Police Act, 1861
Bare Act · 1861
An Act for the Regulation of Police. Preamble.--.
In the syllabus of: Andhra Pradesh APO · Telangana APO · UP APO
- Act number
- 5 of 1861
- Enacted
- 22 March 1861
- Contents
- 46 sections
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Contents
Preamble
- Section 1 – Interpretation clause
- Section 2 – Constitution of the force
- Section 3 – Superintendence in the State Government
- Section 4 – Inspector-General of Police, etc
- Section 5 – Powers of Inspector General Exercise of power
- Section 6 – [Repealed.] (preview)
- Section 7 – Appointment, dismissal, etc., of inferior officers (preview)
- Section 8 – Certificates to police officers (preview)
- Section 9 – Police-officers not to resign without leave or two months’ notice (preview)
- Section 10 – Police-officers not to engage in other employment (preview)
- Section 11 – [Repealed.] (preview)
- Section 12 – Power of Inspector-General to make rules (preview)
- Section 13 – Additional police-officer employed at cost of individuals (preview)
- Section 14 – Appointment of additional force in the neighbourhood of railway and other works (preview)
- Section 15 – Quartering of additional police in disturbed or dangerous districts (preview)
- Section 15A – Awarding compensation to sufferers from misconduct of inhabitants or persons interested in land (preview)
- Section 16 – Recovery of moneys payable under sections 13, 14, 15 and 15A, and disposal of same when recovered (preview)
- Section 17 – Special police-officers (preview)
- Section 18 – Powers of special police-officers (preview)
- Section 19 – Refusal to serve as special police-officers (preview)
- Section 20 – Authority to be exercised by police-officers (preview)
- Section 21 – Village police-officers (preview)
- Section 22 – Police-officers always on duty and may be employed in, any part of district (preview)
- Section 23 – Duties of police-officers (preview)
- Section 24 – Police-officers may lay information, etc (preview)
- Section 25 – Police-officers to take charge of unclaimed property, and be subject to Magistrates orders as to disposal (preview)
- Section 26 – Magistrate may detain property and issue proclamation (preview)
- Section 27 – Confiscation of property if no claimant appears (preview)
- Section 28 – Persons refusing to deliver up certificate, etc., on ceasing to be police-officers (preview)
- Section 29 – Penalties for neglect of duty, etc (preview)
- Section 30 – Regulation of public assemblies and processions and licensing of the same (preview)
- Section 30A – Powers with regard to assemblies and processions violating conditions of license (preview)
- Section 31 – Police to keep order in public roads, etc (preview)
- Section 32 – Penalty for disobeying orders issued under last three sections, etc (preview)
- Section 33 – Saving of control of Magistrate of district (preview)
- Section 34 – Punishment for certain offences on roads, etc (preview)
- Section 35 – Jurisdiction (preview)
- Section 36 – Power to prosecute under other law not affected (preview)
- Section 37 – Recovery of penalties and fines imposed by Magistrates (preview)
- Section 41 – [Repealed.] (preview)
- Section 42 – Limitation of actions (preview)
- Section 43 – Plea that act was done under warrant (preview)
- Section 44 – Police-officers to keep diary (preview)
- Section 45 – State Government may prescribe form of returns (preview)
- Section 46 – Scope of Act (preview)
- Section 47 – Authority of District Superintendent of Police over village police (preview)