Order for notifying address of previously convicted offender.

What this section does

When a person previously convicted of an offence punishable with imprisonment of three years or more is again convicted of a similar offence by a Court other than a second-class Magistrate's Court, the Court may order that the convict notify his residence and any change thereof or absence therefrom for up to five years after release. The order becomes void if the conviction is set aside on appeal, and the State Government may frame rules prescribing punishment for breach of such notification requirements.

AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).

Procedure at a glance

Key actors

Court · Appellate Court · High Court · Court of Session · State Government · Convict · Magistrate

Time limit

Notification obligation may extend up to 5 years from expiration of sentence

Derived from CrPC s.356.