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section 33

INTERNAL SECURITY CHALLENGES

The Punjab Police Act 2007 - Modificaton (U.T., Chandigarh
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Chapter II CONSTITUTION AND ORGANIZATION OF POLICE SERVICE

Statutory text
  1. (1) The Director General of Police shall, with the approval of the State Intemal Security Scheme Government, draw up an Internal Security Scheme for the entire State as well as for each of the districts and urban areas to deal with problems of public order and security of the State as a whole or for any specific arca or areas. 2) The Internal Security Scheme shall be updated regularly by incorporating therein, the latest comprehensive standard operating procedures for the actions, to be taken by the police either independently or in co-ordination with other agencies in the period, before, during and after the occurrence of problems of each kind. 34. (1) Asand when, the security of the State in any area is threatened by resto of Special Security insurgency or any terrorist or militant activity whether by any organized crime group or otherwise, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare such an area as a special Security Zone: Provided that such notification shall be placed before the State Legislature, within a period of six months from the date of issue or the first sitting of the Legislature, whichever is earlier.
  2. (2) For a Special Security Zone, as declared under sub-section(1), the State Government may, create an appropriate Police structure providing for such zone, a suitable command, control and response system.
  3. (3) The Director General of Police shall with the concurrence of the State Government, issue orders, laying down standard operating procedures, to be followed by the police in a Special Security Zone. 4) The State Government may, on the recommendation of the Director General of Police, and for reasons, to be recorded in writing, ban or regulate the production, sale, storage, possession or entry of any devices, or equipment, or any explosive, poisonous, chemical biological or radioactive articles or substances, or any inflow of funds, in a Special Security Zone, if the use or inflow of funds, in Special Security Zone, if the use or inflow thereof, is reasonably considered a threat to internal security or public order in the area, in any a manner.

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