The Delhi Prevention of Touting and Malpractices Against Tourists Act, 2010

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2. (2) f43TIrr 3T+^ f uT7T;qT ^ cll! VU 31f 131 4i f -m7iii T fiT I" P iii tea, 3 faft4aTfta DEPARTMENT OF LAW, JUSTICE AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION Delhi, the 15th February, 2011 No. F.14(23)/LA-2008/LANN1/32.-.The following Act of the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi received the assent of the President of India on the 17th January. 2011, and is hereby published for general infonnation :- "TAE DELIII PREVENTION OF TOUTING AND MALPRACTICES AGAINST TOURISTS'A.CT, 2010 (DELHI ACT 02 OF 2011) (As passed by the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi the 1St December, 2010) 117`h January, 20111 An Act to make provision for the prevention of acts of touting and malpractices vis-a- tourists visiting the National Capital Territory of Delhi and abetment or attempt thereof, any person in the National Capital Territory of Delhi and for matters connected therewitl incidental thereto. BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delh the Sixty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:- " -i'R M7T f1TVJ DEL}iI GAZETTE : EX[RAORDINARY PART - I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title , extent and commencement . - (1) This Act may to called the Delhi Prevention of Touting and Malpractices- ag?instTourists Act, 2010. ( 2) It extends to the whole of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
3. (3) It shall be deemed to have co me into force on the"lst dayof October, 2010. Definitions. - (1) In this Act, unless tfie context otherwise'requires, - ' T;7 Tzr IC (a) (f)
   • (b) "Delhi" means the National Capital territory of Delhi;
   • (c) "Government" means the Lt. Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi appointed-by the President under article 239 and designated as such under article 239AA of the Constitution;
   • (d) "malpractice" includes dishonesty, cheating, impersonation and obstruction in allowing free choice for shopping or stay or travel arrangements;
   • (e) "tourist" means any person or group of persons including pilgrims who visits or visit Delhi from any part of India or outside India; "C`ommissioner of Police " means the Commissioner of Delhi Police appointed tinder section 6 of the Delhi Police Act, 1978 (34 of 1973); "touting " includes enticing, misguiding or coercing for shopping, accommodation, transportation, sight-seeing or pestering for any particular premises, including the precincts thereof, any person, establishment, dealer or manufacturer for personal consideration; Explanation . - Whoever loiters around airports , railway stations, bus stands, markets or any other places frequented by tourists with the intention of offering any unsolicited service to the tourist or pestering or coercing him to -use any such service and exhibits such conduct so as to show such intention ( like following, arguing, 7^yJir_. 10 DELHIGAZETTE: EXTRAORDINARY
     • • communicating or otherwise drawing attention of tourists through words or gestures or placards or pamphlets thereby causing obstruction or annoyance to tourists or general public) and otherwise has no reasonable explanation for frequenting the said -place will be deemed to have committed the act of touting.
4. (2) Words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860) shall have the meani gs respectively assigned to them in the said Code.

, etc.- No person shall -

1. (a) commit any act of touting or malpractice against any tourist ; (b), abet commission of any ,act of touting or malpractice against any tourist ;
2. (c) attempt to commit any act of touting or malpractice against any tourist.

.- Any person who -

1. (a) touts or commits malpractice shall be punished with imprisonment for a term v^ ich may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both;
2. (b) abets an offence of touting or malpractice under this Act, shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Penal Code, .1860 (45 of 1860), be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or' with both;
3. (c) attempts to commit an offence punishable under this Act shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both.

.- Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), the offences under this Act shall be cognizable andbailable;

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POWERS OF POLICE OFFICERS AND PROCEDURE FOR SPEEDY INVESTIGATION AND TRIAL OF OFFENCES rest search and seizure .- (1) If an offence of g, Powers of ar , sence of f ractice or touting takes place in the pre a police officer, not ma p below the rank of an assistant sub-inspector of police, such police officer maye arrest the person and record his observatens about such conduct u individual that constituted the offence of touting. An olice officer having reason to suspect a person of indulging in the

1. (2) y p person and act of touting or malpractice against `;, tourist may search such p an account in relation to any articles found in his possession and may require seize such article if found suspicious and of such nature which could be may used for commission of touting or' malpractice against tourists.
2. (3) A police officer not below the rank of an assistant sub-inspector of e may enter a public or private establishment which he has reason to Polic , used as a place for commission of touting or believe was or is being malpractice against tourists and inspect the same.

ublic laces frequented by tourists .- If a police officer suspects any p p person of indulging in malpractice or touting or otherwise causing nuisance in direct such person to remove a public place frequented by tourists, he may himself from the said place forthwith. with the reasonable directions of police g. Persons bound to comply . with the reasonable officers .- (1) All persons shall be bound to comply

DELHI GAZETTE:EX'IRAORI)JNARY [ directions given by a police officer in the discharge of his duties under this Act.

1. (2) Where any person resists, refuses or fails to comply.with any direction referred to in sub-section (1), a police officer may, without prejudice to any other action that he may take under any other provision of this Act or any other law for the time being in force, remove such person and either produce him before a Metropolitan Magistrate or, in trivial cases, release him when the occasion which necessitated Lhe removal has ceased to exist: Provided that the persons so removed shall, in all cases, be produced before the Metropolitan Magistrate or released, as the case may be, within a period of twenty-four hours of such removal.

Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) shall be applicable for the purposes of investigation, inquiry and trial of offences under this Act: Provided that the investigating officer shall make endeavours to complete the investigation within a period of thirty days and the officer-in- charge of the police station shall forward to the Magistrate, empowered to take cognizance of the offence on a police report, a report in the form prescribed by the Government.

1. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973(2 of 1974 ), no police officer below the rank of an assistant sub-inspector shall investigate an offence under this Act.

.- No court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate shall try any offence under this Act.

[P. DELFT GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY Under this

Act shall be tried summarily by a Metropolitan Magistrate and the provisions of sections 262 to 265 (both inclusive) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, direction ^ 1973 (2 of 1974) shall, as far as may be, apply to such trial toany (2) When trying any offence under this Act, the Magistrate may also•try or any any other offence with which a person may be charged in the same trial if the od,uce / offence is connected with such other offence or offences. -n ffil, If of

malpractice.- The Commissioner of Police or any police officer not below the rank of a deputy commissioner of police, authorized in this behalf by general orspecial order by the Commissioner of Police, shall have power to declare any person who is habitually or repeatedly involved in the activities punishable under this Act, out of bounds from Delhi, or any part thereof, for a period which shall not be less than six months but may extend to one year and the provisions of sections 47 to 56 of the Delhi Police Act, 1978 (34 of 1978) shall apply to the extent they are relevant or necessary.

4 may, either before or after the institution of the prosecution, be compounded by such officers or authorities and for such amount as the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify in this behalf.

1. (2) Where an offence has been compounded under sub-section (1), the offender, if in custody, shall be discharged and no further proceeding shall be taken against him in respect of such offence. 61-7 -b (^;P/- V t l DELHI GAZETTE: EXTRAORDINARY

bargaining .- A person accused of an offence under this Act may file an application for plea bargainingi in the Court in"which such offence is pending for trial and the provisions of Chapter XXI-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (3 of 1974) shall be applicable in this regard. i

No suit , prosecution or' other legal proceeding shall lie against the Government or any person or officer authorized by the Government fog anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act.

not in derogation of any other law.- The provisions of this Act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of the provisions of any other law for the time being in force.

to make rules ,.- (1) The Government may, by notification published in the official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this Act.

1. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely :-
   • (a) prescription of the form for forwarding a police report under sub- section (1) of section 9 to the Magistrate empowered to take cognizance of the offence on a police report; let this qct Jch offoncs Code arcs. of Act 3w DF1111 GA&TrE: TRA
     • • 0^1NARY rescribed. be, p
   • (b) any other matter which is required to be, or may shall be laid, as Every rule made by the Government under this Act,
2. (3) the House of the Legis{ative soon as may be after it is made, before days which l eriod of thirty a for a tota p Assembly of Delhi, while it is in session, one session or in I'o or more successive sessions and, may be comprised in the session or the if before the expiry of the session irrrrnzdately following modificaen successive sessions aforesaid, the House agrees in making any the rule in the rule or the H ld not be madel the rule House agrees that the rule shou shall thereafter have effect OMY in such modified form or be annulment shall the case may be; so, however, that any such modifi ^ iousiy done under that be without prejudice to the validity . Of • ^nythen9 prev cation rule. Delhi1 The Delhi

--0) ordinance, 2010 Tourists prevention of Touting and Malpractices ag ainst re Baled. (Delhi Ordinance I of 2010) is hereby p ^ , anything done or any action taken under

1. (2) ,iotwiihsranding `uch repeal done or taken under the shall be deemed to have been the said ordinance t' corresponding provisions of this Act. ,,ARUN SAHRA\VAF, Addl. Secy. a uri , New Delhi-110064 India Rress, Ring Printed by the Manager, ove by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-1 0054. and G Published d by