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11. Procedure when deemed expedient to restrict movements of, or settle, criminal tribes.
12. Notification restricting movements of, or settling, tribe.
13. Power to vary specified area or place of residence.
11. (1) If the Local Government considers that it is expedient that any criminal tribe should be—
(a) restricted in its movements to any specified area, or
(b) settled in any place of residence, it
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it may report the case for the orders of the Governor General in Council.
(2) Every such report shall state—
(i) the nature and the circumstances of the offences in which the members of the criminal tribe are believed to have been concerned, and the reasons for such belief;
(ii) whether such criminal tribe follows any lawful occupation, and whether such occupation is in the opinion of the Local Government the real occupation of such criminal tribe, or a pretence for the purpose of facilitating the commission of crimes, and the grounds on which such opinion is based;
(iii) the area to which it is proposed to restrict the movements of such criminal tribe, or the place of residence in which it is proposed to settle it; and
(iv) the manner in which it is proposed that such criminal tribe shall earn its living within the restricted area or in the settlement, and the arrangements which are proposed to be made therefor.
Source: India Code