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ACT NO. V OF 1861Year 186122nd March, 1861

The Police Act,

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General Provisions

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✪1
Interpretation-clause
✪2
Constitution of the force
✪3
General police districts
✪2B
Appointing persons to exercise powers of Inspector General
✪2C
Police establishment in every district deemed to be one police force
✪2D
Members enrolled or appointed to one general police-district may be employed to other general police-district
✪3
Superintendence in the Government
✪4
Inspector-General of Police, etc.
✪9
Additional Inspector-General of Police, etc.
✪5
Powers of Inspector-General Exercise of powers
✪6
[Repealed]
✪7
Appointment, dismissal, etc., of inferior officers
✪8
Certificates to police-officers
✪14
Surrender of certificate
✪9
Police-officer not to resign without leave or two months’ notice
✪10
Police-officers not to engage in other employment
✪11
[Repealed]
✪12
Power of Inspector-General to make rules
✪13
Additional Police-officers employed at cost of individuals
✪14
Appointment of additional force in the neighbourhood of railway and other works
✪21
Embodiment of Railway Watch and Ward into Police Force
✪15
Quartering of additional police in disturbed or dangerous districts
✪15A
Awarding compensation to sufferers from misconduct of inhabitants or person interested in land
✪16
Recovery of moneys payable under sections 13, 14, 15 and 15A, and disposal of same when recovered
✪17
Special police-officers
✪18
Powers of special police-officers
✪19
Refusal to serve as special police-officers
✪20
Authority to be exercised by police-officers
✪21
[Omitted]
✪22
Police-officers always on duty and may be employed in any part of district
✪23
Duties of police-officers
✪24
Police-officers may lay information, etc.
✪25
Police-officers to take charge of unclaimed property, and be subject to Magistrate’s orders as to disposal
✪26
Magistrate may detain property and issue proclamation
✪27
Confiscation of property if no claimant appears
✪28
Persons refusing to deliver up certificate, etc., on ceasing to be police-officers
✪29
Penalties for neglect of duty, etc.
✪30
Regulation of public assemblies and processions, and licensing of same
✪39
Music in the streets
✪40
Powers with regard to assemblies and processions violating condition of license
✪31
Police to keep order in public roads, etc.
✪32
Penalty for disobeying orders issued under last three sections, etc.
✪33
Saving of control of Magistrate of district
✪34
Punishment for certain offences on roads, etc. Power of police- officers
✪45
✪46
Cruelty to animals
✪47
✪48
Exposing goods for sale
✪49
Throwing dirt into street
✪50
Being found drunk or riotous
✪51
Indecent exposure of person
✪52
Neglect to protect dangerous places
✪53
Prohibition to sell tickets, etc.
✪35
Jurisdiction
✪36
Power to prosecute under other law not affected
✪37
Recovery of penalties and fines imposed by Magistrates
✪41
[Repealed]
✪42
Limitation of actions
✪59
Tender of amends
✪43
Plea that act was done under warrant
✪44
Police-officers to keep dairy
✪45
Government may prescribe form of returns
✪46
Scope of Act
✪47
[Omitted]