Definitions

Definitions.— In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

1. (a) "acting in any manner prejudicial to the maintenance of public order" means when a person is engaged or is making preparations for engaging in any activities, whether as a boot-legger, dacoit, drug-offender, goonda, immoral traffic offender or land-grabber, which affect adversely or are likely to affect adversely the maintenance of public order;
2. (b) "boot-legger" means a person, who distills, manufactures, stores, transports, imports, exports, sells or distributes any liquor, intoxicating drug or other intoxicant in contravention of any of the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Excise Act, 1968 and the rules, notifications and orders made thereunder, or in contravention of any other law for the time being in force, or who knowingly expends or advances any money in furtherance of such activities;
3. (c) "dacoit" means a person, who either by himself or as a member of or leader of a gang, habitually commits, or attempts to commit or abets the commission of an offence punishable under sections 395 to 398, 402 of the Indian Penal Code;
4. (d) "detention order" means an order made under section 3;
5. (e) "detenu" means a person detained under a detention order;
6. (f) "drug-offender" means a person, who manufactures, stocks, imports, exports, transports, sells or distributes any drug or psychotropic substance in contravention of any of the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 or the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930 or the Customs Act, 1962 or the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and the rules, notifications and orders made thereunder, or in contravention of any other law for the time being in force, or who knowingly expends or advances any money in furtherance of such activities;
7. (g) "goonda" means a person, who either by himself or as a member of or leader of a gang, habitually commits, or attempts to commit or abets the commission of offences punishable under Chapter XVI or Chapter XVII of the Indian Penal Code;
8. (h) "immoral traffic offender" means a person, who commits or abets the commission of any offence under the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act, 1956;
   • (i) "land-grabber" means a person or group of persons who commits land grabbing and who gives financial aid to any person for taking illegal possession of lands or for construction of unauthorised structures thereon, or who collects or attempts to collect from any occupiers of such lands rent, compensation and other charges by criminal intimidation, or who abets the doing of any of the above mentioned acts;
9. (j) "land grabbing" means activity of seizure and occupation of lands (whether Government or private land) without any lawful entitlement and with a view to take unauthorised possession of such lands or to construct unauthorised structures thereon and includes any attempt to commit land grabbing;
10. (k) "unauthorised structure" means any structure constructed without such permission as is required under the law for the time being in force in the area.