Jammu and Kashmir Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 1983
No: 10 Dated: Mar, 23 1983
THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR CRIMINAL LAW (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1983
(Act No. X of 1983)
An Act to amend the Criminal Law and to provide for more effective prevention of certain unlawful activities of individuals and associations and for matters connected therewith.
Be it enacted by the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature in the Thirtyfourth Year of the Republic of India as follows :––
1. Short title and extent.––(1) This Act may be called the Jammu and Kashmir Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 1983.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
2. Definitions.– In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,––
(a) ‘association’ means any combination or body of individuals, whether known by any distinctive name or not ;
(b) ‘unlawful activity’ in relation to an individual or association means any action taken by such individual or association (whether by committing an act or by words, either spoken or written, or by signs or by visible representation or otherwise),––
(i) which is punishable under section 153-A or section 153-B of the State Ranbir Penal Code or which is intended to encourage or which encourages or aids or incites any person or persons to undertake any such activity ; or
(ii) which is intended, or which is part of scheme intended, to threaten or likely to threaten or disrupt, or likely to disrupt harmony between different religious, racial, language or regional group or caste or community ; or
(iii) which is intended or which is part of a scheme intended, to propagate hatred or hostility against any religious, racial, language or regional group ; or
(iv) which is for any reason whatsoever, intended, or which is part of a scheme intended, to cause or likely to cause fear or alarm or feeling of insecurity amongst members of different religious, racial, language or regional groups, or caste or community ; or
(v) which interferes or has for its object interference with the public administration or the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community or the administration of the law or the maintenance of law and order or that which consititutes a danger to the public peace ;
(c) ‘unlawful association’ means any association which has for its object any unlawful activity, or which encourages or aids persons to undertake any unlawful activity, or of which the members undertake such activity.