THE POLICE ACT 1861 PDF
THE POLICE ACT Preamble
An Act for the Regulation of Police
WHEREAS it is expedient to re-organise the police and to make it a more efficient instrument for the prevention and detection of crime; It is enacted as follows: —
Important section of THE POLICE ACT 1861 PDF
2. Constitution of the forces.—The entire police-establishment under a [State Government] shall for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be one 9 police force, and shall be formally enrolled; and shall consist of such number of officers and men, and shall be constituted in such manner, as shall from time to time be ordered by the [State Government] [Subject to the provisions of this Act the pay and all other conditions of service of members of the subordinate ranks of any police force shall be such as may-be determined by the [State] Government.]
3. Superintendence in the [State Government].—The superintendence of the police throughout a general police-district shall vest in and 9 shall be exercised by the [State Government] to which such district is subordinate; and except as authorised under the provisions of this Act, no person, officer, or Court shall be empowered by the [State Government] to supersede, or control any police functionary.
4. Inspector-General of Police, etc.—The administration of the police throughout the general police district shall be vested in an officer to be styled the Inspector-General of Police, and in such Deputy Inspectors-General and Assistant Inspectors-General as to the 1 [State Government] shall been seem fit.
THE POLICE ACT 1861 PDF THE POLICE ACT 1861 PDF
