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DEPARTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS AND LEGISLATION SECRETARIAT
NOTIFICATION
NO: DPAL 4 SHASANA 2026, BENGALURU, DATED:08.04.2026
The Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act, 2026 ಇದಃౙ 2026ರ ಏඪฯ ൟಂಗಳ 7ඡ
ൽකಂಕඈൿ ฃಜඩಲರ ಒඪ౭ಡ අฉൟൿ౪, ನ ൟำವัಃಛಜ ಇದඝ౬ 2026ರ
ಕකბಟಕ ಅඌඛಯಮ ಒ: 23 ಎಂ්ർಜ ಕකბಟಕ ฃಜಪತದย (ූಗ IV-A)
ಪಕഔಸಃಂൿ ಆඃ๏ಸมಜං,-
KARNATAKA ACT 23 OF 2026
(First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the 8th day of April, 2026)
THE KARNATAKA POLICE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2026
(Received the assent of the Governor on the 7th day of April, 2026)
An Act further to amend the Karnataka Police Act, 1963.
Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Karnataka Police Act, 1963
(Karnataka Act 4 of 1964), for the purposes hereinafter appearing:
Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the seventy seventh year
of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the
Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act, 2026.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 20-F.- In section 20F of the Karnataka Police Act,
1963 (Karnataka Act 04 of 1964), in sub-section (1),-
(i) in the first proviso, for clause (c), the following shall be substituted,
namely:-
¨sÁUÀ – 4ಎ
Part – IVA
, 08
, 2026
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1948)
BENGALURU, WEDNESDAY, 08, APRIL, 2026(CHAITHRA, 18, SHAKAVARSHA, 1948)
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No. 264
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“(c) misconduct or gross negligence or dereliction of duty or an act of moral
turpitude or”;
(ii) the second proviso shall be omitted.
By Order and in the name of
the Governor of Karnataka,
G. Sridhar
Secretary to Government
Department of Parliamentary Affairs
and Legislation
ಸൽೕಯ ವವರಗำ ಮൡ౨ ๎ಸನ ರಚච ಸ฿ಲಯ
ಅඌಚච
ಒ: ವ๎ಇ 04 ๎ಸನ 2026, ಂಗิฆ, ൽකಂಕ:08.04.2026
ಕನ౬ಡ ූ ಸಮಗ ಅไൽ౫ ಅඌඛಯಮ, 2022 (2023 ರ ಕකბಟಕ ಅඌඛಯಮ
13) ರ ಪಕರಣ
ರലಯย
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ฃಜඩಲคಂದ ಅඌಂತತัದ the Karnataka Police
(Amendment) Act, 2026 (Karnataka Act 23 of 2026)ನ ූಂತರವඝ౬ ಅඌಂತ ಕನ౬ಡ
ಪಠๅಂൿ ಕකბಟಕ ฃಜಪತದย (ූಗ IV-A) ಪಕഔಸಃಂൿ ಆඃ๏ಸมಜං,-
2026 ರ ಕකბಟಕ ಅඌඛಯಮ ಒ: 23
(2026 ರ ಏඪฯ ൟಂಗಳ 8ඡ ൽකಂಕඈൿ ಕකბಟಕ ฃಜ ಪತದ เ๕ಷ ಃಯย ෮ದฤ ಪಕಟ฿ಜං)
ಕකბಟಕ ยೕ (ൟൿ౪ಪല) ಅඌඛಯಮ, 2026
(2026 ರ ಏඪฯ ൟಂಗಳ 7ඡ ൽකಂಕඈൿ ฃಜඩಲคಂದ ಅඝಮൟಯඝ౬ ಪഷಯมಜං)
ಕකბಟಕ ยೕ ಅඌඛಯಮ, 1963ඝ౬ ಮತ౨ౣ ൟൿ౪ಪല ಡฤ ಒಂൿ
ಅඌඛಯಮ.
ಇย
ಇඝ౬෨ಂං
ಉഴಬฆವ
ಉං౪ೕಶಗัಛಜ
ಕකბಟಕ
ยೕ
ಅඌඛಯಮ, 1963 (1964ರ ಕකბಟಕ ಅඌඛಯಮ 4)ඝ౬ ಮತ౨ౣ ൟൿ౪ಪല
ഴโൿ ಕ౨฿ಜฆโದคಂದ;
ಇൿ
ූರತ
ಗಣฃಜದ
ಎಪ౭౨ೕಳඡ
ವಷბದย
ಕකბಟಕ
ฃಜ
เඋನಡಲൽಂದ ಈ ෨ಂൽඦ ಅඌඛಯ෦ತ฿ಗย:-
1. ౾౹ಪ౨ ກಸฆ ಮൡ౨ ඩฏಭ.- (1) ಈ ಅඌඛಯಮವඝ౬ ಕකბಟಕ
ยೕ (ൟൿ౪ಪല) ಅඌඛಯಮ, 2026 ಎಂൿ ಕฉಯತಕౙൿ౪.
(2) ಇൿ ಈ ಁಡศ ೦คಡ ಬರತಕౙൿ౪.
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2. ಪಕರಣ 20-ಎෆ ൟൿ౪ಪല.- ಕකბಟಕ ยೕ ಅඌඛಯಮ, 1963
(1964ರ ಕකბಟಕ ಅඌඛಯಮ 4)ರ ಪಕರಣ 20-ಎෆ ರ, (1)ඡ ಉಪಪಕರಣದย,-
(i)
෮ದಲඡ
ಪฏൡಕದ,
()
ಘಡಃౙ
ಬದมಜ
෨ಂൽನದඝ౬
ಪൟೕ೧ಸತಕౙൿ౪, ಎಂದฉ,-
“() ൿನბಡ ಅಥ฿ තಣბ ඛಲბౘ ಅಥ฿ ಕತბವ สೕಪ ಅಥ฿
ජൟಕ ಅಪತನದ ಂತ ലದ౪ย ; ಅಥ฿”
(ii) ಎರಡඡ ಪฏൡಕವඝ౬ ഖౣಡತಕౙൿ౪.
The above translation of the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act, 2026
(Karnataka Act 23 of 2026) shall be an authoritative text in Kannada language
under section 6 of the Kannada Language Comprehensive Development Act, 2022
(Karnataka Act No. 13 of 2023).
൭ವฑඊ ಡຄೕഡ
ಕකბಟಕದ ฃಜඩಲฆ
ಕකბಟಕ ฃಜඩಲರ ಆ೦ౢඝರ ಮൡ౨
ಅವರ ກಸคನย,
(೧. ๏ೕಧฑ)
ಸ౽ბರದ ౽ಯბದ๏ბ
ಸൽೕಯ ವವರಗำ ಮൡ౨
๎ಸನ ರಚච ಇมಒ.
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