Punjab Police Rules Volume 1
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THE PUNJAB POLICE RULES VOLUME 1 Chapter 1 Organization Part I Departmental Organization Rule 1.1 1.1. Constitution. - For the purposes of Section 3 of the Police Act (V of 1861) the Pun- jab is divided into "General Police Districts", namely, - (a) the Provincial Police District. (b) the Railway Police District. All ranks of police employed in the province are appointed or enrolled under section 2 of the Act. 1[Provided that each of the Telecommunications Branch, Finger Prints Bureau, Women Police Wing, Bank Staff, Mounted Police, Armourers and Executive Clerical Wing, that is uniformed clerical functionaries in various subordinate offices shall form its uniformed cadre. Explanation. - The expression "subordinate offices" means the offices of the District Senior Superintendent of Police, Director, Finger Prints Bureau, Phillaur and Superintendents of Police, Incharge Recruits Training Centres.] Rule 1.2 1.2. Inspector-General. - The responsibility for the command of the police force, its recruitment, discipline, internal economy and administration throughout the general po- lice districts vests in the Inspector-General of Police. He is head of the Police Department, and is responsible for its direction and control and for advising the Provincial Government in all matters connected with it. In the discharge of his duties as Inspector- General and in the execution of orders of Government he is bound to act in conformity with the system and regulations regarding the functions, discipline and administration of the force contained in the Police Act (V of 1861) and in these rules. Orders of the Pro- vincial Government affecting the police force, in whole or in part, will be issued through him. The Inspector-General is assisted in the control and administration of the police force by such number of Deputy Inspectors General and Assistant Inspectors-General as the Provincial Government may from time to time appoint. Rule 1.3. 1.3. General Police, Districts - divisions of. - The Provincial Police general district is divided into administrative establishments; a Training School (including the Provincial 1. Added vide Punjab Notification Dated 15th June, 1990 2 Punjab Police Rules, 1934 Volume 1, Finger Print Bureau); a Criminal Investigation Department, and District Police Estab- lishments. The Railway Police, general district, is divided into a Central Investigating Agency, and such number of sub-divisions as the Provincial Government may authorize from time to time. Rule 1.4 1.4. Administrative Division. - The districts of the province are grouped in Ranges and the administration of all police within each such range is vested in a Deputy Inspector- General under the control of the Inspector-General of Police. The Railway Police District is administered, under the control of the Inspector General of Police, by an Assistant Inspector-General of Police, who has the powers of, and is re- sponsible for the duties allotted to, a Deputy Inspector-General of a range. The limits of the Railway Police district are the railway limits within the Punjab and Delhi Provinces and Indian States lying within the boundary of the Punjab, including the State of Ba- hawalpur. The Training School is under the direct control of the Inspector-General subject to such delegation of powers as he may make to one or other of the range Deputy Inspectors-Gen- eral. The Criminal Investigation Department is administered by a Deputy Inspector-General, who also supervises the Finger Print Bureau. Rule 1.5 1.5. Limits of jurisdiction and liability to transfer. - All police officers appointed or enrolled in either of the two general police districts constitute one police force and are li- able to, and legally empowered for, police duty anywhere within the province. No sub-division of the force territorially or by classes, such as mounted and foot Police, af- fects this principle. Though not liable to permanent transfer beyond the limits of the Punjab, every police officer is empowered by section 3, Police Act III of 1888, when necessary, to exercise the powers, functions and privileges of a police officer in any part of British India. In the ex- ercise of such functions a police officer is deemed to be a member of the police force of the province in which he is at the time. Rule 1.6. 1.6. Deputy Inspectors-General - duties and functions of. - All Deputy Inspectors- General (and the Assistant Inspectors-General, Government Railway Police) are representatives of the Inspector-General of Police in their respective spheres. The Deputy Inspector-General, Criminal Investigation Department, is responsible, through the staff of his department, for the intelligence organization of the criminal ad- ministration; in this capacity he is called upon to assist both the Provincial Government and the district authorities. He is also authorised to call upon the district or railway police for action in such matters, whether in respect of crime or intelligence, as may, from time to time, be consigned to his charge. In respect of crime, however, he will keep the Deputy Inspectors-General of the ranges concerned fully informed of all action which his depart- ment is taking within the sphere of their jurisdictions. The Deputy Inspector-General of a range is responsible to the Inspector- General for the administration, training and discipline of the police of his range and for the efficiency of their organisation and operations for the prevention and detection of crime. In the exer- cise of this responsibility a Deputy Inspector-General will interfere as little as possible with the executive authority of the Superintendents under him, and will permit such modi- fications of practice and organization to suit local conditions as he may consider advisable, and as the law and these rules allow. He will use his powers of control to secure a uniform standard of efficiency and the fullest co-operation between districts and branches of the force in the circulation of information and in action against criminals. To ensure that efficiency shall not be impaired by undue variation in methods or practice Organization 3 in different parts of the province, Deputy Inspectors-General of ranges and of the Crimi- nal Investigation Department and the Assistant Inspector-General, Government Railway Police, shall maintain close touch with each other by informal meetings and formal con- ferences. They shall freely exchange information relating to the criminal administration, and shall ensure that co-operation between ranges and branches of the force is as close as that between the districts within a range. Before issuing any circular order having the ef- fect of altering in principle any matter of departmental practice or affecting the administration of the law, Deputy Inspectors-General shall obtain the approval of the In- spector-General. Copies of all such circular orders and of instructions of general importance, whether previously approved by the Inspector-General or not, shall be sent to the Inspector General and other Deputy-Inspectors for information. Rule 1.7 1.7. Relations of Deputy Inspectors-General with Commissioners and District Magistrates. - In his dealings with Commissioners and District Magistrates, the Deputy Inspector-General is the representative of the Inspector-General. Within the field in which the Inspector-General is the advisor of the Provincial Government, the Deputy In- spector-General should be the advisor of the Commissioners and District Magistrates, whose jurisdictions lie within his range. His knowledge and authority should at all times be at their disposal for promoting police efficiency and for concerting measures for the better control of crime. Cases in which differences of opinion arise between a Deputy In- spector-General and a Commissioner or District Magistrate on matters in which the orders of Government are advisable shall be referred through the Inspector-General. Rule 1.8 1.8. Superintendent of Police. - The Superintendent of Police is the executive head of the district police force. He is directly responsible for all matters relating to its internal economy, training and management, and for the maintenance of its discipline and the ef- ficient performance of all its duties. In every district there shall be one or more Superintendents and such number of Assis- tant Superintendents, Deputy Superintendents, inspectors, sergeants, sub-inspectors, Assistant sub-inspectors, head constables and constables as the Provincial Government may direct. Rule 1.9 1.9. Assistant and Deputy Superintendents. - The authority and duties of Assistant and Deputy Superintendents of Police are the same and interchangeable. They derive their powers from the fifth definition in section I of the Police Act (V of 1861) and from section 551 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Assistant and Deputy Superintendents of Police are posted to districts and other duties at the discretion of the Provincial Govern- ment to be trained and to assist the Superintendent in the discharge of his responsibilities, and the authority of the Superintendent is delegated to them to the extent prescribed by these rules. Rule 1.10 1.10. Police station jurisdiction. - Districts and the railway police sub- divisions are divided into police station jurisdictions according to administrative convenience and in order to meet the requirements of the Code of Criminal Procedure [Section 4(1)(s)]. The boundaries of these jurisdictions have all been fixed from time to time on the authority of the Provincial Government, and are unalterable save under the same authority. Outposts are located where necessary for the control of crime and are subordinate to the police sta- tions in the jurisdictions of which they are located. Normally, a police station is in charge of a sub-inspector of Police and an outpost is commanded by an assistant sub-inspector or head constable. No alteration in the number of police stations and outposts or in the boundaries of police station jurisdictions may be made without the sanction of the Provincial Government.