Liability of person for whose benefit riot is committed
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Summary
When a riot is carried out for the benefit of a landowner, occupier or someone claiming interest in the land or the subject of a dispute, that person can be fined. The fine applies if they, or their agent or manager, had reason to believe a riot or unlawful assembly was likely but did not use all lawful means to prevent, suppress or disperse it.
Example
Priya owns a plot where a boundary dispute leads neighbours to plan a big meeting. Priya and her manager knew the meeting might turn into a riot but did not call police or try to stop it. When the meeting became a riot that benefited her claim, she was fined for failing to use all lawful means to prevent or disperse it.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhenever a riot is committed for the benefit or on behalf of any person who is the owner or occupier of any land respecting which such riot takes place or who claims any interest in such land, or in the subject of any dispute which gave rise to the riot, or who has accepted or derived any benefit therefrom, such person shall be punishable with fine, if he or his agent or manager, having reason to believe that such riot was likely to be committed or that the unlawful assembly by which such riot was committed was likely to be held, shall not respectively use all lawful means in his or their power to prevent such assembly or riot from taking place, and for suppressing and dispersing the same.
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