The Telangana Habitual Offenders Act, 1962
The Telangana Habitual Offenders Act, 1962
The Telangana Habitual Offenders Act, 1962, regulates the registration, tracking, and rehabilitation of repeat criminal offenders in Telangana. It applies to adults who have been convicted of specified serious offenses on at least three separate occasions within a continuous five year period. Under this law, designated state authorities can register these individuals, collect biometric data, enforce movement restrictions, and require periodic reporting. Additionally, courts or government officials may place registered offenders into corrective settlements to receive vocational and moral training. This Act matters because it aims to reduce crime and protect communities by providing structured monitoring alongside institutional rehabilitative care.
Chapter II REGISTRATION OF HABITUAL OFFENDERS AND RESTRICTION OF THEIR MOVEMENTS →
- 4Power of the District Collector to register habitual offenders.
- 6Power to take finger and palm impressions, foot-prints and photographs at any time.
- 7Registered offenders to notify change of residence and to report themselves.
- 8Action to be taken when registered offender changes his ordinary residence from one district to another within or without the State.
- 9Duration of registration and re-registration of habitual offenders
- 10Right to make representations against registration, re-registration etc.
- 12Power to cancel or alter such restrictions
Chapter III CORRECTIVE TRAINING OF HABITUAL OFFENDERS →
- 13Power to establish and maintain corrective settlements and to certify private institutions as corrective settlements
- 14Power to direct habitual offenders to receive corrective training
- 15Power to discharge or transfer persons from corrective settlements
- 16Power to subject voluntary residents in corrective settlements to restrictions and penalties
Chapter IV PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE →
Chapter V MISCELLANEOUS. →
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