THE POLICE ACT, 1949
(64 of 1949)
[27th December 1949]
1. Short title, extent and commencement.
2. Definition.
3. Constitution of general police-district
embracing two or more Union Territories.
4. Constitution of one police force for general
police district.
5. Superintendence and administration of police.
6. Application of the Police Act, 1861.
7. Saving.
THE POLICE ACT, 1949
(64 of 1949)
[27th December 1949]
An Act to provide for the constitution of a
general police district embracing two or more Union Territories and for the establishment
of a police force therefor
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the
constitution of general police-district embracing two or more Union territories
and for the establishment of a police-force therefor;
It is hereby enacted as follows: -
1. Short title, extent and commencement. -
(1) This Act may be called the Police Act, 1949.
(2) It
extends to all the Union Territories.
(3) It shall come into force in a Union ‘Territory
on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official
Gazette, appoint in this behalf for such territory.
2. Definition. - In this Act “general police-district” means
the general police district constituted under section 3.
3. Constitution of general police-district
embracing two or more Union Territories. -
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Police Act, 1861 (V of 1861), the
Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute a
general police-district embracing two or more Union Territories.
4. Constitution of one police force for
general police district. - The entire police establishment in a general
police-district shall be one police force and shall consist of such number of
officers and men and shall be constituted in such manner as the Central
Government may, by order, direct.
5. Superintendence and administration of
police. –
(1) The superintendence of the police throughout a general police-district
shall vest in, and be exercised by, the Central Government.
(2) The administration of the said Police-Force shall vest in an
officer, appointed in this behalf by the Central Government, who shall exercise
in respect of that Police Force such of the powers exercisable by an
Inspector-General of Police under the Police Act, 1861 (5 of 1861), as the
Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in
this behalf.
6. Application of the Police Act, 1861. - Save as otherwise expressly provided in this
Act, the provisions of the Police Act, 1861 (5 of 1861), shall apply to the
police force constituted for the general police-district as if it were one
police force constituted for a State, and members of the said police force shall
have, in every part of any territory which is included in the general police
district the same powers, duties and privileges, and shall be subject to the
same liabilities, as they would have had, or would have been subject to, as
police-officers if they had formed a police-establishment under one State
Government
7. Saving. - Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect
the provisions-contained in the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946
(25 of 1946).