(2) Every village-headman and village-watchman in a village, and every owner or occupier of land and the agent, of any such owner or occupier, shall forth with communicate to the officer in charge of the nearest-police-station any information which he may obtain of the arrival at such village or on such land, as the case may be of any persons who may: reasonably be suspected of being members of any criminal tribe.
Penalty for breach of such duties. 27. Any village-headman, village-watchman, owner or occupier of land, and the agent of any such owner or occupier, duties who fails to comply with the requirements of section 26, shall be deemed to have committed an offence punishable under the first part of section 176 of the Indian Penal CodeXLV of 1860..
Power to deport certain criminal tribes to States in India. 28. The Local Government, if it is satisfied that adequate provision has been made by the law of any State in India for the restriction of the movements or the settlement in a place of residence of persons such as are referred to in section 3, and for securing the welfare of persons so restricted or settled, may, with the consent of the Prince or Chief of that State, direct the removal to that State of any criminal tribe, or part of a criminal tribe, for the time being in the province, and may authorise the taking of all measures necessary to effect such removal:
Provided that no person shall be so removed if the Local Government is satisfied that he is a subject of His Majesty.
Supplemental
Bar of jurisdiction of Courts in questions relating to certain notifications. 29. No Court shall question the validity of any notification issued under section 3, section 11, or section 12, on the in questions ground that the provisions hereinbefore contained or any of them have not been complied with, or shall entertain in any form whatever the question whether they have been complied with; but every such notification shall be conclusive proof that it has been issued in accordance with law.
Repeals.
30. The enactments mentioned in Schedule II are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the fourth column thereof.
