PANAJI
The District Magistrate, South Goa, Ajit Roy, IAS, has imposed Section 144 of CrPC 1973 and has prohibited carrying of all type of arms, firearms, ammunition, lethal weapons, in any public place, street, road squares, throughfare, by lanes, or in any open place of South Goa District with immediate effect until further orders, in view of General Election to Zilla Panchayats of North and South Goa District on December 12.
The arms licence holders in South Goa District are directed to deposit all their firearms at the nearest Police Station of their respective jurisdiction from December 7 to December 10.
Any persons having threat to his or her person or property, should approach the Director General of Police, for providing necessary security by the Police, but under no circumstances will any person be allowed to carry his own personal licensed firearm/s or otherwise except with special permission or exemption granted by the District Magistrate.
These restrictions shall not apply to Public Servants, Police, Defence Personnel and Security Personnel on duty/sports persons who are members of National Rifle Association of India, responsible persons of banks and its retainers, and to those members of the community who are entitled to display weapons by long standing law, custom and usage, unless they are found to be indulging in violence or posing a threat to the maintenance of law and order and peaceful conduct of elections, as informed by the Department of Information and Publicity.
