{
    "act_title": "THE GOA MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY ACT, 1988",
    "act_slug": "the-goa-maintenance-of-public-order-and-safety-act-1988",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "section": {
        "number": "3",
        "title": "Section 3. Dispersal of gangs and bodies of persons",
        "chapter": null,
        "content": "3. Dispersal of gangs and bodies of persons. Whenever it appears to the District Magistrate, District Superintendent of Police or the Sub-Divisional Magistrate specially empowered by the State Government in that behalf, to exercise powers within the jurisdiction, that the movement or encampment of any gang or body of persons in any area of his jurisdiction, is causing or is calculated to cause danger to person or property or alarm or reasonable suspicion that unlawful designs are entertained by such gang or body of persons or by members thereof, such officer may by order addressed to the persons appearing to be the leaders or chiefmen of such gang or body of persons and published or by announcement, or otherwise as such officer thinks fit, direct the members of such gang or body of persons,-",
        "footnote": "",
        "is_definition": false,
        "sort_order": 110
    },
    "prev_section": "2",
    "next_section": "3"
}