Section11
Prevention of Atrocities

Section 11

In force Act 33 of 1989 As on 17 Oct 2026

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Act 33 of 1989

This is a second copy of a Central Act. India Code files it on Punjab's shelf as well as under Parliament, and the text is the same enactment. Read it at The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, which is the record this site keeps current.

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Section 11 of Prevention of Atrocities. If a person to whom a direction has been issued under section 10 to remove himself from any area- (a) fails to remove himself as directed;

(1) If a person to whom a direction has been issued under section 10 to remove himself from any area- (a) fails to remove himself as directed; or (b) having so removed himself enters such area within the period specified in the order, otherwise than with the permission in writing of the Special Court under sub-section (2), the Special Court may cause him to be arrested and removed in police custody to such place outside such area as the Special Court may specify.

(2) The Special Court may, by order in writing, permit any person in respect of whom an order under section 10 has been made, to return to the area from which he was directed to remove himself for such temporary period and subject to such conditions as may be specified in such order and may require him to execute a bond with or without surety for the due observation of the conditions imposed.

(3) The Special Court may at any time revoke any such permission.

(4) Any person who, with such permission, returns to the area from which he was directed to remove himself shall observe the conditions imposed, and at the expiry of the temporary period for which he was permitted to return, or on the revocation of such permission before the expiry of such temporary period, shall remove himself outside such area and shall not return thereto within the unexpired portion specified under section 10 without a fresh permission.

(5) If a person fails to observe any of the conditions imposed or to remove himself accordingly or having so removed himself enters or returns to such area without fresh permission the Special Court may cause him to be arrested and removed in police custody to such place outside such area as the Special Court may specify. Taking measurements and photographs, etc., of persons against whom order under section 10 is made.

Section 11, Prevention of Atrocities (Act 33 of 1989).

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This section refers to

  1. s. 10

Questions about Section 11

How do I find court cases under Section 11 of the Prevention of Atrocities?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Prevention Atrocities 11, section 11 Prevention Atrocities, section 11 of the Prevention of Atrocities. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

What should I read with Section 11 of the Prevention of Atrocities, and has it changed?

Its own text turns on section 10, so none of them can safely be read on its own.

When was the Prevention of Atrocities enacted?

Prevention of Atrocities was enacted in 1989 as Act 33 of 1989. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.

Other sections of this Act

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