The UT Administration has directed city residents to furnish details of paying guests (PG) living in their accommodations within one month. The orders were issued by UT District Magistrate Mohammad Shayin.
The Administration has directed the landlords, owners and managers of paying guest accommodation to inform their respective Station House Officers (SHO) regarding the antecedents of paying guests staying in their accommodations within one month from the issuance of these orders.This is done as to minimise the anti-social elements in the guise of paying guests do not cause harm to the citizens of the city.The order issued under section 144 Criminal Procedure Code made it clear that the offenders, who will not follow this order, will be liable to be prosecuted under Section 188 Indian Penal Code.
In the orders issued, DC stated that all the persons who intends to offer accommodation to paying guests to inform in writing the particulars of such guest to the Station House Officer, concerned in whose jurisdiction the premises fall, within one month from the issue of these orders, failing which they shall be liable to be prosecuted under section 188 IPC. The order will come into force with effect from July 12 and shall be effective for a period of 60 days upto and including September 9.