Maharashtra Suraksha Dal Act, 1986

No: 3 Dated: Feb, 12 1987

THE MAHARASHTRA SURAKSHA DAL ACT, 1986

ACT No. III OF 1987

    An Act to provide for the constitution and regulation of a Force called the Maharashtra Suraksha Dal for the better protection and security of the premises of the Government, public sector undertakings, local authorities and banks situated in the State of Maharashtra.

    WHEREAS it is expedient to constitute a security force called the Maharashtra Suraksha Dal for the better protection and security of the premises of the Government and the premises of the public sector undertakings, local authorities and banks situated in the State of Maharashtra ;

It is hereby enacted in the Thirty Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows :—

1. Short title, extent and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Maharashtra Suraksha Dal Act, 1986.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Maharashtra.

(3) It shall come into force in such area and from such date, as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and difference dates may be appointed for different areas.

2. Definitions:- (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(a) "Dal" means Maharashtra Suraksha Dal constituted under section 3;

(b) "Magistrate",—

(i) in relation to a metropolitan area, means a Metropolitan Magistrate; and

(ii) in relation to an area outside a Metropolitan area, means a Judicial Magistrate of the first class ;

(c) "Member of the Dal" means a person appointed to the Dal under this Act, other than a superior officer ;

(d) "Police Officer" means a Police Officer as defined in the *Bombay Police Act, 1951 ;

(e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ;

(f) "Rakshadhikari" means Rakshadhikari of the Dal and includes an Upa-Rakshadhikari of the Dal, appointed under section 4 ;

(g) "subordinate officer" means a person appointed to the Dal as a Raksha Nirikshak, Raksha Upa-Nirikshak or a Jamadar ;

(h) "superior officer" means a person appointed under section 4 ;

(i) "the Government" shall include both the State Government and Central Government.

    (2) Words and expressions used herein and which are defined in the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and the *Bombay Police Act, 1951, and not hereinbefore defined, shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in these enactments.

3. Constitution of Dal:- (1) There shall be constituted and maintained by the State Government a Force to be called the Maharashtra Suraksha Dal for better protection and security of the premises of the Government situated in the State of Maharashtra, and the premises of any public sector undertakings, local authorities, banks or, as the case may be, of any industrial undertakings or commercial organisations, situated in the State of Maharashtra which require such protection and security from the State Government as provided under sub-section (1) of section 17.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Dal shall be constituted and maintained in such manner and shall consist of such number of superior officers and members of the Dal, as the State Government may, from time to time determine.

(3) The recruitment, pay, pension allowances and all other conditions of service of the superior officers and members of the Dal shall be such as the State Government may, from time to time, by general or special order, determine : Provided that, nothing in this section shall apply to pay, pension and other conditions of service of the police officer or any other officer who is on deputation to the Dal.