Maharashtra Police Act 1951
Section 57 :
1.[Removal of persons convicted of certain offences :
1.[(1)] If a person has been convicted-
(a) (i) of an offence under Chapters XII, XVI or XVII of the Indian Penal Code; or
(ii) of any offence under sections 65, 66A or 68 of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949; or
(iii) of an offence under sections 3, 4, 5, 6, or 9 of the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act, 1956; or
(iv) of an offence under section 135 of the Customs Act, 1962; or
(v) of an offence under section 4, or for accepting bet in any public street or thoroughfare or in any place to which the public have or are permitted to have access, or in any race course under clause (a) of section 12 or under section 12A of the Bombay Prevention of Gambling Act, 1887; or
(b) twice or more of an offence under the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 not being an offence under sections 65, 66A and 68; or
2.[(b-a)] twice or more of an offence under section 3 or 4 of the Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1966; or]
(c) thrice or more of an offence under section 122 or 124 of this Act, the Commissioner, the District Magistrate, or the Sub-Divisional, Magistrate 3.[***] empowered by the State Government in this behalf, if he has reason to believe that such person is likely again to engage himself in the commission of an offence similar to that for which he was convicted, may direct such person 4.[notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law for the time being in force, to remove himself outside such area or areas in the State of Maharashtra (whether within the local limits of the jurisdiction of the officer or not and whether contiguous or not), by such route, and within such time, as the officer may specify and not to enter or return to the area or areas so specified (hereinafter referred to as “the specified area or areas”) from which he was directed to remove himself.]
5.[(2) An officer directing any person under sub-section (1) to remove himself from any specified area or areas in the State may further direct such person that, during the period the order made against him is in force, as and when he resides in any other areas in the State, he shall report his place of residence to the officer-in-charge of the nearest police station once in every month, even if there be no change in his address. The said officer may also direct that, during the said period, as and when he goes away from the State, he shall, within ten days from the date of his departure from the State, send a report in writing to the said officer either by post or otherwise, of the date of his departure, and as and when he comes back to the State, he shall, within ten days from the date of his arrival in the State report the date of his arrival to the officer-in-charge of the police station nearest to the place where he may be staying.]
Explanation :
For the purpose of this section “an offence similar to that for which a person was convicted” shall mean-
(i) in the case of a person convicted of an offence mentioned in clause (a) (i) an offence falling under any of the chapters of the Indian Penal Code, and (ii) in the case of a person convicted of an offence mentioned in clauses (a) (excluding sub-clause (i) thereof), (b) and (c), an offence falling under the provisions of the Acts mentioned respectively in the said clauses.]
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1. Substituted by Maharashtra 29 of 1970, Section 2 and was recommended as sub-section (1) of that section by Maharashtra 33 of 1981, Section 3(1).
2. Inserted by Maharashtra 33 of 1981, Section 3(l)(a).
3. Word ‘specially’ deleted by Maharashtra 2 of 1994, Section 2.
4. Substituted for the portion beginning with the words ‘to remove himself outside the area’ and ending with the words ‘directed to remove himself’, by Maharashtra 33 of 1981, Section 3(l)(b).
5. Inserted by Maharashtra 33 of 1981, Section 3(2).
