CHENNAI CITY POLICE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1907
(Tamil Nadu Act 3 of 1907)
Received the assent of the Governor on the 2nd May 1907 and that of the Governor-General on the 20th May 1907 and first published in the Fort St. George on the.
An Act to provide for the control by the [Director-General] of Police of the Administration of the [Chennai] Police.
Preamble. - Whereas, it is expedient to place the Commissioner of Police, [Chennai] under the control and direction of the [Director-General]; it is hereby enacted as follows:-
1. Title and commencement. - The Act may be called the [Chennai] City Police (Amendment) Act, 1907, and it shall come into force on such date as the [State Government] may, by a notification on the [Official Gazette], direct.
Notes. - This Act came into force on the 1st September 1937. On and from said date, the Commissioner of Police, Chennai is under the control of the Director-General of Police, Tamil Nadu.
Object & Reasons
Statement of Objects and Reasons - Chennai City Police (Amendment) Act, 1907 (Tamil Nadu Act III of 1907). - For Statement of Objects and Reasons, please see Part IV, page 44 of the Fort St. George Gazette Extraordinary, 1907; for Proceedings in Council, see ibid, page 74.
2. Control of the [Director-General] over the Commissioner of Police. - Notwithstanding anything contained in the [Chennai] City Police Act, 1888 ([Tamil Nadu] Act III of 1888), the Commissioner of Police for the City of [Chennai] shall, in the exercise of his functions under the said Act [except those under section 7 thereof] be under the control and direction of the [Director-General] of Police for the [State of Tamil Nadu], subject to any rules that may be made under section 3. [***]
Notes. - The Commissioner of Police, Chennai, while exercising his functions under the Chennai City Police Act, 1888 (Tamil Nadu Act III of 1888) shall be under the control and supervision by the Director-General of Police except under section 7 of the said Act. Section 7 of the said Act provides that the Commissioner of Police, by virtue of his office, be the Executive Magistrate, for the purpose of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974), and shall exercise the powers as an Executive Magistrate, subject to such orders of the State Government. The Director-General of Police has no supplementary power on the Commissioner of Police.
3. Power of [State Government] to make rules. - It shall be competent to the [State Government] to make rules to limit and regulate the exercise of the powers of control and direction conferred on the [Director-General] of Police by section 2 in respect of the Commissioner of Police for the City of [Chennai].
Notes. - Section 3 empowers the State Government to make rules to limit and regulate the exercise of the powers of control and direction over the Commissioner of Police, Chennai, by the Director General of Police by section 2.
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