The Rajasthan Dacoity Affected Areas Act, 1986
The Rajasthan Dacoity Affected Areas Act, 1986
The Rajasthan Dacoity Affected Areas Act, 1986, regulates serious crimes like armed robbery and kidnapping in designated high-risk regions of Rajasthan. It applies to alleged dacoits, their accomplices, and individuals residing in these areas who cannot satisfactorily account for their wealth. This legislation matters because it establishes dedicated special courts to speed up trials, severely restricts bail, and sets tougher punishments, including a three-year minimum sentence. Additionally, it empowers the government to seize assets linked to these crimes and presumes that any kidnapping in these areas is done for ransom, thereby strengthening law enforcement's ability to combat organized banditry.
- 1. Short title and, commencement
- 2. Definition
- 3. Declaration of dacoity-affected area
- 4. Person assisting the police to be public servant
- 5. Regulation of grant of bail
- 6. Constitution of Special Courts
- 7. Jurisdiction of Special Cour
- 8. Procedure and powers of Special Courts
- 9. Punishment for offence against public servant
- 10. Reasons to be recorded for not awarding punishment of death
- 11. Punishment for scheduled offences generally
- 12. Punishment for possessing property not satisfactorily accounted for
- 13. Minimum period of imprisonment
- 14. Attachment of property
- 15. Release of property
- 16. Enquiry into the character of acquisition of property by Special Cour
- 17. Confiscation of property
- 18. No appeal to lie unless otherwise provided
- 19. Appeal from conviction
- 20. Appeal from acquittal
- 21. Provisions of Code to apply to appeals
- 22. Appeal against order under Section 17
- 23. Bar of jurisdiction of civil court
- 24. Presumption in respect of kidnapping and abduction
- 25. Protection of action taken in good faith
- 26. Act to have over-riding effect
- 27. Power to make rules
- 28. Repeal and Saving
- Schedule. Schedule
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