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Section 3: Constitution of Committees.

The Maharashtra Witness Protection and Security Act, 2017State Act of Maharashtra · Act 9 of 2018

(1) The State Government may, by an order, constitute the following Committees for the purposes of the Act, namely :-

(a) the State Witness Protection Committee ;

(b) the District Witness Protection Committee for every District.

(2) The State Committee shall be headed by the Commissioner of Intelligence and comprise of such other officers, as may be prescribed.

(3) The District Committee,-

(a) in the Metropolitan Area within the meaning of clause (k) of section 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), shall be headed by the Commissioner of Police and comprise of two such other officers, as may be prescribed ;

(b) in the Commissionerate Area (other than Metropolitan Area), shall be headed by the Commissioner of Police and comprise of two such other officers, as may be prescribed ;

(c) in the areas not covered by clause (a) or (b), shall be headed by the District Magistrate and comprise of two such other officers, as may be prescribed.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Maharashtra Witness Protection and Security Act, 2017
Section3
Marginal noteConstitution of Committees.
JurisdictionState of Maharashtra
StatusIn force as published by the source

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