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Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug-offenders, Dangerous persons and video pirates (Amendment) Act, 2015

Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug-offenders, Dangerous persons and video pirates (Amendment) Act, 2015

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The Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug-offenders, Dangerous persons and video pirates Act, 1981 (MPDA Act), is a preventive detention law. It empowers the State Government, District Magistrates, or Commissioners of Police to detain individuals who habitually engage in activities that threaten public order. The 2015 Amendment expanded this scope to include "sand smugglers" and "persons engaged in black-marketing of essential commodities." Unlike criminal law, which punishes past acts, this Act allows the state to detain a person to prevent them from committing future acts that would disturb public peace, health, or safety.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Power to make orders detaining certain persons
  4. 4. Execution of detention orders
  5. 5. Power to regulate place and conditions of detention
  6. 5A. Grounds of detention severable
  7. 6. Detention orders not to be invalid or inoperative on certain grounds
  8. 7. Powers in relation to absconding persons
  9. 8. Grounds of order of detention to be disclosed to persons affected by the order
  10. 9. Constitution of Advisory Boards
  11. 10. Reference to Advisory Boards
  12. 11. Procedure of Advisory Boards
  13. 12. Action upon report of Advisory Board
  14. 13. Maximum period of detention
  15. 14. Revocation of detention orders
  16. 15. Temporary release of persons detained
  17. 16. Protection of action taken in good faith
  18. 17. Detention order against any slumlord, bootlegger, drug offender or dangerous person to be made under this Act and not under National Security Act
  19. 17A. Detention order against any person engaged in black-marketing of essential commodities to be made under this Act and not under Prevention of Black-marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act,
  20. 18. Repeal of Mah. Ord. III of 1981 and saving

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