Removal of persons convicted of certain offences.

If a person has been convicted - (a) (i) of an offence under Chapters XII, XVI or XVII of the Indian Penal Code (XLV of 1860), or (ii) of any offence udder Secs. 65, 66-A or 68 of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 (Bom. XLV of 1949), or (iii) of an offence under Secs. 3, 4, 5, 6 or 9 of the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act, 1956 (CIV of 1956), or (iv) of an offence under Sec. 135 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), or (v) of an offence under Sec. 4, or for accepting bets in any public street or thoroughfare or in any place to which the public have or permitted to have access or in any race course under Cl. (a) of Sec. 12, or under Sec 12-A of the Bombay Prevention of Gambling Act, 1867 (Bom. IV of 1867), or (b) twice or more of an offence under the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 (Born XXV of 1949) not being an offence under Sees. 66, 66-A or 68, or (c) twice or more of an offence under Sec- 122 or 124 of this Act, the Commissioner, the District Magistrate, or the Sub Divisional Magistrate specially empowered by the State Government in this behalf, if he has reason to believe that such person is likely again to engage himself in the commission of an offence similar to that for which he was convicted, may direct such person to remove himself outside the area within the local limits of his jurisdiction or such area and any district or districts, or any part thereof, contiguous thereto by such route and within such time as the said officer may prescribe and not to enter or return to the area or the areas and such contiguous district or districts or part thereof, as the case may be, from which he was directed to remove himself. Explanation. For the Purpose of this section “an offence similar to that for which a person was convicted” ,shal1 mean- (i) in the case of a person, convicted of an offence mentioned in Cl. (a) (i) an offence falling under any of the chapters of the Indian Penal Code (XLV of 1860), and (ii) in case of a person convicted of an offence mentioned in Cl. (a) [excluding sub-clause (i) thereof (b) and (c) an offence falling under the provisions of the Acts mentioned respectively in the said clauses.] From the date on which the person removes himself or is removed from the area, district or districts or part aforesaid.