Definitions

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "Act" means the Chhattisgarh Police Act, 2007; (b) "Cattle" means and includes cows, bulls, bullocks, calves, buffaloes, horses, mares, ponies, colts, fillies, mules, asses, pigs, rams, ewes, sheep, lambs, goats and kids; (c) "District Magistrate" means the District Magistrate appointed under Section 20 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974); (d) "Internal Security" means preservation of peace and order, prevention and detection of crime and maintenance of law and order in the State of Chhattisgarh; (e) "Police Officer" means an officer appointed under this Act and includes any person appointed by the State Government to perform the duties of a police officer under this Act; (f) "Police District" means the territorial area notified under Section 9 or Section 10; (g) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (h) "Public place" means any place to which the public have access whether as or right or not and includes all places of public resort; (i) "Regulations" means regulations made under this Act; (j) "Rules" means rules made under this Act; (k) "State Government" means the Government of Chhattisgarh; (l) "State Police Board" means the Board constituted under Section 3; (m) "Sub-division" means a sub-division of a Police District; (n) "Superintendent of Police" means an officer in charge of a Police District; (o) "Victim" means a person who has suffered any loss or injury caused by reason of the act or omission for which the accused person has been charged and the expression "victim" includes his or her guardian or legal heir. (2) Words and expressions used in this Act but not defined shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), or the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860). In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires - (a) "Chief Secretary" means the Chief Secretary to the State Government; (b) "Director General of Police" means the officer appointed under section 12; (c) "District" means a revenue territory notified as a district under the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code, 1959 (No. 20 of 1959); (d) "District Magistrate" means District Magistrate appointed under sub-section (1) of section 20 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (No. 2 of 1974); (e) "Moral Turpitude" means involvement in any crime which pertains to cheating, forgery, drugs, intoxication, rape, offending the modesty of a women, immoral trafficking, planned violence or any offence against the State Government; (f) "Outpost" means post within the jurisdiction of Police Station; (g) "Police District" means the territory notified as a police district under this Act; (h) "Police Officer" means any member of the Police Force appointed under this Act or appointed before the commencement of this Act for the State and includes members of the Indian Police Service or members of any other police organization on deputation to the State Police, serving for the State and persons appointed under section 9 or 10 of this Act; (i) "Power of Superintendence" means and includes power of giving directions, guidance and instructions in all executive and administrative matters and also include the power to annul, reverse, rescind or revise any administrative order issued in such matter by an authority under this Act, subject to the provisions pertaining to investigation as contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (No. 2 of 1974); (j) "Public place" means any place to which the public has access; (k) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules; (l) "Railway Area" means an area between outer most signals appurtenant to railway tracks including railway platforms of a railway station and shall include running trains over the entire length of the railway tracks within the State of Chhattisgarh; (m) "Ranks" means and includes subordinate ranks and supervisory ranks; (n) "Regulation" means regulations made under the Act; (o) "Rules" mean the rule made under the Act; (p) "State" means the State of Chhattisgarh; (q) "State Government" means the State Government of Chhattisgarh; (r) "Subordinate Ranks" means ranks below the rank of Assistant or Deputy Superintendent of Police; (s) "Superintendent of Police" means the police officer in charge of a Police District; (t) "Supervisory Ranks" means ranks of Assistant and Deputy Superintendent of Police or above. (2) Words and expressions used in this Act but not defined specifically shall have the same meaning as provided in the Chhattisgarh General Clause Act, 1955 (No. 5 of 1955), the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, (No. 2 of 1974), and the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (No 45 of 1860). (1) For clause (a) of sub-section (2) of Section 22 of the Chhattisgarh Police Act, 2007 (No. 13 of 2007), (hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act), the following shall be substituted, namely :- "(a) Transfer of subordinate ranks upto the level of and including Assistant Sub-Inspector from a district in one Zone or Range to a district in another Zone or Range and of the ranks of Sub-Inspector and Inspector from one Zone or Range or District to another;" (2) After sub-section (3) of Section 22 of the Principal Act, the following shall be added, namely:- "(4) The Director General of Police shall constitute a Range Police Establishment Board for each Police Range to be called as the "Range Board" with the Range Inspector General of Police as its Chairman and two District Superintendents of Police of the Range as its members which shall have authority to transfer subordinate ranks upto the level of and including Assistant Sub-Inspector from one district to another within the Police Range. (5) The Police Establishment Board may review the orders passed by the Range Board on representation made by the aggrieved Police Officers within 30 days from the date of order."