The Goa Maintenance of Public Order and Safety Act, 1988
The Goa Maintenance of Public Order and Safety Act, 1988
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This Act provides for the maintenance of public order and safety throughout the State of Goa. It empowers district officials, including the District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police, to take action when gangs or individuals pose a threat to public safety. These authorities can order the dispersal of groups causing alarm or remove specific individuals who are about to commit violent crimes or habitually intimidate others. The law aims to prevent violence, protect property, and ensure the community remains safe from dangerous behavior or unlawful designs.
- 0. Preamble
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Dispersal of gangs and bodies of persons.
- 4. Removal of persons about to commit offence.
- 5. Period of operation of orders under section 3 or section 4.
- 6. Hearing to be given before order under section 3 and section 4 is passed.
- 7. Appeal against order under section 3 or section 4.
- 8. Finality of order in certain cases.
- 9. Procedure on failure of person to leave the area and his entry therein after removal
- 10. Temporary permission to enter and consequences of non-observance of conditions attached to such permission
- 11. Penalty for contravention of directions under section 3 or section 4.
- 12. Penalty for entering without permission area from which a person is directed
- 13. Presumptions of prosecutions for contraventions of order made under section
- 14. Forfeiture of bond, entered into by person under sub-section (1) of section
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