Chapter I PRELIMINARY.

This Act may be called the Hyderabad City Police Act and shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette within the limits which are now prescribed for City Police or which the Government may, from time to time, prescribe.

In this Act unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context:- (a) the words “complaint,” “investigation,” “offence,” “cognizable offence,” “non-cognizable offence,” “bailable offence,” “non-bailable offence” “officer in charge of police station” shall respectively have the meanings assigned to them in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898; (b) “Police officer” shall be deemed to include every member of the City Police force appointed under this Act and shall also include the Commissioner of City Police, Hyderabad Deputy or Assistant Commissioner of Police, and subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 9 and sub-section (2) of section 10 shall also include every person who has been appointed as an additional or special Police officer; (c) “officer in-charge of section” shall include, when the Inspector of the section is absent or unable from illness or other cause to perform his duties, the next senior Police officer in the section or such other officer as the officer of the Division may, with the sanction of the Commissioner of City Police, Hyderabad appoint in this behalf; (d) the word “cattle” shall have the same meaning as defined in sub-section (45a) of section 2 of the Telangana General Clauses Act, 1308 F.; (e) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (f) “signature” shall have the same meaning as defined in the Telangana General Clauses Act, 1308 F. (g) “public place of amusement” means every place or house or tent or enclosure or booth or any other building whether permanent or temporary where singing, music, dancing or any diversion or game and anything giving amusement or the means of carrying on the same is provided and to which the public are admitted either on payment of money or with the intention that money may be collected from them on admission and shall include the race-course, circus, theatre, music and dancing hall, billiard room, gymnasium or any other place allotted for such purposes;

(h) “public place of entertainment” means any enclosed or open place to which the public have access and where any kind of articles of food and drink are supplied for consumption by any person or for the profit of any person owning or having any interest in or managing such place and shall include a refreshment room, tea house, liquor house, boarding house, lodging house, hotel, tavern or sendhi, wine, ganja, toddy, bhung or opium shops;

(i) “street” includes every road, foot-way, square or passage whether a thoroughfare or not over which the public have permanently or temporarily right of passage;

(j) “public place” also includes the place within the premises or enclosure of any public building or monuments and all places to which the public have access for drawing water, washing or bathing or for the purpose of recreation;

(k) “vehicle” means every kind of carriage, cart, dray, hand-cart and other wheeled conveyance which is used on a street for conveyance or transport and also includes a bicycle, tricycle and automotor car.

For the City of Hyderabad there shall be appointed a Police force and its strength and constitution shall be as may be prescribed in accordance with the orders of the Government issued in this behalf from time to time.