(1) No member of a police Service shall, without the express sanction of the State Government,—
(a) be a member of, or be associated in any way with, any trade union, labour union, political association;
(b) be a member of, or be associated in any way with any other society, institution, association or organization that is not recognized as part of the police Service of which, he is a member:
Provided that if such a society, institution, association or organisation is purely social, recreational or of religious nature, a member of the police Service, may become its member; and
(c) communicate with the press or publish or cause to be published any book, letter or other document, except where such communication or publication is in the bona fide discharge of his duties or is of a purely literary, artistic, scientific character or is of a prescribed nature.
Penalty for causing dissatisfaction.
Restrictions respecting right to form association, freedom of speech.
(2) No member of a police Service shall participate in, or address, any meeting or take part in any demonstration for any political purpose or for such other purposes, as may be prescribed.
(3) Any person violating the provisions of this section, shall be liable to face disciplinary action as per the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder.
51. Any person who contravenes the provisions of sub-section (4) of Section 34, shall, without prejudice to any other action that may be taken against him, be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, which may extend to ten thousand rupees or with both.
52. Subject to any orders, which the Central Government may make in this behalf, a member of the Police Service may be deputed to discharge his duties in any other State, and shall, while discharging his duties there, be deemed to be a member of the Police Service of that State and be vested with the powers, functions and privileges and be subject to the liabilities of a Police officer belonging to the Service of that State.
53. In the event of any component of the Police Service serving in any other State, whether independently or by being attached to the Police Service of that other State, every member of the said component, while discharging the duties of a police personnel in that other State, shall continue to be subject to the same laws in respect of discipline as would have been applicable to him, if he had been discharging those duties within the State.
CHAPTER-VIII POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY Penalty.
Deployment of a member of Police Service beyond the State.
Extension of disciplinary laws of State to member of Service when serving outside the State.