Mumbai Police issues preventive orders for city, check complete list of what all is prohibited till September 7

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Mumbai Police on Tuesday issued fresh preventive orders for the city. The orders will come into effect from August 9 and will remain in place till September 7, the preventive order said.

The order said, considering the necessity for the preservation of public peace and public safety in Mumbai the preventive orders for the city were being issued.

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The order was issued by Vishal Thakur, DCP (Operations), Mumbai Police.

An official said, "It is a routine preventive order issued on regular intervals by the police."

The order said that the following acts throughout Mumbai were being prohibited for the period from 00.01 hours of 09/08/2023 to 24.00 hours on 07/09/2023.

1. (a) The Carrying of arms, cudgels, swords, spears, bludgeons, unlicensed guns, knives, sticks or lathis or any other article which is capable of being used for causing physical harm (violence),. save for such firearms where license has been granted by this authority or where specific permission is sought for carriage of such arms from the competent authority,

(b) The carrying of any corrosive substance or explosives,

(c) The carrying, collection and preparation of stones or other missiles or instruments or means of casting or impelling missiles,

(d) The exhibition of persons or corpses or figures or effigies thereof,

(e) The public utterance of cries, singing of songs, playing of music,

(f) Delivery of harangues, the use of gestures or mimetic representations, and the preparation, exhibition or dissemination of pictures, symbols, placards or any other object or thing which may in the opinion of any police officer posted in Mumbai, offend against decency or morality or undermine the security of or tend to overthrow the state.

2. If any person goes armed with any such article or carries any corrosive substance or explosive or missile in contravention of such prohibition, he/she shall be liable to be disarmed or the corrosive substance or explosive or missile shall be liable to be seized from him/her by any police officer, and the article, corrosive substance, explosive or missile so seized shall be forfeited to the State Government.

3. This order will not be applicable to any person being in service or employment of any Government or Government Undertaking required by his superiors or by the nature of his duties, to carry weapons. The order will also not be applicable to Private Security Guards or Gurkhas or Chowkidars etc., employed on watch-n-ward duties carrying lathis measuring in length not exceeding 3½ feet.

4. Notwithstanding the expiration of this order after the period herein above mentioned,

(a) Any investigation or legal proceedings may be instituted, continued or enforced.

(b) Any penalty, forfeiture or punishments incurred in respect of any contravention of this order may be imposed, as if this order had not expired.