Act Number: 64

Act Name: The Police Act, 1949

Year: 1949

Enactment Date: 1949-12-27

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Internal Security

Section 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.
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