State Armed Police Forces (Extension of Laws) Act, 1952

(1) This Act may be called the State Armed Police Forces (Extension of Laws) Act, 1952. (2) It extends to the whole of India 1* * *. 1. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 62 of 1956, s. 2 and Schedule.

In this Act, "armed police force" means any police force constituted by any of the enactments specified in the Schedule for the time being in force.

Where any detachment of an armed police force of a State is serving in any part of any other State, whether independently or by being attached to the police force of that other State, then, notwithstanding anything contained in section 3 of the Police Act, 1888 (3 of 1888), every member of the said detachment, while discharging the functions of a police officer in that other State, shall continue to be subject to the same laws in respect of discipline and liabilities as would have been applicable to him, if he had been discharging those functions within the State to which the said force belongs.

The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, add to, or omit from, the Schedule any enactment and on the publication of such a notification, the Schedule shall be deemed to be amended accordingly.

Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1957 (36 of 1957), s. 2 and the Schedule I.

The Schedule [See Sections 2 and 4] 1. The Bengal Military Police Act, 1892 (5 of 1892). 2. The Eastern Frontier Rifles (Bengal Battalion) Act, 1920 (Bengal Act No. 2 of 1920). 3. The Bombay State Reserve Police Force Act, 1951 (Bombay Act No. 38 of 1951). 4. The Central Provinces and Berar Special Armed Constabulary Act, 1942 (C.P. and Berar Act No. 7 of 1942). 5. The Madhya Bharat Special Armed Force Act, Samvat 2007 (Madhya Bharat Act No. 75 of 1950). 6. The Orissa Military Police Act, 1946 (Orissa Act No. 7 of 1946). 7. The Rajasthan Armed Constabulary Act, 1950 (Rajasthan Act No. 12 of 1950). 8. The United Provinces Provincial Armed Constabulary Act, 1948 (U.P. Act No. 40 of 1948).