Section 44
Penalties for neglect of duty &c.
The Madras District Police Act, 1859
About this Act
An Act for the better regulation of the Police within the Territories subject to the Presidency of Fort St. George.
Every Police-officer who shall be guilty of any violation
of duty or wilful breach of any lawful orders and regulations not punishable under Section X of this Act ;
or who shall cease to perform the duties of his office without leave, or without having given two months’
notice as provided by this enactment, or engage without authority in any employment other than his
Police duty, or who shall maliciously and without probable cause prefer any false, vexatious or frivolous
charge or information against any individual, or who shall knowingly and wilfully and with evil intent
exceed his powers, or shall be guilty of any wilful and culpable neglect of duty, in not bringing any
person who shall be in his custody without a warrant before a Magistrate as provided by law, or who shall
offer any unwarrantable personal violence to any person in his custody, shall be liable, on conviction,
before a Magistrate, to a penalty not exceeding three months pay, or to imprisonment with or without hard
labour not exceeding three months or both.