Punjab Village and Small Towns Patrol Act, 1918
Punjab Village and Small Towns Patrol Act, 1918
General191813 sections
This Act empowers a Deputy Commissioner to enforce patrol duty on specific villages lacking sufficient security measures. It requires able-bodied, adult males within those villages to either serve on patrols or provide a substitute. The Deputy Commissioner determines the number of persons needed and their selection method, often consulting a village body. Fines may be imposed for non-compliance. The goal is to ensure public safety and order in areas where the community has not self-regulated adequately, allowing administrative intervention where voluntary watch arrangements are deemed inadequate.
- 1. Title and extent
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Order for performance of patrol duty
- 4. Appointment of village panchayat
- 5. Substitutes
- 6. Exemptions
- 7. Deputy Commissioner’s power of general control
- 8. Delegation
- 9. Fine on defaulting persons
- 10. Decision of majority to prevail
- 11. Fine on defaulting village
- 12. Appeal
- 13. Powers and privileges of patrols
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