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(1) Without prdjudice to any other provision of this orders fbir Act, the State Government, as respects— certain arelaeos as. (a) any place or area declared by it to be a protected and place or protected area, or (b) any other place or area in relation to which it appears to it to be necessary to take special pre- cautions for preventing or suppressing subversive acts or for maintaining supplies and services essential to the life of the community, may make orders for controlling or regulating the admis- sion of persons to, and the conduct of persons in and in the vicinity of, such place or area. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, orders made under sub-section (1) in relation to any place or area may make provision— (a) for restricting the admission of persons to such place or area and for removing therefrom any person who is therein in contravention of the orders or who has been convicted of any contravention of the provisions of this Act; (b) for requiring the presence of any person or class of persons in such place or area to be notified to a prescribed authority and for requiring any person who has been convicted of any such offence as is mentioned in clause (a) of this sub-section to report his movements while in such place or area and to observe any other condition imposed upon him by a prescribed authority; (c) for requiring any person or class of persons in such place or area to carry such documentary evidence of identity, as may be prescribed; and 5 direction of any or by any other Government. in contravention shall be punish- may extend to 6 The West Bengal Security Act, 1950. [West Ben. Act (Chapter 111.—Prevention, of subversive acts.— Section 10.) (d) for prohibiting any person or class of persons from being in possession or control of any prescribed article. (3) An order made under this section in respect of a protected place or protected area may exempt such place or area from all or any of the provisions of this Act which are expressed to apply to or in relation to a protected place or protected area, as the case may be, or may direct that all or any of the said provisions shall apply, subject to such modi- fications as may be specified in the order. (4) An order made under this section in respect of a place or area which is not a protected place or protected area may direct that all or any of the provisions of this Act which are expressed to apply to or in relation to a protected place or protected area, as the case may be, shall apply to or in relation to the place or area in respect of which the order is made either without modification or subject to such modi- fication as may be specified in the order. (5) If any person contravenes any order made under this section, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both. CHAPTER III. PREVENTION Or SUBVERSIVE ACTS. Sabotage.