Chapter VI Access to Certain Places and Areas

1. (1) If as respects any place or class of places the State Government considers it necessary or expedient in the interest of general public that special precautions should be taken to prevent the entry of unauthorised persons the State Government may by order declare that place; or, as the case may be, every place of that class to be a protected place; and thereupon, for so long as the order is in force, such place or every place of such class, as the case may be, shall be a protected place for the purposes of this Act.
2. (2) No person shall without the permission of the State Government or of the District Magistrate or of such other officer as may be authorised by the State Government in this behalf enter or be on or in or pass over or loiter, in the vicinity of any protected place.
3. (3) Where in pursuance of sub-section (2) any person is granted permission to enter, or to be on or in, or to pass over a protected place, that person shall, while acting under such permission, comply with such directions for regulating his conduct as may be given by the authority which granted the permission.
4. (4) If any person enters or remains in a Protected place in contravention of any provision of this Section, then, without prejudice to any other proceedings which may be taken against him, he may be removed therefrom by any police officer or by any other person authorised in this behalf by the State Government.
5. (5) If any person contravenes any of the provisions of this section he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both.

1. (1) If the State Government considers it necessary or expedient in the interest of general public to regulate the entry of persons into any area, the State Government may without prejudice to any other provisions of this Act, by order declare such area to be a protected area; and thereupon for so long as the order is in force, such area shall be a protected area for the purposes of this Act.
2. (2) On and after such date as may be specified in and subject to any exemptions for which provisions may be made by an order made under sub-section (1), no person who was not immediately before the said date resident in the area declared to be a protected area by the said order shall effect entry into or remain in area except in accordance with the terms of a permission in writing granted to him by an authority or person specified in the said order.
3. (3) If any person effects entry into or remains in a protected area in contravention of the provisions of this section then without prejudice to any other proceedings which may be taken against him he may be removed therefrom by or under the direction of any police officer on duty in the protected area or by any other person authorised in this behalf by the State Government.
4. (4) If any person effects entry into or remains in a protected area in contravention of any of the provisions of this section, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both.

Any person who effects or attempts to effect entry into a protected place or protected area—

1. (a) by using or threatening to use criminal force to any person posted for the purpose of protecting or preventing or controlling access to, such place or, area; or
2. (b) after taking precautions to conceal his entry or attempted entry from any such person; shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both.

1. (1) Without prejudice to any other provision of this Act, the State Government as respects—
   • (a) any place or area declared by it to be a protected place or protected area; or
   • (b) any other place or area in relation to which it appears to it to be necessary to take special precautions for preventing or suppressing subversive acts or for maintaining supplies and services essential to the life of the community; may make order for controlling or regulating the admission of persons to and the conduct of persons in and in the vicinity of such place or area:
2. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, orders made under sub-section (1) in relation to any place or area may make provisions—
   • (a) for restricting admission of persons to such place or area and for removing therefrom any person who is therein in contravention of the order or who has been convicted of any contravention of the provisions of this Act;
   • (b) for requiring the presence of any person or class of persons in such place or are to be notified to a prescribed authority and for requiring any person who has been convicted of any such offence as mentioned in clause (a) of this sub-section to report his movements while in such place or asea and to observe any other condition imposed upon him by the prescribed authority;
   • (c) for requiring any person or class of persons in such place or area to carry such documentary evidence of indentity as may be prescribed; and
   • (d) for prohibiting any person or class of persons from being in possession or control of any specified article.
3. (3) An order made under this section in respect of a protected place or protected area may exempt such place or area from all or any of the provisions of this Act which are express to apply to or in relation to a Protected place or protected area, as the case may be, or made direct that all or any of the said provisions shall apply subject to such modifications as may be specified in the order.
4. (4) An order made under this section in respect of a place or area which is not a protected, place or protected area may direct that all or any of the provisions of this Act which are ex-pressed to apply to or in relation to a protected place or protected area, as the case may be shall apply to or in relation to the place or area in respect of which the order is made either without modification or subject to such modification as may be specified in the order.
5. (5) If any person contravenes any order made under this section, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both.