The Gujarat Prohibition of Maintenance of Private Armed Force Act, 1989
gujarat · 1989
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- S. 1(1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Prohibition of Maintenance of Private Armed Force Act, 1989
- S. 2Section defines key terms used in the Gujarat Prohibition of Maintenance of Private Armed Force Act, 1989.
- S. 3Section prohibits landholders from maintaining private armed forces for land or crop protection.
- S. 4Section 4 allows landholders to employ up to two armed persons for land protection, with panchayats able to employ more if deemed necessary.
- S. 5Section 5 mandates landholders to report private armed force employees to local police and terminate unfit ones within 15 days unless a bond is signed.
- S. 6Section penalizes landholders and their employees for not complying with or providing false information about private armed forces.
- S. 7An offence against sections 3 and 5 shall be cognizable
- S. 8(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this
- S. 9(1) The Gujarat Prohibition of Maintenance of Private Armed Force Ordinance, 1988 is hereby repealed
- S. 1988Repeal and savings