Disorderly Houses Act, 1936",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
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