Jammu and Kashmir Chowkidari Act, 1956
No: 37 Dated: Dec, 28 1956
THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR CHOWKIDARI ACT, 1956
Act No. XXXVII of 1956
An Act to amend, consolidate and declare the Law relating to the appointment and maintenance of Chowkidars in towns and village in the Jammu and Kashmir State.
Be it enacted by the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature in the Seventh year of the Republic of India as follows :-
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Jammu and Kashmir Chowkidari Act, 1956:
(2) The provisions of this Act shall have effect in all towns and villages in the Jammu and Kashmir State.
(3) Repeal and savings. - From the date this Act comes into force, all previous orders, circulars and rules, so far as they are repugnant to this Act, shall be deemed to have been repealed ;
But all appointments made, orders issued, limits fixed or things done under orders, circulars and rules hereby repealed shall be deemed to have been respectively made, issued, fixed or done under this Act.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires :-
(a) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ;
(b) "town" means a town area as defined in Jammu and Kashmir Town Area Act, 2011, but shall not include municipal areas or other stations, police duties of which are discharged by Police officials, recruited under the Police Act, 1983, or under any other Act for the time being in force ;
(c) "village" means a residential area (entered as Mahal in revenue records) of which boundaries have been defined.
3. Deputy Commissioner to determine number of Chowkidars. - The Deputy Commissioner shall determine the number of Chowkidars to be maintained in a town or village or a group of towns or villages in the prescribed manner :
Provided that the existing number of Chowkidars shall be treated as if it were determined under this section.
4. Power to create or reduce post. - Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3, the Government may create or reduce any posts of Chowkidars at any time.