JALANDHAR
To ensure the maintenance of law and order in the jurisdiction of this Commissionerate of Police Jalandhar, Deputy Commissioner of Police Ankur Gupta ordered that all restaurants, clubs, and any other licensed eating places must be shut down completely by midnight.
Exercising the powers vested under section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act 1973, Gupta directed all restaurants, clubs, or any licensed eating place not to take any order for food, beverages, etc after 11.30 pm and no new customer should be allowed to enter in its premises after 11.30 pm. In the case of Ahatas attached to liquor vends, these should be completely shut down by midnight.
Further, all these establishments must adhere to the sound level of 10 DB. All the sound systems including DJ, live singing or orchestra should be switched off or the volume lowered at 10 pm. After 10 pm, no sound produced within any establishment or campus should be heard outside the boundary. In the case of vehicles with a music system, the volume of the system must not be heard outside the vehicle at any time of the day.
In a separate order, DCP also prohibited the shopkeepers from encroaching the outside area of their shops and road/ footpath to sell the eatables and other items.
These orders will remain in force till February 5, 2024.