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REGISTERED No. D. 221

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART II—Section 1

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 46] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2,1966/Agrhayana 11,1888 (saka)

Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed

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MINISTRY OF LAW (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 2nd December, 1966/Agrdhayana 11, 1888 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 2nd December, 1966, and is published for general information:—

THE POLICE-FORCES (RESTRICTION OF RIGHTS)

ACT, 1966

No. 33 OF 1966

[2nd December, 1966]

to provide for the restriction or certain rights conferred by Part HI of the Constitution in their application to the members of the Forces charged with the maintenance of public order so as to ensure the proper discharge of their duties and the maintenance of discipline among them.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventeenth Year of the

Republic of India as follows: —

1. (1) This Act may be called the Police-Forces (Restriction of Rights) Act, 1966.

(2) It extends to the whole of India.

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(3) It shall come into force on such date as may be appointed in this behalf by notification in the Official Gazette,—

(a) in a Union territory, by the Central Government; and (b) in a State, by the Government of that State:

Provided that different dates may be appointed by the Central Government for different Union territories.

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

Defini- tions.

(a) "member of a police-force" means any person appointed or enrolled under any enactment specified in the Schedule;

(b) "police-force" includes any force charged with the maintenance of public order;

(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act.

3. (1) No member of a police-force shall, without the express sanc- tion of the Central Government or of the prescribed authority,—

(a) be a member of, or be associated in any way with, any trade union, labour union, political association or with any class of trade unions, labour unions or political associations; or

Restric- tions respect- ing right to form associa- tion, free dom of speech, etc.

(b) be a member of, or be associated in any way with, any other society, institution, association or organisation that is not recognised as part of the force of which he is a member or is not of a purely social, recreational or religious nature; or

(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 or scientific character or is of a prescribed nature.

Explanation.—If any question arises as to whether any society, institution, association or organisation is of a purely social, recreational or religious nature under clause (b) of this sub-section, the decision of the Central Government thereon shall be final.

(21 No member of a police-force shall participate in, or address, any meeting or take part in any demonstration organised by any body of persons for any political purposes or for such other purposes as may be prescribed.

Penalty. 4. Any person who contravenes the provisions of section 3 shall, without prejudice to any other action that may be taken against him, be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to

two years, or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both.

Power to

Schedule.

5. (I) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, amend the Schedule by including therein any other enactment relating to a force charged with the maintenance of public order or by omitting therefrom any enactment already specified therein and on the publication of the notification auch enactment shall be deemed to be specified in, or as the case may be, omitted from, the Schedule.

(2) A copy of every notification issued under sub-section (1) shall be laid before each House of Parliament, as soon as may be, after it is issued.

! Power to

6. (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the

make rules.

Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act.

(2) Every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days, which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session In which it is so laid or the session immediately follow- ing, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shal] thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annul- ment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything pre- viously done under that rule.

THE SCHEDULE

(See sections 2 and 5)

1. The Madras District Police Act, 1859 (24 of 1850).

2. The Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) District Police Act, 1859 (24 of 1859).

3. The Police Act, 1861 (5 of 1861).

4. The Calcutta Suburban Police Act, 1866 (Bengal Act 2 of 1866).