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Criminal Tribes.
(b) to give to him or such authority such information as may be necessary to enable the entry to be made; and
(c) to allow his finger-impressions to be recorded.

Complaints of register. 8. Any person deeming himself aggrieved by any entry made, or proposed to be made, in such register, either when the register is first made or subsequently, may complain to the District Magistrate against such entry, and the Magistrate shall retain such person's name on the register, or enter it therein or erase it therefrom, as he may think fit.

Power to take finger-impressions at any time. 9. The District Magistrate or any officer empowered by him in this behalf may at any time order the finger-impressions of any registered member of a criminal tribe to be taken.


Members of the criminal tribe to report themselves of notify residence. 10. The Local Government may, by notification in the local official Gazette, issue in respect any either or both of the following directions, namely, that every registered member thereof shall, in the prescribed manner,

(a) report himself at fixed intervals;
(b) notify his place of residence and any change or intended change of residence, and any absence or intended absence from his residence.

Restriction of movements of Criminal Tribes.

Power to restrict movements of, or settle, criminal tribes. 11. (1) If the Local Government considers that it is expedient that any criminal tribe, or any part or member of a member of a criminal tribe, should be—

(a) restricted in its or his movements to any specified area, or
(b) settled in any place of residence, the Local Government may, by notification in the local official Gazette, declare that such criminal tribe, part or member, as the case may be, shall be restricted in its or his movements to the area specified in the notification, or shall be settled in the place of residence so specified, as the case may be.

(2) Before making any such declaration, the Local Government shall consider the following matters, namely:—

(i) the nature and the circumstances of the offences in which the members of the criminal tribe or part
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