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It is proposed to make a similar legislation in Karnataka also in public interest. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) Part IV-2A as No. 165 dated 25-3-85 at page 13.) II Amending Act 22 of 1987.- The State Government has experienced some procedural difficulty to sustain the detention orders in certain cases which were challenged before the High Court on technical grounds such as error in the date or the number of the case or defect in specifying the stage of the case concerning the detinue in the grounds or for the reason that one of the grounds of detention has been found somewhat defective, even though the other grounds are found to be valid and sufficient to uphold the detention order. In order to cure the technical lacuna, the Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug-Offenders, Gamblers, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Slum-Grabbers (Amendment) Ordinance, 1987 was promulgated. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) Part IV-2A as No. 99 dated 4-2-1987 at page 5.) III Amending Act 16 of 2001.- It is considered necessary to amend the Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Boot Leggers, Drug Offenders, Gamblers, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Slum-Grabbers Act, 1985, to provide for:- detention of persons who are engaged in committing or abetting the commission of offences against public tranquility under Chapter VIII and offences relating to religious under Chapter XV of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. Hence the Bill, (Vide L.A Bill No. 24 of 2000 File No. ¸ÀAªÀå±ÁE 6 ±Á¸À£À 99) IV Amending Act 61 of 2013.- It is considered necessary to amend the Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug-Offenders, Gamblers, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Slum-Grabbers Act, 1985( Karnataka Act 12 of 1985) to provide for detention of persons who are engaged or is making preparations for engaging in any of his activities as a video or audio pirate habitually for commercial gain, which affect adversely, or are likely to affect adversely the maintenance of public order in relation to cinematograph film or a record embodying any part of the sound track associated with the film, punishable under the Copy Right Act, 1957 ( Central Act 14 of 1957). Hence the Bill. [L.A. Bill No.34 of 2009, File No. Samvyashae 31 Shasana 2009] [Entry 1 of List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.] KARNATAKA ACT No. 12 OF 1985 (First Published in the Karnataka Gazette Extraordinary on the Twenty-ninth day of April, 1985 THE KARNATAKA PREVENTION OF DANGEROUS ACTIVITIES OF BOOTLEGGERS, DRUG-OFFENDERS, GAMBLERS, GOONDAS, 1 [IMMORAL TRAFFIC OFFENDERS, SLUM-GRABBERS AND VIDEO OR AUDIO PIRATES] 1 ACT, 1985 (Received the assent of the President on the Twenty-ninth day of April, 1985) (As amended by Act 22 of 1987, 16 of 2001 and 61 of 2013) An Act, to provide for preventive detention of bootleggers, drug-offenders, gamblers, goondas, 1 [Immoral Traffic Offenders, Slum-Grabbers and Video or Audio pirates] 1 for preventing their dangerous activities prejudicial to the maintenance of public order. WHEREAS public order is adversely affected every now and then by the dangerous activities of certain persons, who are known as bootleggers, drug-offenders, gamblers, goondas, 1 [immoral traffic offenders and slum-grabbers and video and audio pirates] 1 BE it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Thirty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- 1.Substituted by Act 61 of 2013 w.e.f. 13.12.2013.