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Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1961 (No. 23 of 1961).

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India
Criminal and penal law
1961-05-17
National
Law, Act

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The Act applies to the whole of India except to the State of Jammu and Kashmir. It makes it an offence to question the territorial integrity or frontiers of India in a manner prejudicial to the interests of safety and security of India. It also allows the Government to declare an area on the boundary of India a notified area and hence prohibit the making, publishing or distributing of material that goes against public order. Its sets out the powers of the police to search persons entering or leaving a notified area and the power to declare publications forfeited and issue search warrants for such materials.

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