Goa Maintenance of Public Order and Safety Act, 1988
No: 21 Dated: Sep, 19 1988
Goa Maintenance of Public Order and Safety Act, 1988
An act to provide for the maintenance of public order and safety in the State of Goa.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa in the Thirty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title, extent and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Goa Maintenance of Public Order and Safety Act, 1988.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Goa.
(3) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions.— (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “district” means a territorial division constituting a district for the purpose of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974) ;
(b) “place” includes a house, building, vehicle, a tent, a booth or other erection, whether permanent or temporary, or any area whether enclosed or open;
(c) “person” includes any Company or association, or body of persons whether incorporated or not;
(d) “State Government” means the Government of Goa.
3. Dispersal of gangs and bodies of persons.— Whenever it appears to the District Magistrate, District Superintendent of Police or the Sub-Divisional Magistrate specially empowered by the State Government in that behalf, to exercise powers within the jurisdiction, that the movement or encampment of any gang or body of persons in any area of his jurisdiction, is causing or is calculated to cause danger to person or property or alarm or reasonable suspicion that unlawful designs are entertained by such gang or body of persons or by members thereof, such officer may by order addressed to the persons appearing to be the leaders or chief men of such gang or body of persons and published or by announcement, or otherwise as such officer thinks fit, direct the members of such gang or body of persons,—
(i) to so conduct themselves as shall seem necessary in order to prevent violence and alarm; or
(ii) to disperse and each of them to remove himself outside the area within the local limits of his jurisdiction or such area, and any district or districts or any part thereof, contiguous thereto within such time as such officer shall specify and not to enter the area or part thereof, as the case may be, or return to the place from which each of them was directed to remove himself or from which they were directed to remove themselves, as the case may be.