The Rajasthan Control of Goondas Act, 1975
The Rajasthan Control of Goondas Act, 1975
The Rajasthan Control of Goondas Act, 1975, empowers local authorities in Rajasthan, India, to control and restrict the movements of persistent criminals, defined as goondas. It applies to habitual offenders who commit crimes like violence, harassment of women, gambling, or group intimidation. Under this law, the state government can temporarily banish these individuals from specific districts if witnesses are too intimidated to testify against them in court. This legislation matters because it provides the state with strong preventive powers to maintain safe public order and protect innocent citizens, even bypassing standard rules of evidence to tackle dangerous, persistent local crime.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
- 2. Definition
- 3. Externment etc. of Goondas
- 4. Permission to return temporarily
- 5. Extension of period of order.
- 6. Appeal
- 7. Recognizance for certain purpose.
- 8. Nature of Evidence
- 9. Rescission of order
- 10. Punishment for contravention of orders under Section 3 to 6
- 11. Forcible removal of external Goonda re-entering etc. in contravention of order
- 12. Cognizance of Offence
- 13. Saving as to orders
- 14. Protection of action taken under the Act
- 15. Power to make rule
- 16. Repeal and savings
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