The Bombay Village Police
The Bombay Village Police
This Act regulates the delegation of power to appoint and discipline village police officials, specifically local officers known as Police-patels, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It applies to district administrators, sub-divisional magistrates, and village police staff. This law matters because it retroactively validates appointments and disciplinary actions taken by sub-divisional magistrates that might otherwise have been declared invalid by courts due to a lack of formal delegated authority at the time. By legally protecting these past actions, the Act permanently shields those administrative decisions from court challenges, ensuring peace and continuity within the local village administration and police system.
- 1. Short title and commencement.
- 2. Amendment of section 3 of Bom. VIII of 1867.
- 3. Validation of appointments of and disciplinary action taken against Police- patels by certain Sub-Divisional Magistrates and of orders made by the Commissioners and State Government in respect of such appointments and action, etc.
- 4. Repeal of Maharashtra Ordinance II of 1967.
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