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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Police Act, 1861 Section 7

Appointment, Dismissal, Etc., of Inferior Officers

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Police Act, 1861 Section 7 is part of Police Act, 1861 - Appointment, Dismissal, Etc., of Inferior Officers. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

{Substitute by the A.O.1937, for " The appointment of all police-officers other than those mentioned in section 4 of this Act shall, under such rules as the L.G. shall from time to time sanction, rest with the Inspector-General, Deputy Inspectors-General, Assistant Inspectors-General and District Superintendents of Police, who may, under such rules as aforesaid, at any time dismiss, suspend, or reduce any police-officer "}[{Substitute by the A.O.1950 (as amended by C.O.29), for " Subject to such rules"} [Subject to the provisions of article 311 of the Constitution, and to such rules] as the State Government may from time to time make under this Act, the Inspector-General, Deputy Inspectors-General, Assistant Inspector-General and District Superintendents of Police may at any time dismiss, suspend or reduce any police-officer of the subordinate ranks] whom they shall think remiss or negligent in the discharge of his duty, or unfit for the same;

{Substitute by Act 8 of 1895, section 2, for " or fine any police-officer to any amount not exceeding one month's pay who shall discharge his duty in a careless or negligent manner, or who, by any act of his own, shall render himself unfit for the discharge thereof,"} [or may award any one or more of the following punishments to any police-officer {Inserted by the A.O.1937} [of the subordinate ranks] who shall discharge his duty in a careless or negligent manner, or who by any act of his own shall render himself unfit for the discharge thereof, namely:-

(a)fine to any amount not exceeding one month's pay;

(b) confinement to quarters for a term not exceeding fifteen days, with or without punishment-drill, extra guard, fatigue or other duty;

(c) deprivation of good-conduct pay;

(d) removal from any office of distinction or special emolument.]{For clause (e), applicable to certain areas in the U.P., see U.P. Act 2 of 1944 }

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