Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Anti-Social and Hazardous Activities Act, 1980
Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Anti-Social and Hazardous Activities Act, 1980
The Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Anti-Social and Hazardous Activities Act, 1980, empowers local law enforcement authorities to remove habitual offenders and dangerous individuals from specific regions to protect public order. It applies to individuals engaged in anti-social or hazardous behavior across Andhra Pradesh, allowing District Magistrates and Police Commissioners to issue externment orders restricting their movement. The law outlines procedures for temporary return permits, appeals, and strict penalties for violations. This legislation matters because it provides state authorities with preventive powers to curb organized crime, maintain peace, and safeguard communities from severe harm.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Externment of Goondas
- 4. Permission to return temporarily
- 5. Extension of period of order
- 6. Appeal
- 7. Recognizance for certain purposes
- 8. Nature of evidence
- 9. Rescission of order
- 10. Punishment for contravention of orders under sections 3 to 6
- 11. Forcible removal of externed Goonda re-entering, etc., a contravention of order
- 12. Cognizance of offence
- 13. Bar of jurisdiction of courts
- 14. Protection of action taken under the Act
- 15. Power to make rules
- 16. Repeal of Ordinance 13 of 1979
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