The Maharashtra State Commissioners of Police Act
The Maharashtra State Commissioners of Police Act
This Act regulates the administration of police forces across Maharashtra by allowing the state government to appoint Commissioners of Police in areas outside Greater Bombay. It applies to regional police departments, local administrators, and residents in these districts. The law matters because it transfers administrative and judicial powers from District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police to the newly appointed Commissioners, aligning local urban policing with metropolitan standards. By updating various state laws, it ensures a seamless transition of ongoing legal cases, licenses, and public order duties, ultimately modernizing and streamlining law enforcement and governance throughout the state.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Amendment of enactments; power of State Government to confer powers and impose duties on Commissioner of Police under any law.
- 4. Existing appointments, notifications, etc., by 2 Superintendent of Police and, where District Magistrate’s powers are
- 5. Construction of references to Superintendent of Police in existing laws.
- 6. Construction of references to Superintendent of Police and District Magistrate in instruments or documents.
- 7. Pending proceedings before Superintendent of Police and District Magistrate.
- 8. Pending legal proceedings.
- 9. Power to remove difficulties.
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