Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) When the Deputy Commissioner is of ovinion oT duy. > that in any village in his district (a) special measures are required to secure the public safety, and (b) the inhabi- tants have not, either voluntarily, or on being required so to do by the Deputy Commissioner, made sufficient pro- : vision for watch and ward, he may make an order in writ: - ing that from such-date as he may fix in the order all able bodied adult male inhabitants of the village shall be liable to patrol duty. —— 6 (2) An order under sub-section (1) shall remain in order, eung : Deputy force for such period not exceeding one year as the Dep Commissioner may fix; but it may be renewed from time to time as the Deputy Commissioner may direct. —— 4 1Substituted for the word “Punjab” by the Punjab Reorganisay (Chandigarh) (Adaptation of Laws on State and Concurrent Subjecr Order, 1968 ty, tbe > _2Subsdtuteg for the words “in the case of a municipality, °. municipal committee and” by Punjab Act IT of 1942, section 2 1918 : Pb. Act VEIL] vVinLace AnD SMALL TOWNS 595 PATROL (3) An Order under sub-sectio ‘ n (J ) Ypneelintion of cancelled at any time by the Deputy Sciatic = be order " 4 (1) When the Deputy Commissio sioner ha Appointment of order under Section: 3 he shall, unless the ioe he village camel muunicipality la notified area or a small town], appoint a village panchayat” for the village. . (2) The village panchayat of any village in resoect of | Number and which an order under section 3 has been passed shall repurt — =__ forthwith— (a) the number of able-bodied adult male inhabi- tants of the village; (b) the number of persons which in their opinion will be required for patrol duty each night; (c) the method by which in their opinion such per- sons shall be selected, that is, whether by rota- tion or by lot or otherwise. | (3) Upon receipt of the report of the village pancha- yat the Deputy Commissioner shall determine the number of persons required for patrol duty and the method of their selection, and shall inform the village panchayat of his decision. ! . 2 (4) Persons shall ‘be selected by the village panchayat for patrol duty in such numbers and according to such ' ‘methods as the Deputy Commissioner may determine. is by lot, names once drawn (5) Where the selection nes the remaining names on shall not be drawn again until all the list have been drawn. ! plication of a 6) The village panchayat shall by pu “jist i wierwilee inform the persons liable to patrol duty of the date. time, area and nature of such duty.