TEAM HERALD
PANJIM: Shantaram Naik MP and Secretary, All India Congress Committee, has said that the ban order imposed by the Government on Sri Ram Sene is an order without teeth, unless the order is followed by a regular order by the Central Government under the Unlawful Activities ( Prevention) Act, 1967.
“The order under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code will last only for two months and with great difficulty, for another six months,” he said. “Under section 3 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, if the Central Government is of opinion that any association is or has become an unlawful association, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare such association to be unlawful, although under the section, no such order will come into force unless a Tribunal constituted for the purpose confirms the order passed by the Central Government.”
“The proviso to the said section says that if the Central Government is of the opinion that circumstances exist which render it necessary for that Government to declare an association to be unlawful with immediate effect, it may, by reasons to be stated in writing, direct that the notification shall, subject to any order that may be made under section 4, have effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.”
Naik says that the Goa Government has to prepare a case against Ram Sene with proper documents, including, CDs depicting his speeches in Goa and outside and demand an immediate order declaring the Ram Sene as unlawful and request the Centre to issue order, pending confirmation by Tribunal.
