The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section3—Sub-section(ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 487] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1981/KARTIKA 4, 1903
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1356 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART I I - S B C. 3(ii)] (iii) have, W runnerwieg of their aforesaid objective, been employing the said armed forces in attacking the Scmify Forces and the Civil Government and the citizens in the State of Manipur, and indulging in actt o£_ looting and intimidation against the civilian population and collection of funds for their orga- nisations ;MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 26th October, 1981
S.O. 776(E).—Whereas the People's Liberation Army ..Eastern Region) generally known as the PLA, the People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (hereinafter referred to as PREPEK) and its Red Army as also the offshoots of PREPAK like the Kangleipak Communist Party (K.C.P.) and its armed wing also called the 'Red Army' (hereinafter referred to as the Meitei Extremis^ Organisations):—
(i) have openly declared as their objective the for- mation of an independent Manipur comprising the State of Manipur and have resorted to violent activities in pursuance of their objective to bring about session of the said State from the Union of India;
(ii) have been employing armed forces, namely, the so-called People's Liberation Army, the Red Army and the other bodies set up by them, to achieve their aforesaid objective;
(ivj &a*S^_to achieve theif aforesaid objective, made some ^fferls^tojtesume their contacts with foreign countries for secmfeg-fesistence by way of arms and training;
And whereas the Central Government is of the opinion that for the reasons aforesaid, tEe Meitei Extremist Organi- gations and other bodies set up by them, including the armed groups named above, are unlawful associations;
And whereas the Central Government is further of the opinion ffiat ^because of the repeated acts of violence and attacks by armed groups of the- aforesaid Meitei Extremist Organisations on the police forces and on the civilian popu- lation, it is necessary to declare the Meitei Extremist Orga- nisations and the other bodies set up by them, including the so-called People's Liberation Army and the Red Army, to be unlawful with immediate effect;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by •sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Unlawful Activities (Pre- vention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967), the Central Government hereby declares the People's Liberation Army (Eastern Re- gion), People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak, and its Red Army, as also the offshoots of PREPAK like the Kangleipak Communist Party and its armed wing also called the Red Army and other bodies set up by them to be unlaw- ful associations and directs, in exercise of the powers con- ferred by the proviso to sub-section (3) of that section, that this notification shall, subject to any order that may be made under section 4 of the said Act, have effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
{E. N. 11/12/81—NE.I] L P. GUPTA, Jt. Secy.