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- 6[Repealed.]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- 11[Repealed.]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- 41[Repealed.]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