THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY

FPART IT—Sec. 3(i)l

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

New Delhi, the 25th January, 1978

NOTIFICATION

G.S.R. 43(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by

sub-section (2) of section 16 of the Central Reserve Police

Force Act, 1949 (66 of 1949) and in supersession of the

notification of the Government of India in the Ministry

of Home Affairs No. J-II-9/74-Adm. (GPA-I), dated the 30th

March, 1974 the Central Government hereby invests, with

immediate effect, for the purpose of inquiring into or trying

offences specified in that

sub-section and in respect of all

matters incidental to such inquiry or trial of such offences

every officer holding, for the time being, the rank of—

(a) a Commandant and an Assistant Commandant (in-

cluding officers of the same ranks posted in static

Units or Establishments and offices in the Force

and Medical Officers holding the same ranks posted

in the Base Hospital or other Hospital of the Force)

with all the powers of—

(i) a Metropolitan Magistrate, in relation to a metro-

politan area; and

(ii) a Judicial Magistrate of the first class In relation

to any area outside the metropolitan area, under

the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 (2 of 1974)

(hereinafter referred to as the said Code :

Provided that an officer holding, for the time being, the

rank of Assistant Commandant, shall not pass a sentence

imprisonment for a term

exceeding one year, or of fine

exceeding Rs. 1,000/-, or of both, while convicting and sen-

tencing an accused person in any trial;

(b) a Commandant (including an officer posted in any

static Unit, Establishment or Office in the Force)

or a Chief Medical Officer or a Senior Medical

Officer ported in a Base Hospital or any other

Hospital of the Force, with the powers of a Chief

Metropolitan Magistrate or a Chief Judicial Magis-

trate, as the case may be under the said Cod«, with

respect to the

matters

specified in the Schedule

annexed hereto.

SCHEDULE

Sr. No.

Powers

1. Power to require the postal or tele-

graph authority to cause search to be

mado and to detain any documents,

parcel or thing

2. Power to issue search warrant

3. Power to make cover cases after tak-

ing cognizance for inquiry or trial to

another Magistrate

4. Power to try summarily .

5. Power to tender pardon to accomplice

6. Power to withdraw or recall cases .

Section

of the said

Code

192

260

306

410

(No. J-Il-9/74-Adm/GPA.I]

C. G. SOMIAH, Jt. Secy.

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