The Orissa Special Armed Police Act, 1946
The Orissa Special Armed Police Act, 1946
The Orissa Special Armed Police Act, 1946 establishes the organizational structure, rank hierarchy, and disciplinary framework for a specialized armed police force in the state of Odisha. It applies to officers recruited into the Special Armed Police, outlining their terms of enrollment, discharge conditions, and chain of command under designated commandants and magistrates. The law matters because it ensures operational readiness during active service against hostile groups by enforcing strict codes of conduct. It defines severe penalties for serious infractions like mutiny, desertion, and assault on superiors, while empowering commanding officers to address minor breaches, thereby maintaining institutional order.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Enrolment and discharge of Special Armed Police Officers
- 4. Class and grades of Special Armed Police Officers
- 5. Punishment for heinous offences
- 6. Punishment for less heinous offences
- 7. Minor punishment
- 8. Place of imprisonment
- 9. Saving of prosecution under other laws
- 10. Conferment of magisterial power on Police-officer
- 11. Disciplinary and other powers of Commandant and Assistant Commandant of Special Armed Police otherwise than in respect of Special Armed Police
- 12. Privileges of Commandant and Assistant Commandant of Special Armed Police as Police-officers
- 13. Powers to make rules
- 14. Repeal of enactment
- Schedule. SCHEDULE
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