The Odisha Restriction of Habitual Offenders Act, 1952
The Odisha Restriction of Habitual Offenders Act, 1952
General195212 sections
This Act regulates individuals who have repeatedly committed serious crimes in Orissa by designating them as habitual offenders. It mandates that these persons report their residence and provide fingerprints to authorities regularly. The law also allows the state government to restrict their movements and place them in reformatory settlements for rehabilitation. It matters because it seeks to enhance public safety and protect communities by closely monitoring dangerous repeat offenders and intervening with structured supervision and controlled living environments rather than simply imprisoning them.
- 0. Preamble
- 2. Definitions
- 4. Notified offenders to intimate residence and charge of residence
- 6. Power to cancel or alter such restrictions
- 7. Power to place notified offenders in reformatory settlements
- 8. Power to discharge or transfer persons from settlements
- 9. Power to subject voluntary residents in settlements to restrictions and penalties
- 10. Penalties
- 11. Arrest of notified offenders
- 12. Rules for the removal of prisoners to apply in certain cases
- 13. Bar of jurisdiction
- 89. Lurkinghouse-trespassorhouse-breakingbynightinordertothe commissionofanoffencepunishablewithimprisonment.
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