Section 16
Power to declare association unlawfull.
The Indian Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1908
About this Act
An Act to provide for the more speedy trial of certain offences, and for the prohibition of associations dangerous to the public peace.
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[(1)] If the State Government is of opinion that
any association interferes or has for its object interference with the administration of the law or with the
maintenance of law and order, or that it constitutes a danger to the public peace, the State Government
may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare such association to be unlawful.
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STATE AMENDMENT
Maharashtra.--
Deletion of sections 16, 16A and 17A to 17D of Act XIV of 1908.--Sections 16 and 17A to 17D (both inclusive) of the principal Act of 1908 and section 16A inserted in the Indian Criminal law Amendment Act, 1908, in its application to the pre-Reorganisation State of Bombay by section 27 of the Bombay Public Security Measures Act, 1947, shall be deleted.
[Vide Bombay Act XXIV of 1908, s. 3]
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STATE AMENDMENT
Maharashtra.--
Deletion of sections 16, 16A and 17A to 17D of Act XIV of 1908.--Sections 16 and 17A to 17D (both inclusive) of the principal Act of 1908 and section 16A inserted in the Indian Criminal law Amendment Act, 1908, in its application to the pre-Reorganisation State of Bombay by section 27 of the Bombay Public Security Measures Act, 1947, shall be deleted.
[Vide Bombay Act XXIV of 1908, s. 3]
Notes
1. The original s. 16 renumbered as sub-section (1) of that section by Act 23 of 1932, s. 11.
2. Sub-section (2) rep. by the A.O. 1937. Earlier it was inserted by s. 11, ibid.,
2. Sub-section (2) rep. by the A.O. 1937. Earlier it was inserted by s. 11, ibid.,