Act Info:Preamble 1 - KARNATAKA POLICE ACT, 1963
Chapter I
Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section 2 - Definitions
Chapter II
Section 3 - One Police Force for the whole State
Section 4 - Superintendence of Police Force to vest in the Government
Section 5 - Constitution of Police Force
Section 6 - Inspector-General and Deputy Inspector-General
Section 7 - Commissioner
Section 8 - Appointment of Superintendent, Additional, Assistant and Deputy Superintendents
Section 9 - Appointment of Superintendents for wireless system and motor transport system or for any special duty
Section 10 - Principal, Police Training School or College
Section 11 - Deputies and Assistants to the Commissioner
Section 12 - Appointment of subordinate police
Section 13 - Certificates of appointment
Section 14 - Effect of suspension of Police Officer
Section 15 - General powers of Commissioner and Superintendent
Section 16 - Superintendent of Police to be the head of the Police in the district, subject to the general control of the District Magistrate
Section 17 - Power of District Magistrate to require reports from Superintendent
Section 18 - Power of supervision by District Magistrates
Section 19 - Special Police Officers
Section 20 - Appointment of additional Police
Chapter III
Section 21 - Framing of rules for administration of the Police
Section 22 - Inspector-General may call for returns
Section 23 - OMITTED
Section 24 - OMITTED
Section 25 - OMITTED
Section 26 - Police Officers to be deemed to be on duty and to be liable to employment in any part of the State
Section 27 - Under what conditions Police Officer may resign
Section 28 - Police Officer not to engage in trade, etc
Section 29 - Certificate, arms, etc., to be delivered up by person ceasing to be a Police Officer
Section 30 - Occupation of and liability to vacate premises provided for Police Officers
Chapter IV
Section 31 - Power to make orders for regulation of traffic and for preservation of order in public places, etc
Section 32 - Authorisation of erection of barriers on streets
Section 33 - Power to make rules prohibiting disposal of the dead except at places set apart
Section 34 - Power of Commissioner or the Superintendent and of other officers to give direction to the public
Section 35 - Power to prohibit certain acts for prevention of disorder
Section 36 - Power to prohibit, etc., continuance of music, sound or noise
Section 37 - Licensing use of loudspeakers, etc
Section 38 - Issue of orders for prevention of riot, etc
Section 39 - Issue of orders for maintenance of order at ceremonials, etc.
Section 40 - Police to provide against disorder, etc., at places of amusement and public meetings
Section 41 - Discontinuance of use of premises by disorderly persons
Section 42 - Special measures to prevent outbreak of epidemic disease at fair, etc
Section 43 - Destruction of stray dogs
Section 44 - Destruction of suffering or unfit animals
Section 45 - Powers under this Chapter to be exercised by Superintendent subject to the control of District Magistrate and by Commissioner and District Magistrate subject to the control of the State Government
Chapter V
Section 43 - Employment of additional Police on application of a person
Section 47 - Employment of additional Police at large works and when apprehension regarding behaviour of employees exists
Section 48 - Recovery of cost of additional Police employed under sections 46 and 47
Section 49 - Employment of additional Police in cases of special danger to public peace
Section 50 - Compensation for injury caused by unlawful assembly how recoverable
Section 51 - District Magistrate to award or to apportion compensation among persons
Section 52 - District Magistrate to discharge functions under orders of Government
Section 53 - Proportionate recovery of the cost of additional Police and compensation for loss caused by unlawful assembly
Section 54 - Dispersal of gangs and bodies of persons
Section 55 - Removal of persons about to commit offences
Section 56 - Removal of persons convicted of certain offences
Section 57 - Period of operation of orders under section 54, 55 or 56
Section 58 - Hearing to be given before an order is passed under section 54, 55 or 56
Section 59 - Appeal
Section 60 - Finality of orders
Section 61 - Procedure on failure of person to leave the area and his entry therein after removal
Section 62 - Temporary permission to enter or return to the area from which a person was directed to remove himself
Section 63 - Powers of Government or of officers specially empowered to extern
Section 64 - Control of camps, parades, etc., and banning use of uniforms, etc
Chapter VI
Section 65 - Duties of a Police Officer
Section 66 - Power to enter places of public resort
Section 67 - Power to search suspected persons in a street
Section 68 - Duties of Police Officers towards the public
Section 69 - Police to regulate traffic, etc., in streets
Section 70 - Persons bound to conform to reasonable directions of Police
Section 71 - Powers of Police Officer to restrain, remove, etc
Section 72 - Enforcement of orders issued under section 35, 36 or 38
Section 73 - Duty of Police to see orders issued under sections 42, 54, 55, 56 or 63 are carried out
Section 74 - When Police Officer may arrest without warrant
Section 75 - Police to take charge of unclaimed property
Section 76 - Police Officer may take charge of stray cattle
Section 77 - A superior Police Officer may himself perform duties imposed on his inferior, etc
Chapter VII
Section 78 - Opening, etc., of certain forms of gaming
Section 79 - Keeping common gaming house, etc
Section 80 - Gaming in common gaming-house, etc
Section 81 - Entry, search, etc., by Police Officers in gaming-house
Section 82 - Presumptive proof of keeping or gaming in common gaming-house
Section 83 - On conviction under sections 78, 79 and 80 instruments of gaming may be destroyed
Section 84 - Proof of playing for money not required for conviction
Section 85 - Indemnification of persons concerned who are examined as witnesses
Section 86 - Payment of portion of fine to informer
Section 87 - Gaming in public streets.
Section 88 - Power to arrest without warrant persons gaming in public places
Section 89 - Assembling in streets for gaming
Section 90 - Printing, publishing or distributing any news or information
Section 91 - Offences by companies
Chapter VIII
Section 92 - Punishment of certain street offences and nuisance
Section 93 - Punishment for cruelty to animals
Section 94 - Punishment for willful trespass
Section 95 - False alarm of fire or damage to fire alarm
Section 96 - Being found under suspicious circumstances between sunset and sunrise
Section 97 - Carrying weapon without authority
Section 98 - Possession of property of which no satisfactory account can be given
Section 99 - Omission by pawnbroker, etc., to report to the Police the possession or tender of property suspected to be stolen
Section 100 - Melting, etc., of such property
Section 101 - Taking pledge from a child
Section 102 - Penalty for permitting disorderly conduct at places of public amusements, etc
Section 103 - Penalty for contravention of orders under section 31
Section 104 - Liability of licensee of place of public entertainment for acts of servants
Section 105 - Penalty for not obtaining a licence or for not renewing the licence within the specified period in respect of public entertainment
Section 106 - Penalty for disobedience to order under section 30
Section 107 - Penalty for contravening rules, etc., under section 33 or 34
Section 108 - Penalty for contravention of rules or directions under section 35, 38 or 39
Section 109 - Penalty for contravening orders under section 36 or 37
Section 110 - Penalty for contravening direction under section 40 or order under section 41
Section 111 - Penalty for contravention of a regulation made under section 42
Section 112 - Penalty for contravening directions under section 70
Section 113 - Penalty for contravention of directions under sections 54, 55, 56 or 63
Section 114 - Penalty for entering area from which person has been directed to remove himself
Section 115 - Penalty for failure to surrender in accordance with sub-section (3) of section 62
Section 116 - Penalty for contravention of orders under section 64
Section 117 - Neglect or refusal to serve as Special Police Officer
Section 118 - Penalty for making false statement, etc., and for misconduct of Police Officer
Section 119 - Penalty for failure to deliver up certificate of appointment or of office or other article
Section 120 - Vexatious entry, search, arrest, etc., by a Police Officer
Section 121 - Penalty for vexatious delay in forwarding a person arrested
Section 122 - Penalty for opposing or not complying with direction given under section 72
Section 123 - Penalty for causing disaffection, etc
Section 124 - Jurisdiction when offender is a Police Officer above the rank of a constable
Section 125 - Penalty for unauthorised use of police uniform
Section 126 - Prosecution for certain offences against the Act to be in the discretion of the police
Section 127 - Summary disposal of certain cases
Section 128 - Prosecution for offences under other enactments not affected
Chapter IX
Section 129 - Constitution of Village Police
Section 130 - Administration, control and direction of village police in whom vested
Section 131 - Power to delegate
Section 132 - Village Police in village to be under charge of Police Patel
Section 133 - Duties of Police Patel
Section 134 - Authority over the village servants
Section 135 - Precautions against robbery, etc
Section 136 - Information received regarding commission of cognizable offences
Section 137 - Penalties for neglect of duty and punishment
Section 138 - Liability to criminal prosecution not affected
Section 139 - Information to Officer in charge of Police Station, when a criminal in the village has escaped or is not known
Section 140 - Information regarding unnatural or sudden death or corpse found in the village
Section 141 - Police Patel to arrest person whom he believes to have committed a cognizable offence, and forward him to the police station, etc
Section 142 - Unclaimed Property
Section 143 - Provision in case of absence, sudden illness, etc., of Police Patel
Chapter X
Section 144 - Definitions
Section 145 - Constitution of the State Reserve Police Force
Section 146 - Superintendence, control and administration of Force
Section 147 - Enrolment
Section 148 - Transfers
Section 149 - Certificate of appointment
Section 150 - General powers of Commandant
Section 151 - General duties of members of the State Reserve Police Force
Section 152 - Reserve Police Officer to be deemed to be in charge of Police Station
Section 153 - Offence in respect of resignation contrary to provisions
Section 154 - Offence in respect of refusal to deliver certificate of appointment, etc
Section 155 - More heinous offences
Section 156 - Less heinous offences
Section 157 - Reserve Police Officer in command to give information of offences committed under the Act by Reserve Police Officer under his charge
Section 158 - Place of imprisonment and liability to dismissal on imprisonment
Section 159 - Minor punishments
Section 160 - Protection for acts of members of Force
Section 161 - Reserve police officer to be a police officer
Chapter XI
Section 162 - Disposal of fees, rewards, etc
Section 163 - Power of Government to make rules
Section 164 - Method of proving orders and notifications
Section 165 - Rules and order not invalidated by defect in form or irregularity in procedure
Section 166 - Presumptions in prosecutions for contravention of directions issued under sections 54, 55, 56, or 63
Section 167 - Officers holding charge of, or succeeding to, vacancies competent to exercise powers
Section 168 - Forfeiture of bond entered into by person permitted to enter or return to the area from which he was directed to remove himself
Section 169 - Protection of Magistrate, Police Officer or public servant
Section 170 - Suits or prosecutions in respect of acts done under colour of duty as aforesaid not to be entertained without sanction of Government
Section 171 - Licences and permissions to specify conditions, etc. and to be signed
Section 172 - Public notices how to be given
Section 173 - Consent, etc., of a competent authority may be proved by writing under his signature
Section 174 - Signature on notices, etc., may be stamped
Section 175 - Saving in respect of rescission of certain provisions
Section 176 - Saving of games of skill
Section 177 - Persons interested may apply to Government to annul, reverse or alter any order
Section 178 - Repeal and saving
Section 179 - Power to remove difficulties
Schedule I - SCHEDULE
Schedule II - SCHEDULE
Schedule III - SCHEDULE
Schedule IV - SCHEDULE