Whoever is found between sunset and sunrise—
(a) armed with any dangerous instrument with intent to commit an offence; or
(b) having his face covered, or otherwise disguised with intent to commit an offence; or
(c) in any dwelling-house or other building, or on any vehicle, without being able satisfactorily to account for his presence there; or
(d) lying or loitering in any street, yard or other place, being a reputed thief and without being able to give a satisfactory account of himself; or
(e) having in his possession without lawful excuse (the burden of proving which excuse shall be on such person) any implement of house breaking,
shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months.
(a) armed with any dangerous instrument with intent to commit an offence; or
(b) having his face covered, or otherwise disguised with intent to commit an offence; or
(c) in any dwelling-house or other building, or on any vehicle, without being able satisfactorily to account for his presence there; or
(d) lying or loitering in any street, yard or other place, being a reputed thief and without being able to give a satisfactory account of himself; or
(e) having in his possession without lawful excuse (the burden of proving which excuse shall be on such person) any implement of house breaking,
shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · One police force for the whole of Delhi.Section 4 · Superintendence of police force to vest in the Administrator.Section 5 · Constitution of police force.Section 6 · Commissioner of Police.Section 7 · Additional Commissioner of Police.Section 8 · Deputy, Additional Deputy and Assistant Commissioners of Police.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 21 Oct 2026. Source metadata reports last modification: 2019-11-29. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.