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Section 15
The Jammu and Kashmir Habitual Offenders (Control and Reform) Act, 1956Jammu and Kashmir

Section 15. Power to discharge or transfer persons from settlement or school

The 1[Government of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir] or any officer authorised by it in this behalf may, at any time, by general or special order, direct any person who may be in any industrial, agricultural, or reformatory settlement or school in the 2[Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir], ––

(a) to be discharged, or

(b) to be transferred to some other settlement or school in the 2[Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir].

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.