Haryana Police Act, 2007
No: 25 Dated: Jun, 02 2008
Haryana Police Act, 2007
(Haryana Act No. 25 of 2008)
An Act to provide a new State police law for establishment, regulations and management of the police, redefine its role, duties and its responsibilities and to enable it to function as an efficient, professional, effective, accountable, people friendly and responsive agency by taking into account the emerging challenges of policing, enforcement of rule of law, the concern for security of the State and the people, good governance and human rights.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Haryana in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India.
CHAPTER I
Definitions and Interpretations
1. Short title Extent and Commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Haryana Police Act, 2007.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Haryana.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions. - (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Cattle" include cows, buffaloes, elephants, camels, horses, asses, mules, sheep, goats and swine;
(b) "Commissioner" means Commissioner of Police appointed as such under Section 8 of this Act;
(c) "Competent authority" means the authority as may be prescribed;
(d) "Group C posts" means the posts so categorized under the relevant State Service Rules;
(e) "Insurgency" includes waging of armed struggle by a group or a section of population against the State with a political objective including the separation of a part from the territory of India;
(f) "internal security" means preservation of sovereignty and integrity of the State from disruptive and anti-national forces from within the State;
(g) "militant activities" include any violence of a group using explosives, inflammable substances, firearms or other lethal weapons or hazardous substance in order to achieve its political objectives;
(h) "municipal area" means the area as defined in the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973 (24 of 1973) and the rules made there under;
(i) "organized crime" includes any crime committed by a group or a network of persons in pursuance of its common intention of unlawful gain by using violent means or threat of violence;
(j) "police district" means the area as is notified under section 10 of Chapter II of this Act as distinct from a revenue district;
(k) "place of public amusement and public entertainment" include such place as may be notified by the State Government;
(l) "police officer" means any member of the police service of the State constituted under this Act and includes Indian Police Service (IPS) officers of State cadre;
(m) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(n) "public place" means any place to which the public have access and includes,-
(i) a public building, market, malls, trains, buses, monuments and precincts thereof; and
(ii) any place accessible to the public for drawing water, washing or bathing or for purposes of recreation;
(o) "regulations" means regulations made under this Act;
(p) "rules" mean rules made under this Act;
(q) "service" means the police service constituted under this Act;
(r) "State Government" means the Government of the State of Haryana in the Administrative Department;
(s) "subordinate rank" means all ranks below the Assistant or Deputy Superintendent of Police
(t) "terrorist activity" includes any activity of a person or a group using explosive or inflammable substances or firearms or other lethal weapons or noxious gases or other chemicals or any other substance of a hazardous nature with the aim to strike terror in the society or any section thereof, and with an intent to overawe Government established by law.
(2) Words and expressions used in this Act but not defined specifically shall have the meanings assigned to them in the General Clauses Act, 1897 (Act 10 of 1897), the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974) and the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Act 45 of 1860).
CHAPTER II
Constitution and organization of police service
3. Constitution of Police service. - There shall be one Police service for the State, constituted by the State Government under this Act. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law or any of the provisions of this Act, members of the police service shall be liable for posting anywhere in the State and outside the State as ordered by the competent authority and to any branch of the service in the State, including any of its specialised wings.
4. Organization and composition of Police service. - Subject to the provisions of this Act,-
(1) the police service shall consist of such numbers in various ranks and have such organization or cadres as the State Government may, by general or special order, determine and shall include the members of the Indian Police Service allocated to the State;
(2) the direct recruitment to various gazetted and non-gazetted ranks in the police service shall be made through a State Level Police Recruitment Board or District Level Police Recruitment Boards by a transparent process, adopting well codified systems which shall be framed under this Act;
(3) the pay, allowances, service conditions, mode of recruitment of the police personnel shall be such as may be prescribed from time to time;
(4) police personnel shall at all times remain accountable to the law and responsive to the lawful needs of the people and shall observe codes of ethical conduct and integrity.
5. Appointment of Director General ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR General, Inspector General, Deputy Or Assistant Inspector General. - (1) For the overall direction and supervision of the Police service, the state Government shall appoint a Director General of Police who shall exercise such powers perform such functions and duties, and have such responsibilities and such authority, as may be prescribed.
(2) The State Government may appoint one or more Directors General of Police, Additional Directors General, and as many Inspectors General, Deputy or Assistant Inspectors General of Police as may be necessary.
(3) The State Government may, by a general or special order direct in what manner and to what extent Additional Director General or an Inspector General or a Deputy or Assistant Inspector General of Police shall assist and aid the Director General of Police in the performance, exercise and discharge of his functions, powers, duties and responsibilities.