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Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.

The Maharashtra Police Act.State Act of Maharashtra · Act 22 of 1951

(1) This Act may be called [the Maharashtra Police Act].

[(2) It extends to the whole of the State of [Maharashtra].

(3) It shall come into force [in the pre-Reorganisation State of Bombay] on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette [specify in this behalf, and in that part of the State to which it is extended by the Bombay Police (Extension and Amendment) Act, 1959 (Bom. XXXVI of 1959), it shall come into force on such other date as the Government may by like notification specify].

Where this provision sits

ActThe Maharashtra Police Act.
Section1
Marginal noteShort title, extent and commencement.
JurisdictionState of Maharashtra
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, Mah. 24 of 2012. The short title of the Act was substituted for "the Bombay Police Act, 1951" by Mah. 24 of 2012, s. 2 Schedule, entry 45, w.e.f. 1-5-1960.
  • substituted, Bom. 34 of 1959. This sub-section was substituted for the original by Bom. 34 of 1959, s. 4 (1).
  • substituted. This word was substituted for the word "Bombay" by the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subject) Order, 1960.
  • other. Sub-section (3) shall stand unmodified vide the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subject) Order, 1960.
  • inserted, Bom. 34 of 1959. The words were inserted by Bom. 34 of 1959, s. 4 (2).
  • substituted, Bom. 34 of 1959. These words were substituted for the words "specify in this behalf" by Bom. 34 of 1959, s. 4 (2).

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