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Section 18. Arrest of persons found outside restriction area or corrective settlement.
The Bombay Habitual Offenders Act, 1959.
Act no. LXI of 19591959In forceMaharashtra (State Act)
18. Arrest of persons found outside restriction area or corrective settlement.— If any person— (a) is found outside the area to which his movements have been restricted in contravention of the conditions under which he is permitted to leave such area, or (b) escapes from any corrective settlement in which he is placed, he may be arrested without warrant by a police officer, police patil or village watchman and taken before a Magistrate who, on proof of the facts, may order him to be removed to such area or to such corrective settlement, there to be dealt with in accordance with this Act and the rules made thereunder.