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The Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Communal Offenders Act, 1984

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The Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Communal Offenders Act, 1984, empowers the state government to authorize preventive detention for individuals whose actions threaten public order through communal offenses. It applies to suspected communal offenders to curb activities that disrupt peace and harmony. To balance state power with personal liberty, the legislation requires authorities to disclose the grounds of detention and establishes independent Advisory Boards to review these cases. This matters because it provides a legal framework for maintaining communal stability while ensuring detainees receive procedural reviews against arbitrary confinement.

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  1. 0. Preamble
  2. 1. Short title, extent and commencement –(1) This Act may be called the
  3. 2. Definitions -In this Act, unless the context other-wise requires,-
  4. 3. Power to make an order detaining communal offenders -(1) The
  5. 4. Execution of detention order -A detention order may be executed at any
  6. 5. Power to regulate place and conditions of detention -Every person in
  7. 6. Detention orders not to be invalid or inoperative on certain grounds -
  8. 7. State, is outside the said limits.
  9. 8. Grounds of order of detention to be disclosed to persons affected by the order
  10. 9. Constitution of Advisory Boards -(1) The Government shall, whenever
  11. 10. Judges of a High Court.
  12. 11. Procedure of Advisory Board -(1) The Advisory Board shall, after
  13. 12. Action upon report of Advisory Board -(1) In any case where the
  14. 13. Government shall revoke the detention order and cause the person to be released forthwith.
  15. 14. Temporary release of persons detained- (1) The Government may, at
  16. 15. Protection of action in good faith -No suit, prosecution or other legal
  17. 16. Detention orders against communal offender under this Act and not
  18. 17. Power to order closure of Press
  19. 18. Repeal of Ordinance No.5 of 1984 -The Andhra Pradesh Prevention of

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