Section 53
Curfew
ActIn forceProvision 58 of 92
Section 53
Amended by21/73
(1)
Every person within any division or part thereof within a security area which may be designated by order by the officer in charge of the division shall remain within doors, or within such area as may be defined in the order, between such hours as may be specified in the order, unless in possession of a written permit in that behalf issued by a police officer of or above the rank of sergeant.
Amended by21/73
(2)
No order under this section shall apply to —
(a)
the President;
(b)
any member of the security forces when acting in the course of his duty;
(c)
any person or class of persons exempted from the provisions of such order by the Commissioner of Police or the officer in charge of the division.