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PUBLIC SAFETY ACT, 1978
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- (3) Where in pursuance of sub-section (2) any person is granted permission to enter, or to be on or in, or to pass over, a prohibited place, that person shall, while acting under such permission, comply with such order for regulating his conduct as may be given by the Government or the authority specified by the Government.
- (4) Any police officer, or any other person authorised in this behalf by the Government, may search any person entering or seeking to enter or being on or in, or leaving a prohibited place, and any vehicle, aircraft, or article brought in by such person, and may, for the purpose of the search, detain such person, vehicle, aircraft and article :
- Provided that no female shall be searched in pursuance of this sub-section except by a female.
- (5) If any person is in a prohibited place in contravention of this section then, without prejudice to any other proceedings which may be taken against him, he may be removed therefrom by any police officer not below the rank of a subinspector or by any other person authorised in this behalf by the Government.
- (6) If any person is in a prohibited place in contravention of any of the provisions of this section he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine, or with both.
4. Protected areas.–– (1) If the Government considers it necessary or expedient in the interests of the defence or security of the State to regulate the entry of persons into any area, it may by a notified order declare the area to be a protected area and thereupon, for so long as the order is in force, such area shall be a protected area for the purposes of this Act.
- (2) The Government or the authority specified by the Government may regulate the entry of any person into a protected area.
- (3) If any person is in protected area in contravention of the provisions of any order passed under this section then, without prejudice to any other proceedings which may be taken against him he may be removed therefrom by or under the direction of any police officer not below the rank of a sub-inspector.
- (4) If any person is in a protected area in contravention of the provisions of this section, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term, which may extend to two months, or with fine, or with both.
