The Telangana Prevention of Anti-Social and Hazardous Activities Act, 1980
The Telangana Prevention of Anti-Social and Hazardous Activities Act, 1980
This law empowers executive authorities in Telangana to maintain public peace by taking preventive action against habitual offenders known as goondas. It applies to individuals repeatedly involved in serious crimes, violence, illegal extortion, harassment, or specified offenses where witnesses are afraid to testify due to safety concerns. Under the Act, District Magistrates and Police Commissioners can order these individuals to leave specified areas or restrict their movements for up to six months, extendable to two years. It matters because it provides the state with strong administrative measures to suppress anti-social activities, protect law-abiding citizens, and secure public order without relying solely on traditional criminal prosecutions.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Externment of Goondas.
- 4. Permission to return temporarily.
- 5. Extension of period of order.
- 6. Appeal.
- 7. Recognizance for certain purposes.
- 8. Nature of evidence.
- 9. Rescission of order.
- 10. Punishment for contravention of orders under sections 3 to 6.
- 11. Forcible removal of externed Goonda Re-entering, etc., a contravention of order.
- 12. Cognizance of offence.
- 13. Bar of jurisdiction of courts.
- 14. Protection of action taken under the Act.
- 15. Power to make rules.
- 16. Repeal of Ordinance 13 of 1979.
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