Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare a specified service to be an. essential service to the community, for a •ecified. period, which may be further extended from time to time, by a notification, as may be necessary. (2) Upon a declaration being made under sub-section (1) and so long it remains in force, it shall be the duty of every police officer to obey any order given by any officer superior to him in connection with the service specified in the declaration. (3) assist the physically handicapped, senior citizens, women and children in public piaces and public transport and citizens during national calamities and natural disasters; Chapter V Policing in the Context of Public Order and Internal Security Challenges Drawing up of Internal Security Scheme