Power to restrict movements of, or settle, registered persons

(1) If the Government considers that it is expedient that any registered person should be—(a) restricted to any specified area, or (b) settled in any place of residence, the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, declare that such person shall be restricted to the area specified in the notification or shall be settled in the place of residence so specified, as the case may be: Provided that no such declaration shall have effect for a period in excess of three years. (2) Before making any such declaration, the Government shall consider the following matters in an inquiry held by such authority and in such manner as may be prescribed—(i) the nature and the circumstances of the offences in which the registered person is believed to have been concerned; (ii) whether the registered person follows any; [Note: Text truncated in source for sub-clauses]