Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) If the Provincial Government considers it Protected necessary or expedient to regulate the entry of persons. into areas, any area, the Provincial Government may, with.out prejui;lice ' : to any other provision of this Act, by order declare· the area . / to be a protected area; and thereupon, for so long as the · · order is in force, such area shall be a protected area for the purposes of this Act. ) On and after such day as may be specified in, and subject to any exemptions for which prov1s1on may be made by, an order made under sub-section (1), no person who was not at the beginning of the said day resident in the area declared to be a protected area by the said order shall be therein except in accordance with the terms of a permit in writing granted to him by an. authority or person specified in the said order. • - (3) Any police officer, or any· other persor authorised in this behalf by the Provincial Government, ~y search any person entering or seeking to enter; or being on or in, or leaving, a protected area, and any vehicle, vessel, animal. or article brought in by such person, and may; for the pur- pose of the search,. detain such person, vehicle, vessel, animal and article : . Provided that no woman shall be searched in· pursuance of this sub-section except by a woman. (4) If any person is in a protected area in contravention of the provisions of this section, then, without prejudice to any other proceedings which may be taken against him, he may be removed therefrom· by or under the direction of any police ofcer on ·duty in the protected area, (5) If any person is in a pr~cted area in contravention of any of the provisions of this section, he shll be punishable Ith Imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or wath fine or with both. E- botn. Protected places Page 3- . After Chapter I, insert the, following Chapter, namely:- ''CRAfTER IA. Access to certain places and, areas.