Description

1. When any person is convicted by a Court in India of an offence punishable under section 215, section 489A, section 489B, section 489C, section 489D, or section 506 (insofar as it relates to criminal intimidation punishable with imprisonment for a term extending to seven years, or with fine, or both) of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), or of any offence punishable under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII of that Code, and is sentenced to imprisonment for a term of three years or more, and is subsequently convicted of any offence punishable under any of those sections or chapters (with imprisonment for a term of three years or more) by any Court other than a Magistrate's Court of the second class, such Court may, at the time of passing the sentence of imprisonment, also order that the convict's residence and any change or absence from such residence after release be notified for a term not exceeding five years from the expiration of the sentence.
2. The provisions of Sub-Section (1) also apply to criminal conspiracies to commit the offences mentioned, as well as the abetment or attempts to commit such offences.
3. If the conviction is overturned on appeal or otherwise, the order will become void.
4. An order under this section may also be issued by an Appellate Court, the High Court, or the Court of Session when exercising its powers of revision.
5. The State Government may, by notification, establish rules to implement the provisions of this section related to the notification of residence, or any change or absence from residence, of released convicts.
6. These rules may include penalties for violations, and any person charged with breaching such rules may be tried by a Magistrate with competent jurisdiction in the district where the place last notified as the convict's residence is located.