Dispersal of gangs and bodies of persons

Whenever it appears to the District Magistrate that the movement or encampment of any gang or body of persons in the district is causing or is calculated to cause danger or alarm or reasonable suspicion that unlawful designs are entertained by such gang or body, or by members thereof the District Magistrate, may by an order addressed to the persons appearing to be the leaders or chiefmen of such gang or body and published by beat of drum or otherwise, as the District Magistrate thinks fit, direct the members of such gang or body,—

1. (a) to conduct themselves in such manner as may be necessary in order to prevent violence and alarm; or
2. (b) to disperse and each of them to remove himself outside the district or any part thereof or such area, and any district or districts, or any part thereof contiguous thereto within such time as the District Magistrate may specify, and not to enter the said district or part thereof or such area and such contiguous districts, or part thereof, as the case may be or not to return to the place from which each of them was directed to remove himself.