THE UTTAR PRADESH PROHIBITION OF BEGGARY ACT, 1975
Section 16. Punishment for refusing to go to a Magistrate etc
Any person refusing or failing to accompany a police officer or any other person authorised in this behalf to appear before a Court or Magistrate or to taken to a Certified Institution or other place, when required under this Act, shall on conviction be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine or with both.
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