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The Bihar Maintenance of Public Order Act, 1949
The Bihar Maintenance of Public Order Act, 1949
Sections
1. Short title, extent and duration.
Section 12. Power to make orders restricting the movements or actions of, or detaining, certain persons.
Section 23. Punishment for failure to enter into bond.
Section 310. Power to impose censorship.
Section 1011. Control of documents printed outside the State.
Section 1112. Requisitioning of property.
Section 1213. Unlawful drilling.
Section 1314. Unofficial uniforms, etc.
Section 1415. Powers to require the assistance of certain persons.
Section 1516. Protected place.
Section 1617. Forcing or evading a guard.
Section 1718. Order for certain place.
Section 1819. Duty of giving information as to commission of offences.
Section 1920. Attempts, etc., to contravene the provisions of the Act.
Section 2021. Delegation of powers and duties of State Government.
Section 2122. Protection of action to betaken under this Act.
Section 2223. Application of other laws not barred.
Section 2324. Power to arrest without warrant.
Section 2425. Cognizance of contraventions of the provisions of the Act or orders made thereunder.
Section 2526. Repeal and saving.
Section 26
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"content": "[(a)] directing that, except in so far as he may be permitted by the provisions of the order, or by such authority or persons as may be specified therein, he shall not be in any such area or place in the [State] of Bihar as may be specified in the order;\n[(b)] requiring him to reside or remain in such place or within such area in the [State] of Bihar as may be specified in the order and if he is not already there to proceed to that place or area within such time as may be specified in the order;\n[(c)] requiring him to notify his movements or to report himself or both to notify his movements and report himself in such manner, at such times and to such authority or person as may be specified in the order;\n[(d)] imposing upon him [such reasonable restrictions] as may be specified in the order in respect of his employment or business, in respect of his association or communication with other person, and in respect of his activities in relation to the dissemination of news or propagation of opinions;\n[(e) prohibiting or restricting the possession or use by him of any such article or articles as may be specified in the order;]",
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"content": "[4. Duration of order made under Section 2.\n[5. Grounds of order under sub-section (1) of Section 2 to be disclosed to person affected by the order.\n[6. Constitution of Advisory Board and its procedure.\n[7. Confirmation of order.\n[8. Imposition of collective fines on inhabitants of an area.\n(b) In making any such apportionment the District Magistrate may assign a portion of such fine to an undivided Hindu family to be payable by it:\n(b) The District Magistrate may at any time transfer the petition for disposal to any officer subordinate to him not below the rank of a Sub-divisional Magistrate.\n(c) After giving the petitioner a reasonable opportunity of being heard, the District Magistrate to whom the proceeding is transferred under sub-section (b) may pass such order as he considers fit:\n(i) if made by the District Magistrate, to the Commissioner of the Division; and\n(ii) if made by any officer subordinate to the District Magistrate:\n(a) in the manner provided by the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898), for the recovery of fines imposed by a Court, as if such portion were a fine imposed by the District Magistrate acting as a Court:\n(b) as a public demand payable to the Collector.]\n[9. Control of processions, meetings, etc.\n(a) While taking part in any public procession, meeting or assembly, carry such arms as may be specified in the order;\n(b) Join or take part in any public meeting or assembly, unless the convener or organiser of such meeting or assembly has intimated, in writing the hour and place of the meeting or assembly in advance for such period, in such manner and to such authority as may be prescribed by rules made in this behalf by the State Government] .\n(ii) If in the opinion of the State Government the requirement of a situation in any area or place is such that a public procession, if uncontrolled, is likely to be prejudicial to the maintenance of public order, it may, by general or special order direct that in the said area or place specified in the order, no procession except marriage or funeral procession, shall be permitted unless the persons organising, promoting or directing the procession apply for and obtain a license from the authority prescribed in this behalf by the State Government.\n(b) On such application being made, the said prescribed authority may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, refuse a licence for the procession or issue a license specifying the names of the licencees and defining the conditions on which alone such procession is to be permitted to take place and otherwise giving effect to sub-clause (ii):\n(c) the general or special order under sub-clause (ii) (a) shall be made by publishing it in the Official Gazette. The District Magistrate may also, in his discretion, publish the order in such other manner as he may think best in the circumstance to bring it to the notice of the inhabitants of the said area.\n(d) No order under sub-clause (ii) (a) shall remain in force for more than six months from the publication thereof in the Official Gazette.]",
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"content": "(a) where the amount of compensation can be fixed by agreement, it shall be paid in accordance with such agreement;\n(b) where such agreement can be reached, the State Government shall appoint a District Judge or an Additional District Judge as arbitrator;\n(c) the State Government may, in any particular case nominate a person having expert knowledge as to the nature of the property requisitioned, to assist the arbitrator and where such nomination is made the person to be compensated may also nominate an assessor for the said purpose;\n(d) at the commencement of the proceeding before the arbitrator, the State Government and the person to be compensated shall state what in their respective opinions is a fair amount of compensation;\n(e) the arbitrator in making his award shall have regard to the provisions of sub-section (1) of Section 23 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, (1 of 1894) so far as they can be made applicable;\n(f) an appeal shall lie to the High Court against an award of an arbitrator;\n(g) save as provided in this section and in any rules made thereunder, nothing in any law for the time being in force shall apply to arbitrations under this Section.\n(ii) Compensation shall also be paid in respect of any damage done to the property during the period of requisition other than what may have been sustained by normal wear and tear or by natural causes. When the amount of such compensation can be fixed by agreement, it shall be paid in accordance with such agreement; where no such agreement can be reached the matter shall be referred to the arbitrator appointed under sub-clause (b) of clause (i) and where no such arbitrator has been appointed, the State Government shall appoint a District Judge or an Additional District Judge as arbitrator. The provisions of sub-clauses (c), (d), (f) and (g) of clause (i) shall also apply to such cases.\n(iii) The State Government may prescribe by Rules the procedure to be followed in arbitrations and appeals, the period within which such appeals are to be filed, the principles to be followed in apportioning the costs of proceedings before the arbitrator and on appeal and the fees to be paid to experts and assessors appointed under sub-clause (c) of clause (i) of this sub-section.]\n(a) require any person to furnish to such authority as may be specified in the order such information in his possession relating to the property as may be so specified;\n(b) direct that the owner, occupier or person in possession of the property shall not without the permission of the [State] Government dispose of it, or where the property is a building, structurally alter it, or where the property is movable, remove it from the premises in which it is kept, till the expiry of such period as may be specified in the order.",
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"content": "(a) while taking part in any exercise, movement, evolution or drill of a military nature, carry or use such arms as may be specified in the order;\n(b) join or take part in any exercise, movement, evolution or drill of a military nature or in any camp or parade appertaining to such exercise, movement, evolution or drill, unless a licence for the same has been obtained from the District Magistrate.\n(a) refuse a licence for such exercise, movement, evolution or drill; or\n(b) issue a licence specifying the names of the licensees and defining the conditions on which alone such exercise, movement, evolution, drill, camp or parade is to be held:",
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"content": "(a) the wearing in public of any dress or article of apparel resembling any uniform or part of a uniform required to be worn by a member of [the Armed Forces of the Union] or by a member of any Official Police Force or of any force constituted under any law for the time being in force;\n(b) the wearing or display in public of any distinctive dress or article of apparel or any emblem, would be likely to prejudice [x x x] the maintenance of public order, the [State] Government may, by general or special order, prohibit or restrict the wearing or display in public of any such dress, article of apparel or emblem.",
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"content": "(a) by using, or threatening to use, criminal force to any person posted for the purpose of protecting or preventing or controlling access to, such place, or\n(b) after taking precaution to conceal his entry or attempted entry from any such person, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.",
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"content": "(a) for restricting the admission of persons to such place and for removing there from any person who is therein in contravention of the orders or who has been convicted of any contravention of the provisions of this Act;\n(b) for requiring the presence of any person or class of persons in such place to be notified to an authority appointed by the [State] Government and for requiring any person who has been convicted of any such offence as is mentioned in clause (a) of this sub-section to report his movements while in such place any to observe any other condition imposed upon him by an authority appointed by the [State] Government;\n(c) for requiring any person or class of persons in such place to carry such documentary evidence of identity, as may be prescribed by an order made by the [State] Government under this Act; and\n(d) for prohibiting any person or class of persons from being in possession or control of any article prescribed by an order made by the [State] Government under this Act.",
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"title": "25. Cognizance of contraventions of the provisions of the Act or orders made thereunder.",
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"Act Number": "Bihar Act 3 of 1950",
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"Act Year": "1949",
"Short Title": "The Bihar Maintenance of Public Order Act, 1949",
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