Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Boot-Leggers, Dacoits, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Land-Grabbers Act, 1986
Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Boot-Leggers, Dacoits, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Land-Grabbers Act, 1986
This law regulates preventive detention in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh to maintain general public order. It applies directly to specific offenders, including bootleggers, dacoits, drug traffickers, habitual criminals, sex traffickers, and land grabbers. The Act matters because it grants authorities the power to detain suspects without trial for up to twelve months to suppress activities that threaten public safety and community peace. It replaces standard national security measures for these local crimes and establishes a mandatory judicial advisory board to review every single case, balancing aggressive crime prevention with necessary legal protections against potential administrative abuse of power.
- 1. Short title and extent
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Power to make order detaining certain persons
- 4. Execution of detention orders
- 5. Power to regulate place and conditions of detention
- 6. Detention order not to be invalid or in operative on certain grounds
- 7. Power in relation to absconding persons
- 8. Grounds of order of detention to be disclosed to persons affected by the order
- 9. Constitution of Advisory Boards
- 10. Reference to Advisory Board
- 11. Procedure of Advisory Boards
- 12. Action upon report of Advisory Board
- 13. Maximum period of detention
- 14. Revocation of detention orders
- 15. Temporary release of persons detained
- 16. Protection of action taken in good faith
- 17. Detention orders against any boot-legger, dacoit, drug offender, goonda, immoral traffic offender or land-grabber to be made under this Act and not under National Security Act (Central Act 65 of 1980)
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