- (b) that he was waiting for an opportunity to commit theft or robbery,
shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine which may extend to one thousand rupees.
Arrest of registered person found beyond prescribed limits. 25. (1) Whoever, being a registered member of a criminal tribe,—
- (a) is found in any part of British India, beyond the area or place of residence, if any, to which his movements have been restricted or in which he has been settled without the prescribed pass, or in a place or at a time not permitted by the conditions of his pass, or
- (b) escapes from an industrial, agricultural or reformatory settlement or school,
may be arrested without warrant by any police officer, village-headman or village-watchman, and may be taken before Magistrate, who, on proof of the facts, shall order him to be removed to such area or place or to such settlement or school, as the case may be, there to be dealt with in accordance with this Act or any, rules made thereunder.
(2) The rules for the time being in force for the removal of prisoners shall apply to all persons removed under this section or under any other provision of this Act:
Provided that an order from the Local Government or from the Inspector-General of Prisons shall not be necessary for the removal of such persons.
Duties of village-headmen, village-watchman and owners or occupiers of land to give information in certain cases. 26. (1) Every village-headman and village-watchman in a village in which any members of a criminal tribe reside, and every owner or occupier of land on which any such persons reside, and the agent of any such owner or occupier, shall forthwith communicate to the officer in charge of the nearest police-station any information which he may obtain of—
- (a) the failure of any such person to appear and give information when required to do so by a notice issued under section 5; or
- (b) the departure of any registered member of a criminal tribe from such village or from such land, as the case may be.
