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The Orissa Urban Police Act, 2003

The Orissa Urban Police Act, 2003

Criminal2003134 sections

This Act establishes the reorganization and regulation of police forces specifically within urban areas of Orissa. It applies to the entire state, granting the government the authority to designate certain regions as Commissionerates where police administration is consolidated under a Commissioner. The law is important because it streamlines city policing by creating a unified legal framework, which overrides older inconsistent rules and ensures continuity for past actions while modernizing urban safety management.

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  1. 0. Preamble
  2. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  3. 2. Cesser of operation of certain enactments and saving :
  4. 3. Definitions
  5. 4. Creation of Police Commissionerate
  6. 5. Constitution of Commissionerate
  7. 6. Commissioner and Additional Commissioner of Police
  8. 7. Duties of Additional Commissioner of Police
  9. 8. Deputy Additional Deputy and Assistant Commissioners of Police :
  10. 9. Constitution of Police district, subdivisions and police stations
  11. 10. Officer-in-charge of police districts, police subdivisions and police stations
  12. 11. General powers of Commissioner
  13. 12. Power of Commissioner to investigate and regulate matters of police accounts
  14. 13. Special Police Officers
  15. 14. Additional Police Officers :
  16. 15. Return of certificate of appointment etc.
  17. 16. Duties of a police officer
  18. 17. Duties of police officer towards weaker sections and the poor
  19. 18. Duties of police officers while regulating traffic :– It shall be duty
  20. 19. Duties of police officers to enforce provisions of this Act
  21. 20. Power to search suspected persons in streets etc.
  22. 21. Emergency duties of police
  23. 22. Superior police officer may perform duties of a sub-ordinate police officer
  24. 23. Persons bound to comply with direction of police officer :
  25. 24. Framing of regulations for administration of police
  26. 25. Discipline and penalties
  27. 26. Police officers when deemed always on duty
  28. 27. Police officer not to resign without leave or notice
  29. 28. Regulations for keeping order, etc.
  30. 29. Power to give directions to the public
  31. 30. Power to prohibit certain acts for prevention of disorder
  32. 31. Police to provide against disorder, etc. at places of public amusement of public assembly or meeting :
  33. 32. Power to prohibit, etc. continuance of music, sound or noise
  34. 33. Issue of order for prevention of riot, etc. :
  35. 34. Maintenance of order at religious or ceremonial display, etc.
  36. 35. Commissioner may take special measures to prevent outbreak of epidemic disease at fairs, etc.
  37. 36. Power to reserve street or other public place for public purpose and power to authorise erecting of barries in streets
  38. 37. Employment of additional police to keep peace :
  39. 38. Employment of additional police in cases of special danger to publice peace :
  40. 39. Employment of additional police at large work and when apprehension regarding behaviour of employees exists
  41. 40. Compensation for injury caused by unlawful assembly how recoverable
  42. 41. Dispute in regard to cost of deputing additional police and compensation
  43. 42. Recovery of amount payable under Sections 37 to 40
  44. 43. Government or any nominated authority to award compensation
  45. 44. Recovery of amounts payable under Sections 38 and 40
  46. 45. Dispersal of gangs and bodies of persons
  47. 46. Removal of persons about to commit offences
  48. 47. Removal of persons convicted of certain offences :– If a person has been convicted
  49. 48. Period of operation of orders under Sections 45 to 47 :– Any
  50. 49. Hearing to be given before order under Section 45 to 47 are
  51. 50. Appeal against orders under Sections 45 to 47
  52. 51. Finality of order in certain cases :– An order passed by the
  53. 52. Procedure on failure of person to leave the area and his entry
  54. 53. Temporary permission to enter and consequences of nonobservance of conditions of such permission :
  55. 54. Measure-ments and photographs of persons against whom order passed under Sections 45 to 47
  56. 55. Resistance to the taking of measure-ments, etc. :
  57. 56. Banning of use of dress, etc. resembling uniform of armed forces :
  58. 57. Constitution of Defence Societies
  59. 58. Power of Government to authorise Commissioner and certain other officers to exercise powers of District Magistrates and Executive Magistrates under the Code of Criminal Procedure
  60. 59. Power of Commisioner under other Acts
  61. 60. Laying of notifications under Sections 58 and 59
  62. 61. Police to take charge of unclaimed property :
  63. 62. Procedure for disposal of property taken charge of under Section 61 :
  64. 63. Delivery of property to person entitled
  65. 64. In default of claim, property to be at disposal of Government
  66. 65. Disregarding the rules of the road
  67. 66. Causing obstruction or mischief by animal
  68. 67. Exposing animal for hire, sale, etc.
  69. 68. Causing any obstruction in a street
  70. 69. Obstructing a footway
  71. 70. Causing obstruction and annoyance by performances, etc.
  72. 71. Doing offensive acts in or near a street or public place
  73. 72. Letting loose horse and suffering ferocious dogs, etc.
  74. 73. Bathing or washing in places not set apart for those purposes
  75. 74. Defiling water in public wells, etc.
  76. 75. Obstructing bathers
  77. 76. Behaving indecently in public
  78. 77. Obstructing or annoying passengers in the street
  79. 78. Misbehaviour with intent to provoke a breach of the peace
  80. 79. Prohibition against flying kites, playing on the street etc.
  81. 80. Committing nuisance in or near street, ect.
  82. 81. Drunken-ness in a street, etc.
  83. 82. Affixing notice, etc, upon public property without consent of authority
  84. 83. Disregard to notice in public building
  85. 84. Penalties for offences under Sections 65 to 83
  86. 85. Penalty for failure to keep in confinement cattle, etc.
  87. 86. Punishment for cruelty to animals
  88. 87. Wilful trespass
  89. 88. False alarm of bomb or fire or damage to fire brigade
  90. 89. Being found under suspicious circumstances between sunset and sunrise
  91. 90. Possession of property of which no satisfactory account can be given
  92. 91. Omission to report to police possession, etc, of property suspected to be stolen
  93. 92. Melting, etc. of property referred to in Section 91
  94. 93. Taking pledge from child
  95. 94. Suffering disorderly conduct at places of public amusement, etc.
  96. 95. Cheating at games and gambling in street :
  97. 96. Penalty for contravening regulations, etc. under Section 28
  98. 97. Liability of licensee of place of public amusement or entertainment for acts of servants
  99. 98. Penalty for not obtaining licence in respect of place of public entertainment or certificate of registration in respect
  100. 99. Penalties for contravnetion of orders, etc. under Section 29 or 34.
  101. 100. Penalty for contravention of regulations, etc. made under Section 28(2), 35 and 36
  102. 101. Penalty for contravention of directions under Sections 45, 46 and 47
  103. 102. Penalty for entering without permission area from which a person is directed to remove himself or overstaying
  104. 103. Penalty for contravention of orders under Section 56
  105. 104. Penalty for opposing or not complying with direction given under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 19
  106. 105. Penalty for contravening directions under Section 23
  107. 106. Dangerous performance
  108. 107. Penalty for making false or misleading statement, etc. and for misconduct of police officer
  109. 108. Vexatious entry, search, arrest, etc. by police officer
  110. 109. Penalty for vexatious delays in forwarding a person arrested
  111. 110. Penalty for unauthorised use of police uniform
  112. 111. Prosecution of police officers
  113. 112. Power to make regulations regarding carrying weapons without authority
  114. 113. Prosecution for offences under other enactments not affected
  115. 114. Prosecution for certain offences against this Act to be in the discretion of police
  116. 115. Power to compound certain offences
  117. 116. Summary disposal of certain cases
  118. 117. Offence by companies :
  119. 118. Disposal of fees, rewards, etc.
  120. 119. Method of proving order and notifications
  121. 120. Rules regulations and orders not invalidated by defect form or irregularities in procedure
  122. 121. Officers holding changes of or succeeding to vacancies to exercise powers
  123. 122. No police officer to be liable to penalty or damage for act done in good faith in pursuance of duty
  124. 123. No public servant liable as aforesaid giving effect in good faith to any rule, regulation, order or direction issued with apparent authority
  125. 124. Bar to suit and prosecutions :
  126. 125. Licences and written permission to specify conditions, etc. and to be signed :
  127. 126. Public notices how to be given
  128. 127. Consent etc. of a competent authority may be proved by writing under his signature
  129. 128. Signature on notices, etc. may be stamped
  130. 129. Regulations to be made with previous sanction of Government :
  131. 130. Power to make rules
  132. 131. Persons interested may seek to annual, reverse or alter any rule, regulations order :
  133. 132. Power to remove difficulties
  134. Schedule. Schedule

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