The Assam Maintenance of Public Order (Amendment) Act, 1968
# The Assam Gazette

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No.89 Shillong, Friday, Oct. 18, 1968, 26th Asvina, 1890 ( S. E.)

###### GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM

ORDERS BY THE GOVERNOR

LAW DEPARTME NT

N OTIFICATION

The 17th Octob r 1968

N n.LJL.48/68/5.-The following Act of the Assam Leg islative Assembly

which received the assent of the Governor is hereby published for gene ral

information .

ASSAM ACT XX OF 1968

(Received the assent of the Govennoe on t he 15th October 1968)

###### IHE ASSAM MA INTENAN OE OF PUBLIC ORDER

(AM ENDMENT) ACT , 1968

[Published in th e Assam Gazelle, Extraordinary dated the 18th October, 1968]

An

Act

further to am end the Assam Maintenance of Public Order
Act, 1947 and to arnon d the Assam Maintenance of Public
###### Order (Au tono'lllons Districts) Act: 1953.

Preamble. WHEREAS it is expedient in the interest of public
order to further amend the Assam Maintenance of As

Public Ord er Act, 1947, and to amend the Assam J~r;\9t7c t

Maintenance of Public Ord er (Autonomous Districts ) .

Act, 1953 and for the purpose and in the m mner Assam Act
hereinafter appearing. ~Yl of
It is hereby enacted in the Nineteenth Year of
the Republic of India as follows:-

Short title; 1. (1) 1 his Act may be called the Assam Mainte-
extent an d nance of Public O rder (Amendment) Act, 1968.
commence-

ment.


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(2) It extends to th e whole of Assam .

.(3) It shall come into force at once.

Insertion of 2. After the word "community" and before the
new wo rds in word "and" appearing in the p reamble of the Assam
thfeAPreamAblet Mainten ance of Public Order Act , 1947, the words
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V of 19'17. "and to regu ate the use an sale of cer tain dress"

shall be inser ted.

Insertion of 3. After section 8G of the Assam Maintenance of
new. section Public Order Act , 19 4-7, the following section shall

8H In Assam be inserted namel v: -
Act V of , .

1947.

"8R. If the State Gov ernmen t considers it neces-

sary or expedient in the public interest or in
the in terest of public safety or maintenance of
public order that the use, possession or sale of any
official U niform , Indian or Foreign, or any

dress so nearly resembling such U niform as to

be calcula ted to deceive should be regulated,

the Sta te Government m ay, by general or
special order, direct tha t no person shall
without lawful authority usc, possess or sell

such official Uniform or dress wit hout a licence
or permit from the Dep uty Commissioner Or
the Subdivivional Officer, as the case may be,

within the ir respective jurisdiction."

Insertion of 4. After sec tion 13C of th e Assam Mainten-
new sec.tion ance of Pu blic Order (Autonomous Districts) Act, 1953

130 In the following section shall be inserted, namely:-
Assam Act
XVI of
1953. " 13D. If the State Government consider it

necessary or exped ient in t he public interest or in

the in terest of public safet y or main tenance of public
order that the use, possession or sale of any official
Uniform, Ind ian or Foreign, or a ny dress so nearly

resem bling such Uniform as - to be calculated to
deceive should be regulated, the State Government

may, by general or spe cial order, direct that no per-
son shall with out lawful authority use, possess or
sell such official Uniform or dress without a lir.ence

or p ermit from the Deput y Commissioner or the

Subdivisiona l Officer, as the case may be, wi thin

t heir respecti V~ jurisdiction. "

P. C. DAS,
Secy, to the Government of Assam,

Law Department.

SHILLONo-Printed and published by the S iper l uend enr, Assam

Gov ~rnm en t Press (Fox . Galett(' ~ No.1 77--l,334+ 500 - 18"10.68


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