Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 28 : Police Officers to be deemed to be always on duty and to be liable to employment in any part of the State : (1) Every Police Officer not on leave or under suspension shall for all purposes of…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 27C : 1.[Power to make rules : Without prejudice to the power to issue an order contained in clause (b) of section 5, the State Government may frame rules consistent with this Act for carrying out the purposes of sections…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 27B : 1.[Power of State Government or Director General and Inspector General to review order passed under Sections 25, 27 or 27A : The State Government or the Director-General and Inspector-General of Police may, at any time, either suo motu…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 27A : 1.[Power of State Government or Director-General and Inspector-General to call for record of any inquiry or proceeding : The State Government or the Director-General and the Inspector-General may, suo motu or on an application made to it or…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 27 : Appeals from orders of punishment : An appeal against any order passed against a Police Officer under section 25 or the rules or orders thereunder shall lie to the State Government itself or to such officer as the…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 26 : 1.[Procedure to be observed in awarding punishment : Except in cases referred to in the second proviso to clause (2) of article 311 of the Constitution of India, no order of punishment under sub-section (1) of section 25…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 25 : Punishment of the members of the subordinate ranks of the Police Force departmentally for neglect of duty, etc : 1.[(1) The State Government or any officer authorised under sub-section (2), in that behalf, may impose upon an Inspector…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 24 : 1.[Director-General and Inspector-General] or Commissioner may call for returns : (1) The 1.[Director-General and Inspector-General] may, subject to the rules and orders of the State Government, call for such returns, reports and statements on subjects connected with the…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Chapter III : Regulation, Control and Discipline of the Police Force : Section 23 : Framing of rules for administration of the Police : Subject to the orders of the State Government, the Commissioner in the case of the Police Force…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 22T : Prosecution for false complaint against Police Officer : (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, whoever makes any false or frivolous complaint against Police Officer under this Chapter, shall, on conviction, be punished with an imprisonment of either…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 22S : Division Level Police Complaints Authority : (1) The State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute for the purposes of this Act, an Authority to be called the Division Level Police Complaints Authority. (2) The Division…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 22R : Report to be submitted to State Government : (1) The State Police Complaints Authority shall, after completing the inquiry, submit a report to the State Government within such time as may be prescribed by the State Government. (2)…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 22Q : Powers and functions of State Police Complaints Authority : (1) The State Police Complaints Authority shall exercise the powers and perform the functions as follows :— (a) inquire suo-moto or on a complaint against Police Officers presented to…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 22P : State Police Complaints Authority : (1) The State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute for the purposes of this Act, an Authority to be called the State Police Complaints Authority. (2) The State Police Complaints…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 22O : Separation of Investigation Police from Law and Order Police : (1) The crime branch or local crime branch and detection or investigation cells in each police station shall concentrate on investigation of crimes exclusively and shall not be…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 22N-1 : 1.[Maximum percentage of transfer in a year : Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) of section 22N or any other provisions of this Act, to ensure that the Government work is not adversely affected on account of large…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 22N : Normal tenure of Police Personnel, and Competent Authority : 1.[(1) Police Officers in the police force shall have a normal tenure as mentioned below, subject to the promotion or superannuation :— (a) for Police Personnel of and above…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 22M : Power of State Government not to be affected : Nothing contained in this Act shall affect the power of the State Government or any other Competent Authority in respect of all matters relating to disciplinary action against any…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 22L : Erstwhile Police Establishment Boards cease to exist : On the constitution of the Police Establishment Board No. 1, Police Establishment Board No. 2, Police Establishment Board at Range Level and Police Establishment Board at Commissionerate Level under this…
Maharashtra Police Act 1951 Section 22K : Police Establishment Boards to comply rules and regulations : While performing the functions under this Act, the Police Establishment Board No. 1, Police Establishment Board No. 2, Police Establishment Board at Range Level 1.[, Police Establishment Board at…