(1) The Superintendent of Police of a district may, by public notice, temporarily reserve for any public purpose, any street or other public place, and prohibit the public from entering the area so reserved, except on such conditions as may be specified.
(2) The Superintendent of Police of a district may authorize any police officer to erect barriers and other necessary structures on public roads and streets, to check vehicles or occupants thereof for violation of any legal provisions.
(3) In making such order, the Superintendent of Police of a district shall specify the necessary steps ensuring the safety of passers-by.
Obstruction in police work.
Unauthorized use of police uniform.
Refusal to deliver up certificate etc. on ceasing to be police officers.
False or misleading statements made to a police officer.
Dereliction of duty by a police officer.
(4) The temporary structures shall be removed once the purpose for which they were installed is over.
74. Any person, who obstructs the discharge of duties and functions of a Police officer, shall, on conviction, be liable to simple imprisonment not exceeding three months or with fine or with both.
75. Whoever, not being a member of the service wears, without obtaining permission from an officer authorized in this behalf by the State Government by a general or special order, a police uniform or any dress having the appearance or bearing any of the distinctive marks of that uniform, shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment not exceeding six months or with fine or with both.
76. Whoever, having ceased to be a police officer, does not forthwith deliver up his certificate of appointment, clothing accouterment and other wherewithal supplied to him for the execution of his duty, shall on conviction by a court of law, be liable to a minimum fine of one thousand rupees.
77. Whoever makes a false statement or a statement which is misleading in material particulars to a police officer for the purpose of obtaining any benefit shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees or with both.
78. Whoever, being a police officer- Power to reserve public places and erect barriers .
offences by public
(a) Intentionally abdicates duties or withdraws from duties; or
(b) uses criminal force against another police officer, or indulges in gross insubordination; or
(c) engages himself or participates in any demonstration, procession or strike, or resorts to, or in any way abets any form of strike, or coerces or uses physical force to compel any authority to concede anything shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees or with both.