Confirmation of restriction order

For sub-section(1) of section 10 of the said Act, as so renumbered, the following subsection shall be substituted, namely :- “Imposition of Collective fines on inhabitants of any area : (1) If it appears to the State Government that the inhabitants or any class or section of inhabitants of any area are concerned in or are abetting the commission of offences resulting or likely to result in death or grievous hurt or loss of, or damage to, property, or are harboring persons concerned in the commission of such offences, or are failing to render all the assistance in their power to discover or apprehend the offender or offenders, or are suppressing material evidence of the commission of such offences, the State Government may, by notification, impose collective fines on the inhabitants of that area: Provided that imposition of collective fine by any authority to whom the power may have been delegated under this Act may be made by publication of the order imposing the fine in any such manner as such authority may consider best calculated to bring the order to the notice of the inhabitant of the area concerned.”