Section 10Penalty for harbouring spies

s. 10

10. Penalty for harbouring spies (1) If any person knowingly harbours any person whom he knows or has reasonable grounds for supposing to be a person who is about to commit or who has committed an offence under section 3 or under section 3 read with section 9 or knowingly permits to meet or assemble in any premises in his occupation or under his control any such persons, he shall be guilty of an offence under this section. (2) It shall be the duty of every person having harboured any such person as aforesaid or permitted to meet or assemble in any premises in his occupation or under his control any such persons as aforesaid, to give on demand to a Superintendent of Police or other police officer not below the rank of Inspector empowered by [the Inspector-General of Police or, in [a Metropolitan Area], the Police Commissioner] in this behalf, any information in his power relating to any such person or persons, and if any person fails to give any such information, he shall be guilty of an offence under this section. (3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.

1. 12. The words and commas "the Inspector General of Police or, in the Dacca Metropolitan area, the Police Commissioner" were substituted, for the words "an Inspector General" by the Schedule of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. LXIX of 1976)
2. 13. The letter and words "a Metropolitan Area" were substituted, for the words "the Dacca Metropolitan Area" by the Schedule of the Chittagong Metropolitan Police Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. XLVIII of 1978)