Powers to notify and take possession of places used for purpose of unlawful activities

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Statutory text

(1) Where an organization has been declared as an unlawful organization under section 3, the District Magistrate or the Commissioner of Police, as the case may be, within their respective jurisdiction, may notify any place which in his opinion is used for the activities of such unlawful organization. Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, place includes a house or a building or part thereof or a tent or a vessel.
(2) When any place is notified under sub-section (1), the District Magistrate or the Commissioner of Police or any officer authorized in this behalf in writing by him, may take possession of notified place and evict therefrom any person found therein and the District Magistrate or the Commissioner of Police shall forthwith make a report of taking of such possession to the Government : Provided that, where any such place contains any apartment occupied by women or children, reasonable time and facilities shall be provided for their withdrawal with least possible inconvenience.
(3) A notified place whereof possession is taken under sub-section (2), shall remain in possession of the Government as long as the notification issued under section 3 is in force or such earlier period as the Government decides.

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