Bare ActsThe Kerala Habitual Offenders Act, 1960

Section 8

Procedure by District Magistrate on change of residence of ha bitual offender to another disLrict

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Procedure by District Magistrate on change of residence of ha bitual offender to another disLrict. —(1) Where any registered offender changes his ordinary residence to another district within the State, the District Magistrate of the district in which the offender is registered shall infonTi the District Magistrate of the other district about such change and at the same time furnish him with the name and other particulars of the registered offender. (2) On the i-eceipt of such information, the District Magis tate of the other district shall enter in his register the name and other particulars of the registered offender furnished to him and inform the District Magistrate of the first district about such registration and thereupon such District Magistrate shall cancel from his register the entxy relating to that offender Provided that where a registered offender changes his ordinary residence to another district outside the State, the District Magistrate of the first district shall furnish the District Magistrate of the other district with the name and other particulars of the registered offender, and make a request to that District Magistrate that he may be informed of the steps, if any, which may have been taken in relation to the offender under any law relating to the treatment and training of habitua] offenders for the time being in force in that other clistric arid upon the redeipt of: Magistrate of the first district shall cancel from his offender. 1 infonnation the District ster the entiy relating to that (3) Upon the enuy of the na'iie and other parlicuars of a registered offender in the register under sub-section (2), the provisio;-is of this A ck and the rules made thereunder shall apply to him as if he has been registerd, in pursuince of a direction given under section 3, in the register of the district: to which he has ilianged his ordinaiy residence.

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