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Bare Act

Bombay Highways Act, 1955

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The Bombay State Commissioners of Police Act, 1959 establishes the statutory authority, powers, and duties of Commissioners of Police appointed across the State of Bombay outside Greater Bombay. It applies to law enforcement officers, district administrators, judicial authorities, and residents within newly designated commissionerate jurisdictions. The law amends various state statutes to seamlessly transfer administrative powers, regulatory functions, pending proceedings, and official actions from District Superintendents of Police and District Magistrates to incoming Commissioners of Police. This legislation matters because it provides a unified legal framework for urban policing, ensuring administrative continuity and clear police governance as regional law enforcement structures expand.

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  1. 1. Short title extent and commencement.
  2. 2. Definitions.
  3. 3. Amendment of enactments; power of State Government to confer powers and impose duties on commissioner of Police under any law.
  4. 4. Existing appointments, notifications, etc., by District Superintendent of Police and, where District Magistrate’s powers are conferred in substitution on Commissioner of Police, by District Magistrate, to have been made by Commissioner of Police.
  5. 5. Construction of references to District Superintendent of Police in existing laws.
  6. 6. Construction of references to District Superintendent of Police in existing laws.
  7. 7. Pending proceedings before District Superintendent of Police and District Magistrate.
  8. 8. Pending legal proceedings.
  9. 9. Power to remove difficulties.
  10. 10. Amendment to Section 90A of Bombay Highways Act, 1955
  11. 11. Amendment to Section 91 of Bombay Highways Act, 1955
  12. 12. Amendment to Section 95 of Bombay Highways Act, 1955
  13. 14. Amendment to Section 119 of Bombay Highways Act, 1955
  14. 15. Amendment to Schedule II
  15. 13(a). Amendment to Section 96 of Bombay Highways Act, 1955
  16. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 - 1. Amendment to Section 83 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898
  17. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 - 2. Amendment to Section 85 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898
  18. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 - 3. Amendment to Section 373 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898
  19. Bombay Prevention of Gambling Act, 1887 - 1. Amendment to Section 6 of Bombay Prevention of Gambling Act, 1887
  20. Bombay Prevention of Gambling Act, 1887 - 2. Amendment to Section 11 of Bombay Prevention of Gambling Act, 1887
  21. Bombay Public Conveyance Act, 1920 - 1. Amendment to Section 2 of Bombay Public Conveyance Act, 1920
  22. Bombay Public Conveyance Act, 1920 - 2. Amendment to Section 36 of Bombay Public Conveyance Act, 1920
  23. Bombay Entertainments Duty Act, 1923 - 1. Amendment to Section 6 of Bombay Entertainments Duty Act, 1923
  24. Bombay Entertainments Duty Act, 1923 - 2. Amendment to Section 8 of Bombay Entertainments Duty Act, 1923
  25. Bombay Beggars Act, 1945. Amendment to Section 28 of Bombay Beggars Act, 1945
  26. Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949. Amendment to Section 234 of Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949
  27. Indian Lunacy Act, 1912 - a. Amendment to Section 17 of Indian Lunacy Act, 1912
  28. Indian Lunacy Act, 1912 - b. Amendment to Section 17 of Indian Lunacy Act, 1912
  29. Indian Lunacy Act, 1912 - c. Amendment to Section 17 of Indian Lunacy Act, 1912
  30. Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920. Amendment to Section 7 of Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920
  31. Police (Incitement to Disaffection) Act, 1922. Amendment to Section 5 of Police (Incitement to Disaffection) Act, 1922
  32. Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947. Amendment to Section 5A of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947

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