3.Power to issue an order:

3.1 If there is reasonable and adequate ground to immediately prevent a person from acting in any manner prejudicial to the sovereignty, integrity or public peace and order of Nepal, the Local Authority may issue an order to keep such person under preventive detention for a specified period and at a specified place.

3.2 If there is reasonable and adequate ground to prevent a person from acting in any manner prejudicial to interest of general public or harmonious relations subsisting among various castes, tribes or communities, the Local Authority may issue any of the following orders for keeping such person under area confinement.

3.2.1 Not to reside in a specified place of Nepal.