Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 164 : Consent, etc., of a competent authority may be proved by writing under his signature : Whenever under this Act, the doing or the omitting to do anything or the validity of anything depends upon the consent, approval, declaration,…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 163 : Public notices how to be given : Any public notice required to be given under any of the provisions of this Act shall be in writing under the signature of a competent authority and shall be published in…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 162 : Licences and written permissions to specify conditions, etc., and to be signed : (1) Any licence or written permission granted under the provisions of this Act shall specify the period and locality for which, and the conditions and…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 161 : Suits or prosecutions in respect of acts done under colour of duty as aforesaid not to be entertained, or to be dismissed if not instituted 1.[within the prescribed period] : (1) In any case of alleged offence by…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 160 : No public servant liable as aforesaid for giving effect in good faith to any rule, order or direction issued with apparent authority : No public servant or person duly appointed or authorised shall be liable to any penalty…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 159 : No Magistrate or Police Officer to be liable to penalty or damage for act done in good faith in pursuance of duty : 1.[No Revenue Commissioner, Magistrate] or Police Officer shall be liable to any penalty or to…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 158 : Forfeiture of bond entered into by person permitted to enter or return to the area from which he was directed to remove himself : If any person permitted under sub-section (1) of section 63 fails to observe any…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 157A : 1.[Officers holding charge of, or succeeding to vacancies competent to exercise power : Whenever in consequence of the office of a Commissioner, Magistrate or Police Officer becoming vacant, any officer holds charge of the post of such Commissioner,…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 157 : Presumption in prosecutions for contravention of directions issued under sections 55, 56, 1.[57, 57A or 63AA] : Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, in a prosecution or an offence for the contravention…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 156 : Rules and order not invalidated by defect of form or irregularity in procedure : No rule, order, direction, adjudication, inquiry or notification made or published, and no act done under any provision of this Act or of any…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 155 : Method of providing orders and notifications : Any order or notification published or issued by the State Government or by a Magistrate or officer under any provisions of this Act, and the due publication or issue thereof, may…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 154 : No municipal or other rates to be payable by State Government on Police buildings : No municipal or other local rates shall be payable by the State Government on account of the occupation or use of any house…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Chapter VIII : Miscellaneous : Section 153 : Disposal of fees, rewards, etc : All fees paid for licences or written permissions issued under this Act, and all sums paid for the service of processes by Police Officers, and all rewards,…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 152 : Prosecution for offences under other enactments not affected : Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent any person from being prosecuted and punished under any other enactment for any offence made punishable by this Act or…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 151A : 1.[Summary disposal of certain cases : (1) 2.[A Court taking cognizance of an offence punishable under section 117, or under 3.[sub-clauses] (iii), (iv) or (v) of section 131], may state upon the summons to be served on the…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 151 : Prosecution for certain offences against the Act to be in the discretion of the Police : It will not, except in obedience to a rule or order made by the State Government or by the competent authority, be…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 150 : Jurisdiction when offender is a Police Officer above the rank of constable : Offences against this Act, when the accused person or any one of the accused persons is a Police Officer above the rank of a constable,…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 149A : 1.[Penalty for an unauthorised use of Police uniform : If any person not being a member of the Police Force, wears, without the permission of an officer authorised by the State Government in this behalf by a general…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 149 : Penalty for opposing or not complying with direction given under section 70 : Whoever opposes or fails forthwith to comply with any reasonable direction given by a Magistrate or a Police Officer under section 70 or abets opposition…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 148 : Penalty for vexatious delay in forwarding a person arrested : Any Police Officer who vexatiously and unnecessarily delays forwarding any person arrested to a Magistrate or to any other authority to whom he is legally bound to forward…