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- 2. Practice
- By Country
- India
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burma
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
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- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Czechoslovakia
- Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- German Democratic Republic
- Germany
- Germany, Federal Republic of
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India (current)
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Islamic Republic of Iran
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kampuchea
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People’s Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
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- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Republic of Korea
- Republic of Moldova
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Serbia and Montenegro
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Swaziland
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- United Republic of Tanzania
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Viet Nam
- Yemen
- Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of
- Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of
- Zaire
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Rule 20
- Rule 1
- Rule 3
- Rule 4
- Rule 6
- Rule 7
- Rule 11
- Rule 12
- Rule 14
- Rule 15
- Rule 20 (current)
- Rule 24
- Rule 25
- Rule 31
- Rule 34
- Rule 37
- Rule 38
- Rule 39
- Rule 45
- Rule 47
- Rule 50
- Rule 52
- Rule 54
- Rule 55
- Rule 59
- Rule 62
- Rule 70
- Rule 71
- Rule 72
- Rule 73
- Rule 74
- Rule 75
- Rule 77
- Rule 79
- Rule 80
- Rule 81
- Prohibition of Certain Types of Landmines
- Rule 82
- Rule 83
- Rule 84
- Rule 85
- Rule 86
- Rule 87
- Rule 89
- Rule 90
- Rule 92
- Rule 93
- Rule 95
- Rule 96
- Rule 97
- Rule 99
- Rule 100
- Rule 104
- Rule 108
- Rule 109
- Rule 110
- Rule 112
- Rule 116
- Rule 119
- Rule 123
- Rule 128
- Rule 129
- Rule 130
- Rule 131
- Rule 134
- Rule 135
- Rule 136
- Rule 137
- Rule 139
- Rule 140
- Rule 141
- Rule 142
- Rule 143
- Rule 145
- Rule 146
- Rule 148
- Rule 151
- Rule 153
- Rule 154
- Rule 155
- Rule 157
- Rule 158
- Rule 160
- Rule 161
Related Rule
India
Practice Relating to Rule 20. Advance Warning
The Report on the Practice of India refers to several pieces of legislation which provide that warning must be given before use of force for the maintenance of public order.
Report on the Practice of India, 1997, Chapter 1.6, referring to Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, Punjab Disturbed Areas Act, 1983, Armed Forces (Punjab and Chandigarh) Special Powers Act, 1983, and Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Powers Act, 1990.
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