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The Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) District Police Act, 1989

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The Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) District Police Act, 1989 regulates the establishment, organization, duties, and discipline of the district police force in specified regions of Andhra Pradesh. It applies to police officers operating within the Andhra area, defining their appointments, uniform standards, prohibitions against unauthorized resignation or secondary employment, and administrative control under the District Magistrate. The law outlines essential police duties, procedures for managing unclaimed property, and provisions for appointing Special Police Officers during emergencies. This legislation matters because it provides a structured legal framework ensuring an efficient, accountable law enforcement system that safeguards public peace and security.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Constitution of Police Force
  4. 4. Appointment, dismissal, etc., of inferior officers
  5. 5. Certificate, dress and equipment of Police Officers
  6. 6. Police Officers not to resign without leave or notice
  7. 7. Police Officers not to engage in other employment
  8. 8. Police force to be efficient and under control of the District Magistrate
  9. 9. Duties of Police Officers
  10. 10. Police Officers may lay information etc
  11. 11. Police Officers to take charge of unclaimed property
  12. 12. Magistrate may detain unclaimed property and sell it
  13. 13. Person may be appointed to keep peace in special cases
  14. 14. Special Police Officers to have same powers, duties and privileges as ordinary officers
  15. 15. Refusal to serve as Special Police Officer
  16. 16. Authority of District Superintendent of Police over village police
  17. 17. Rewards to Police and informers
  18. 18. Police Officers to be deemed always on duty and may be employed in any part of the district
  19. 19. Penalty for neglect of duty etc
  20. 20. Regulation of public assemblies and processions and licensing of the same
  21. 21. Police to keep order in public roads etc
  22. 22. Penalty for disobeying orders issued under last three sections etc
  23. 23. Power to prohibit certain acts for prevention of disorder
  24. 24. Jurisdiction
  25. 25. Provided that no person shall be punished twice for the same offence.
  26. 26. Provided that no person shall be punished twice for the same offence.
  27. 27. Mode of awarding punishments
  28. 28. Limitation of actions
  29. 29. Plea that acts were done under warrant
  30. 30. Provided that any remedy which the party may have against the authority issuing such warrant shall not be affected by anything contained in this section.
  31. 31. Appointment of additional force in the neighbourhood of railway and other works
  32. 32. Quartering of additional police in disturbed or dangerous districts
  33. 33. Provided that the District Magistrate may, with the sanction of the Government, exempt any person or class of persons from liability to bear any portion of such cost.
  34. 34. Recovery of moneys payable under sections 31, 32 and 33
  35. 35. Rewards to police and informers payable to General Police Fund
  36. 36. Rules
  37. 37. Power of Government to make rules
  38. 38. Repeals and Savings

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