such village of any person whom he knows, or reasonably
suspects, to be a thug, robber, escaped convict or proclaimed
offender ;
(c)
the commission of, or intention to commit, in or near
such
village any non-bailable offence or any
offence
punishable under section 143, section 144, section 145,
section 147, or section 148 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of
1860);
(d)
the occurrence in or near such village of any sudden or
unnatural
death
or of any
death
under
suspicious
circumstances or the discovery in or near such village of any
corpse or part of a corpse, in circumstances which lead to a
reasonable suspicion that such a death has occurred or the
disappearance
from
such
village of
any
person
in
circumstances which lead to a reasonable suspicion that a
non-bailable offence has been committed in respect of such
person ;
(e)
the commission of, or intention to commit, at any place
out of India near such village any act which, if committed in
India, would be an offence punishable under any of the
following sections of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860),
namely, 231 to 238 (both inclusive), 302, 304, 382, 392 to
399 (both inclusive), 402, 435, 436, 449, 450, 457 to 460
(both inclusive), 489A, 489B, 489C and 489D ;
(f) any matter likely to affect the maintenance of order or
the prevention of crime or the safety of person or property
respecting which the District Magistrate, by general or
special order made with the previous sanction of the State
Government, has directed him to communicate information.
(2)
In this section,(i) "village" includes village-lands;
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(ii) the expression "proclaimed offender" includes
any
person proclaimed as an offender by any Court or authority in
any territory in India to which this Code does not extend, in
respect of any act which if committed in the territories to
which this Code extends, would be an offence punishable under
any of the following sections of the Indian Penal Code (45 of
1860),
namely, 302, 304, 382, 392 to 399 (both inclusive),
402, 435, 436, 449, 450 and 457 to 460 (both inclusive) ;
(iii) the words "officer employed in connection with the
affairs of the village" means a member of the panchayat of
the village and includes the headman and every officer or
other person appointed to perform any function connected with
the administration of the village.