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(1) Where a Magistrate/Executive-Magistrate has reason to believe from information received from the police or from any other person authorised by State Government in this behalf or otherwise, that any person has been victimised in the name of witchcraft, he may direct a police officer not below the rank of a sub-inspector to enter such place, and to remove therefrom such person and produce him/her before him. (2) The police officer, after removing the person shall forthwith produce him/her before the Magistrate issuing the order. Protective Homes and Rehabilitation Centres.