It shall be duty of the Authority security force to,-
(1) Detect the commission of any offence or attempt to commit or conspiracy to commit offence and identification, investigation and prosecution of persons involved in such offence relating to,-
(a) Unauthorized occupation on any land belonging to the Authority including prevention of encroachments;
(b) Unauthorized construction of buildings and formation of layouts in the land belonging to the Authority;
(c) Buildings constructed in violation of the provisions of Zonal regulations or the plan approved by the Authority;
(d) Constructions which result in change of land use without prior approval of the authority within the Local planning area which is an offence under this Act and the following Acts, namely:-
(i) The Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act 11 of 1963).
(ii) The Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 22 of 1964)
(iii) The Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1993)
(iv) The Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 12 of 1964)
(2) The Authority Security Force shall cause night patrolling around the monuments wherever necessary as decided by the Authority.
(3) The Security Force shall co-ordinate and cooperate with the Security division of the ASI, DAM, Local authority and also with the other departments concerned.
(4) The Chief of the Security Force shall be the officer declared as the competent officer under clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 37 of the Act for action under the Karnataka Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1974.
(5) The Authority Security Force shall assist the Authority in enforcing the decisions on security matters, taken from time to time.
(6) The Authority Security Force shall assist the Authority in maintaining the boundaries of the Local planning area.
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(7) It shall be the duty of Chief of the Authority Security Force to send periodical statements or progress reports to the Authority.
(8) In order to achieve the purposes of the Act and these rules, the Chief of the Authority Security Force shall see that the security force is always on alert and its men and material are in good condition.
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