Police Act, 1983 (Jammu and Kashmir)

Bare Act · 1983

Act number: 2 of 1983
Enacted: 29 January 1923
Contents: 44 sections

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Section 1 – Short title
Section 2 – Commencement
Section 3 – Repeal
Section 4 – Interpretation clause
Section 5 – Constitution of the force
Section 6 – Superintendence in the Government (preview)
Section 7 – Inspector General of Police, etc (preview)
Section 8 – Appointment, dismissal, etc., of inferior officers (preview)
Section 9 – Certificate to police officers (preview)
Section 10 – Police officer not to resign without leave or two months notice (preview)
Section 11 – Police officers not to engage in other employment (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 16 – Awarding compensation to sufferers from misconduct of inhabitants or persons interested in land (preview)
Section 17 – Recovery of moneys payable under sections 13,14,15 and 16 and disposal of same when recovered (preview)
Section 18 – Special Police officers (preview)
Section 19 – Powers of Special Police officers (preview)
Section 20 – Refusal to serve as Special Police officers (preview)
Section 21 – Authority to be exercised by Police officers (preview)
Section 22 – Village Police officers (preview)
Section 23 – Police officers always on duty and may be employed in any part of district (preview)
Section 24 – Duties of Police officers (preview)
Section 25 – Police officers may lay information, etc (preview)
Section 26 – Police officers to take charge of unclaimed property, and be subject to Magistrate’s orders as to disposal (preview)
Section 27 – Magistrate may detain property and issue proclamation (preview)
Section 28 – Confiscation of property if no claimant appears (preview)
Section 29 – Persons refusing to deliver up certificate etc., on ceasing to be Police officer (preview)
Section 30 – Penalties for neglect of duty, etc (preview)
Section 31 – Regulation of public assemblies and processions, and licensing of same (preview)
Section 32 – Power with regard to assemblies, processions violating conditions of licence (preview)
Section 33 – Police to keep order in public roads, etc (preview)
Section 34 – Penalty for disobeying orders issued under last three sections, etc (preview)
Section 35 – Saving of control of District Magistrate (preview)
Section 36 – Punishment for certain offences on roads, etc., Powers of Police officers (preview)
Section 37 – Omitted (preview)
Section 38 – Power to prosecute under other law not effected (preview)
Section 39 – Rewards to police and informers (preview)
Section 40 – Plea that act was done under warrant (preview)
Section 41 – Police officers to keep diary (preview)
Section 42 – The Government may prescribe form of returns (preview)
Section 43 – Scope of the Act (preview)
Section 44 – Authority of Superintendent of police over village police (preview)

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