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(1) If the Government are satisfied that- (a) the wearing in public of any dress or article of apparel resembling any uniform or part of uniform required to be worn by a member of the Indian Military, Naval or Air Forces or by a member of any Police force constituted under any law for the time being in force; (b) the wearing or display in public of any distinctive dress or article of apparel or any emblem, would be likely to prejudice the public safety or the maintenance of the public order, the Government may, by general or special order, prohibit or restrict the wearing or display in public or any such dress, article of apparel or emblem or both (2) For the purposes of this section a dress, an article of apparel or an emblem shall be deemed to be worn or displayed in public if it is worn or displayed so as to be visible to a person in any place to which the public have access. (3) If any person contravenes any order made under this section, he shall be punishable with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both.