The European Vagrancy Act 1874, 9 of 1874, (Rep., Act 17 of 1949)

Section 13. Every such Governor may order that any vagrant admitted to the work-house under his charge shall be

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

13. Every such Governor may order that any vagrant admitted to the work-house under his charge shall be searched, and that the vagrant's bundles, packages and other effects shall be inspected, and may direct that any money then found with or on the vagrant, shall be applied (subject to the orders of the Local Government) towards the expense of carrying this Act into execution, and may order that all or any of the said effects shall be sold, and that the pro- Provision of Government work-houses. Scale of diet. Superintendence of work-houses. Search of vagrants. duce duce of the sale be applied as aforesaid, but subject to the like orders. Discipline.

Source: India Code