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No. 102 Port Blair, Tuesday, 27, October [1987-]

ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION
Secretariat

NOTIFICATION

Port Blair, dated the 27 October 1937

###### India_ [and]Nopublishéd 97/87/F.[in] No.[ the] 53-79/84-Home.—The[ Gazette][ of][ India,][ Extraordinary] following[ Part—II,] Regulation[ Section-I,] promulgated[ No.][ 1,,d3led]“V the24 PresmentJanuary 87Of

IS hereby re-published below for General information, namely :—~

MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
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New Delhi, the 24th January, 1987/Magha 4, 1908 (Saka)

THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS PREVENTION

OF DEFACEMENT OF PROPERTY REGULATION, 1987

NO. I OF 1987

Promulgated [bv][ the][ President][ in][ the] Thirty-seventh Year of Republic of [India]

A Regulation to provide for the prevention of defacement of property [in][ the]
Union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Whereas it is expedient in the public interest to provide for the prevention [of]
detacement of property in the Union territory of the Andaman and-Nicobar [Islands]
and for matters connected therewrth or incidental thereto;

Now, [therefore,][ in][ exercise][ of][ the] powers [conferred] by article 240 of the
Constitution, [the‘President][ is] pleased [to] promulgate the following Regulation ‘
made by him:—

1. (1) [This] Regulation may [be][ called][ the][ Andaman] and Nicobar Islands Short titles,

Prevention of Detacement of Property Regulation, 1987. extent and
commencement.

(2) [It][ extends][ to][ the][ whole][ of][ the] Union territory of the Andaman and
Nicobar Islands.

(3) It shall come into force at once,

2. In this Regulation, unless the context [otherwise] requires [:—] Definitions.

(3) [“Administrator"][ means][ the][ Administrator][ of][ the][ Union][ territory]
of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands appointed by the President
under article 239 of the Constitution;

(b) [”defacement"] includes impairing or interfering with the'

appearance [of] beauty, damaging, disfiguring, spoiling or injuring in

any otherway [whatsoever][ and][ the][ word][ "deface"] shall be construed
accordingly;

(0) “property” includes any building, hut, structure, wall, tree.
fence, post, pole [or] any [other][ erection;]

(d) "writing" includes decoration, lettering or ornamentation
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 Price: Rupee [One][ and] Twenty [five][ Parse] Only.


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2 THE ANDAMAN AND NlCOBAR EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE OCT. 27, 1987.

defacemcntPenaltyproperty.[for] of withthe ink,3.name (1) chalk, Whoeverand paintaddress defaces or any of the other any owner property material or occupier except in public for of view such the by propertypurpose writing and[of]orindicating marking for such

other purposes as may be specified by the Administrator, shall be punishable
with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine
which may extend to one thousand rupees or with both.

(2) Where any offence committed under sub—section (1) is for the benefit
of some other person or a company or other body corporate or an association
of persons (whether incorporated or nor), then, such other person and every
president, chairman, director, partner, manager, secretary, agent or any other
officer or person concerned with the management thereof, as the case may be,
orshall, concent, unless be he deemed proves that to be the guilty offence of such was offence. committed without his knowledge

Offence to be 4. An offence punishable under this Regulation shall be cognizable.
cognizable

Power of Admi- 5. Without prejudice to the provisions of section 3, it shall be competent for
nistratorerase writing, to freeingthe Administrator any defacement to take[ or] such removing steps any as may mark be fromnecessary any property.for erasing any writing
etct

Regulation to 6. The provisions of this Regulation shall have effect notwithstanding any-
override other thing [to][ the] contrary contained in any other law for the time being in force
laws.

ZAIL SINGH,

President,

S. RAMAlAH,

Secy. [to][ the] Govt. of India-

By Order,

(N.M. HEGDE)

Assistant Seeretary (HER)

MGPPB— 103Gaz,/87—235.


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