section 7
Provisions regarding videography or photography of mischief committed under this Act:
The Arunachal Pradesh Property ( Prevention of Damage and Loss ) Act, 2020General202022 sections
Statutory text
- (1) Ifthe officer in charge of a police station or other law enforcing agency is of opinion that any mischief, has the potential of causing destruction of or damage to property, he shall avail himself of the services of videographers or photographers.
- (2) Ifthe police officer, who has the responsibility to act on the information, has reason to apprehend that such mischief has the potential of causing destruction of or damage to property, he shall immediately avail himself of the services of any videographer/photographer to accompany him or any other police officer deputed by him to the site or any other place wherefrom video shooting/photography can conveniently be arranged concentrating on the person(s) indulging in any mischief causing destruction of or damage to any property.
- (3) No sooner than the mischief subsides, the police officer concerned shall produce the original tapes or CDs or other material capable of displaying the recorded evidence before the nearest Magistrate, who shall entrust such material to the custody of the officer-in-charge of the concerned police station for production of the same before the trial court or competent authority as prescribed under sub- section (1) of Section 17 at the appropriate stage or as and when called for.
- (4) The photographic or videographic material recorded by any individual of such mischiefs as referred to in sub-section (1), (2) and (3) above can also be considered by the magistrate subject to the authenticity of such photographic or videographic material.
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