Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In section 56 of the 1 Bombay Police Act, 1951 (Bom. XXII of 1951),- ( a ) after the words "their person or property, or" the following shall be inserted, namely :- " (bb) that there are reasonable grounds for believing that such person is acting or is about to act ( 1 ) in any manner prejudicial to the maintenance of public order as defined in the Maharashtra Prevention of Communal, Anti-social and other Dangerous Activities Act, 1980 (Mah. VII of 1981), or ( 2 ) in any manner prejudicial to the maintenance of supplies of commodities essential to the community as defined in the Explanation to sub-section ( 1 ) of section 3 of the Prevention of Black-marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980 (VII of 1980), or" (b) after the words "violence and alarm" the words "or such prejudicial act" shall be inserted.