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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Lunacy Act, 1912 Section 17

COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, ETC., TO ACT IN THE PRESIDENCY TOWN. All acts which the Magistrate is authorised or required to

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Lunacy Act, 1912 Section 17 is part of Lunacy Act, 1912 - COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, ETC., TO ACT IN THE PRESIDENCY TOWN. All acts which the Magistrate is authorised or required to. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 17: COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, ETC., TO ACT IN THE PRESIDENCY TOWN. All acts which the Magistrate is authorised or required to do by section 14 -,15-or16 -may be done in the Presidency-towns26* * * by the Commissioner of Police"; and all duties which an officer in charge of a police-station is authorised or required to perform may be performed in any of the Presidency-towns by an officer of the police force not below the rank of an inspector. Further provisions as to reception orders and medical certificates

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What does Lunacy Act, 1912 Section 17 provide?

Section Section 17 of the Lunacy Act, 1912 (COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, ETC., TO ACT IN THE PRESIDENCY TOWN. All acts which the Magistrate is authorised or required to) is reproduced on this page as part of the Lunacy Act, 1912. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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