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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Police Act, 1861 Section 47

Authority of District Superintendent of Police over Village Police

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/37703

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Police Act, 1861 Section 47 is part of Police Act, 1861 - Authority of District Superintendent of Police over Village Police. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Itshall be lawful for the State Government in carrying this Act into effect in anypart of the territories subject to such State Government, to declare that anyauthority which now is or may be don exercised by the Magistrate of the districtover any village-watchman orother village police-officer forthe purposes of police, shall be exercised, subject to the general control ofthe Magistrate of the district, by the District Superintendent of Police.

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Section Section 47 of the Police Act, 1861 (Authority of District Superintendent of Police over Village Police) is reproduced on this page as part of the Police Act, 1861. 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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