Kerala Police Act, 2011
No: 8 Dated: Apr, 20 2011
Kerala Police Act, 2011
(Act 8 of 2011)
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the establishment, regulation, powers and duties of the Police Force in the State of Kerala and for matter connected therewith and incidental thereto.
Preamble. - Whereas it is expedient to provide for a professional, trained, skilled, disciplined and dedicated police system to protect the integrity and security of State and to ensure the rule of law with due transparency and by giving due regard to life, property, freedom, dignity and human rights of every person in accordance with provisions of the Constitution of India,
And Whereas, it is necessary to make capable the police by giving adequate statutory powers and responsibilities to exercise the powers and discharge the duties efficiently.
And Whereas, it is necessary to have a Police system which functions in consonance with the modem democratic society and maintains public harmony and law and order,
And Whereas, it has become imperative to ensure that the powers vested in the Police shall not be abused and that the activities of the Police are subject to statutory and effective controls,
Now, Therefore, it has become imperative to codify and amend the Law relating to the establishment, regulation, powers and duties of Police force in the State of Kerala,
Be, it enacted in the Sixty-first year of Republic of India as follows -
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Kerala Police Act, 2011
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala.
(3) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions. - (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Commission" means the State Security Commission constituted under section 24,
(b) "District Magistrate" means the officer responsible for the executive administration of a district, by whatever designation such officer is called,
(c) "Government" means the Government of Kerala,
(d) "Place" includes any building, tent, booth, vehicle or other constructions, either permanent or temporary and any area including land, seal backwaters, rivers, canals and atmosphere either enclosed or open,
(e) "Police" means and includes all persons exercising the duties and functions specified under section 3 and and and who are authorised under section 88 to do so,
(f) "Police Force" means the police force referred under section 14,
(g) "Police district" means the local area declared under section 16,
(h) "Police office" means any member of the Police Force and includes in it an officer of the Indian Police Service,
(i) "Property" includes money, valuable security and all properties either movable, immovable or digital,
(j) "Public place" means any place in which the public have access either as of right or not and includes in it,-
(i) Any public building, monument and premises thereof, and
(ii) Any place accessible to the public for drawing water or washing or bathing or for the purpose for travel, recreation, food, rest, treatment, trade, etc or for any other service,
(k) "Service provider" means any person or agency or employee or person in charge of such agency who provide any service to the public or any section thereof with or without collecting any payment and includes those who provide services such as phone, internet, computer. vehicle, food, water, finance, rent, pawning, hospital, laboratory, sanitation, repair, electricity, deposit, share, construction, security, trade, loan, fuel, rest recreation and any such other agency which provides any service to the public on demand,
(l) "Street" includes any highway, bridge, way , causeway, road, lane, footpath, square, courtyard, garden path, channel or passage, etc accessible to the public whether or not it is a thoroughfare,
(m) "Traffic" means any kind of movement of persons, animals, vehicles, vessels or goods along any public place and includes the disposition of vehicles, having things and state objects either temporary or permanent situated in or near any such place affecting in any manner such movement, individually or collectively, of any component among them,
(n) "Vehicle" means any means of transport which carries any person, animal or object and includes in it a carriage, cart, van, truck, handcart, boat, bicycle, tricycle, rickshaw, motor vehicle, vessel or aeroplane.
(2) Words and expression used and not defined in this Act, but defined in the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Central Act 45 of 1860) or in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974) shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them therein.