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Section 5: Constitution of Police Force.

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

Subject to the provisions of this Act-

(a) the Police Force shall consist of such number in the several ranks and have such organization and such powers, functions and duties as the State Government may by general or special order determine ;

(b) the recruitment, pay, allowances and all other conditions of service of the Police Force shall be such as may from time to time be determined by the State Government by general or special order:

Provided that,-

[(i) the rules and orders governing the recruitment, pay, allowances and other conditions of service of the members of the Police Force constituted under any of the Acts mentioned in Part I or II of Schedule I and deemed to be the members of the Police Force under section 3, shall continue in force until altered or cancelled under clause (b); but in the case of members of the Police Force constituted under any of the Acts mentioned in Part II of that Schedule such alteration or cancellation shall subject to the proviso to sub-section (7) of section 115 of the State Re-organisation Act, 1956 (XXXVII of 1956);]

(ii) nothing in this clause shall apply to the recruitment, pay, allowances and other conditions of service of the members of the Indian Police and Indian Police Service.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Maharashtra Police Act.
Section5
Marginal noteConstitution of Police Force.
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, Bom. 34 of 1959. This sub-clause was substituted for the original by Bom. 34 of 1959, s. 8.

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