Section 26. Duties of village-headmen, village-watchmen, and owners or occupiers of land to give information in certain cases

26. Duties of village-headmen, village-watchmen, and owners or occupiers of land to give information in certain cases. 27. Penalty for breach of such duties. *Supplemental.* 26. (1) Every village-headman and village-watchman in a village in which any persons belonging to a criminal tribe reside, and every owner or occupier of land on which any such persons reside or 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 as directed in 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). (2) Every village-headman and village-watchman in a village, and every owner or occupier of land or the agent of such owner or occupier, shall forthwith 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 belonging to any criminal tribes. Penalty for breach of such duties.