Section 6

Application of the Police Act, 1861.

The Police Act, 1949

  • Act 64 of 1949
  • Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Department of Internal Security
About this Act

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.

All sections
    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 1 [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.

Notes

1. Subs., ibid., for "any State".

Source: India Code (Legislative Department, Govt. of India). Check the official Gazette before relying on it in court. Not legal advice. Free legal aid: 15100 (NALSA) · Know your rights

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