Rajasthan Police Act, 2007
No: 14 Dated: Nov, 01 2007
Rajasthan Police Act, 2007
(Act No. 14 of 2007)
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Police Force in the State of Rajasthan and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Whereas, respect for and promotion of the human rights of the people, and protection of their civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights is the primary concern of the Rule of law;
And Whereas, it is the constitutional obligation of the State to provide impartial and efficient Police Service safeguarding the interests of vulnerable sections of society including the minorities, and responding to the democratic aspirations of citizens;
And Whereas, such functioning of the police personnel needs to be professionally organised, service oriented, free from extraneous influences and accountable to law;
And Whereas, it is expedient to redefine the role of the police, its duties and responsibilities by taking into account the emerging challenges of policing and security of State, the imperatives of good governance, and respect for human rights;
And Whereas, it is essential to appropriately empower the police to enable it to function as an efficient, effective, people-friendly and responsive agency;
Now, Therefore, be it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India, as follows:-
CHAPTER-I
Preliminary
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Rajasthan Police Act, 2007.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Rajasthan, and to the police force of the State deployed outside the State.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, be notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.
2. Definitions. - (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Chief Secretary" means the Chief Secretary to the State Government;
(b) "cyber crime" shall mean and include all offences under the information Technology Act, 2000 (Central Act No. 21 of 2000) and any other offences committed by use of electronic devices, such as computers, credit cards, internet, ATM, etc;
(c) "Director General of Police" means the Police officer appointed as such by the State Government for the overall control, supervision and direction of the police force;
(d) "District Superintendent of Police" means the police officer incharge of a Police District;
(e) "domestic help" means a person working for remuneration or otherwise in a household"
(f) "moral turpitude" means involvement in any crime which pertains to cheating, forgery, intoxication, rape, outraging the modesty of a woman, illicit traffic as defined in the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 (Central Act No. 46 of 1988), immoral trafficking as defined in the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 (Central Act No. 104 of 1956), planned violence or any offence against the State as mentioned in Chapter VI of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Central Act No. 45 of 1860);
(g) "organized crime" includes any crime committed by two or more persons in pursuance of their common intention of wrongful or unlawful gain;
(h) "outpost" means a police post within the jurisdiction of a Police Station;
(i) "Police officer" means any member of the Police Force of the State;
(j) "police personnel" shall include police officers and all other persons for whom the appointing authority is the Director General of Police or an officer subordinate to him;
(k) "Police Station" means any area declared to be a Police Station under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act No. 2 of 1974);
(l) "power of superintendence" means and includes power of giving directions, guidance and instructions in all administrative matters and includes the power to annul, reverse, rescind or revise any order issued by an authority under the provisions of this Act, subject to the provisions pertaining to investigation as contained in the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (Central Act No. 2 of 1974);
(m) "prescribed" means prescribed by the rules made by the State Government under this Act;
(n) "public place" means any place to which the public has access;
(o) "Railway Areas" means areas comprised between outermost signals appurtenant to railway tracks including premises of every railway station within the State of Rajasthan and shall include trains on tracks, whether moving or stationary, in any area of the State of Rajasthan;
(p) "ranks" shall mean and include subordinate ranks and supervisory ranks;
(q) "rules" means the rules made under this Act;
(r) "Special Cell" means a cell created for dealing with a particular category of crime or providing better service to the community including victims of crime;
(s) "State" means the State of Rajasthan;
(t) "State Government" means the State Government of Rajasthan;
(u) "subordinate ranks" means all ranks below the rank of Assistant or Deputy Superintendent of Police;
(v) "supervisory ranks" means ranks of Assistant and Deputy Superintendent of Police or above;
(w) "tenant" for the purposes of this Act, means a persons to whom a house or premises or part thereof has been let out, whether a lease or rent deed has been executed or not; and
(x) "Village Guard" means a person enlisted as such under section 48 of this Act.
(2) The words and expressions used but not defined in this Act shall have the meaning as assigned to them in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act No. 2 of 1974) and the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Central Act No. 45 of 1860)