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Appointment of additional force in the neighbourhood of railway and other works:- Whenever any railway, canal or other public work, or any manufactory or commercial concern, shall be carried on or be in operation in any part of the country and it shall appear to the Inspector-General that the employment of an additional police force in such place is rendered necessary by the behaviour or reasonable apprehension of the behaviour of the persons employed upon such work, manufactory or concern, it shall be lawful for the Inspector-General, with the consent of the State Government, to depute such additional force to such place, and to employ the same so long as such necessity shall continue, and to make orders, from time to time, upon the person having the control or custody of the funds used in carrying on such work, manufactory or concern, for the payment of the extra force so rendered necessary, and such person shall, thereupon, cause payment to be made accordingly. COMMENTS Tile Inspector-General may, with the consent of the State Government, employ or depute an additional force in the neighbourhood of any railway, canal or other public work, or any manufactory or commercial concern at the charge of the person having the control or custody of the funds used in carrying on such work, etc. 1[15. Quartering of additional police in disturbed or dangerous districts:- (1) It shall be lawful for the State Government, by proclamation to be notified in the Official Gazette, and in such other manner as the State Government shall direct, to declare that any area subject to its authority has been found to be in a disturbed or dangerous state, or that, from the conduct of the inhabitants of such area or of any class or section of them, it is expedient to increase the number of police. (2) It shall, thereupon, be lawful for the Inspector-General of Police, or other officer authorised by the State Government in this behalf, with the sanction of the State Government, to employ any police-force in addition to the ordinary fixed complement, to be quartered in the area specified in such proclamation as aforesaid. (3) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (5) of this section, the cost of such additional police-force shall be home by the inhabitants of such area described in the proclamation. 1 Subs. by Act No.8 of 1895, sec. 4, for the original section. 7 The Police Act, 1861 (4) The Magistrate of the district, after such enquiry as he may deem necessary, shall apportion such cost among the inhabitants who are, as aforesaid, liable to bear the same and who shall not have been exempted under the next succeeding sub-section. Such apportionment shall be made according to the Magistrate's judgment of the respective means within such area of such inhabitants. (5) It shall be lawful for the State Government, by order, to exempt any persons or class or section of such inhabitants from liability to bear any portion of such cost. (6) Every proclamation issued under sub-section (1) of this section shall state the period for which it is to remain in force, but it may be withdrawn at any time or continued from time to time for a further period or periods as the State Government may, in each case, think fit to direct. Explanation:- For the purposes of this section, "inhabitants" shall include persons who themselves or by their agents or servants, occupy or hold land or other immovable property within such area; and landlords who themselves or by their agents or servants, collect rents direct from raiyats or occupiers in such area, notwithstanding that they do not actually reside therein.] COMMENTS The State Government may declare any area to be a disturbed or dangerous district and thereafter increase the number of police. The proclamation may be withdrawn at any time or continued for a further period or periods. 1[15A. Awarding compensation to sufferers from misconduct of inhabitants or persons interested in land:- (1) If, in any area in regard to which any proclamation notified under the last preceding section is in force, death or grievous hurt, or loss of, or damage to, property has been caused by or has ensued from the misconduct of the inhabitants of such area or any class or section of them, it shall be lawful for any person, being an inhabitant of such area, whoc1aims to have suffered injury from such misconduct, to make, within one month from the date of the injury or such shorter period as may be prescribed, an application for compensation to the Magistrate of the district or of the subdivision of a district within which such area is situated. (2) It shall, thereupon, be lawful for the Magistrate of the district, with the sanction of the State Government after such enquiry as he may deem necessary, and whether any additional police-force has or has not been quartered in such area under the last preceding section, to- (a) declare the persons to whom injury has been caused by or has ensued from such misconduct; (b) fix the amount of compensation to he paid to such persons and the manner in which it is to be distributed among them; and (c) assess the proportion in which the same shall be paid by the inhabitants of such area other than the applicant who shall not have been exempted from liability to pay under the next succeeding sub-section: 1 Ins. by Act No. 8 of 1895, sec. 5. 8 The Police Act, 1861 Provided that the Magistrate shall not make any declaration or assessment under this sub- section, unless he is of opinion that such injury, as aforesaid, had arisen from a riot or unlawful assembly within such area, and that the person who suffered the injury was himself free from blame in respect of the occurrences which led to such injury. (3) It shall be lawful for the State Government, by order, to exempt any persons or class or section of such inhabitants from liability to pay any portion of such compensation. (4) Every declaration or assessment made or order passed by the Magistrate of the district under sub-section (2) shall be subject to revision by the Commissioner of the Division or the State Government, but save as aforesaid, shall be final. (5) No civil suit shall be maintainable in respect of any injury for which compensation has been awarded under this section. (6) Explanation:- In this section, the word "inhabitants" shall have the same meaning as in the last preceding section]. COMMENTS This section lays down the procedure for awarding compensation to persons- (i) to whom death, grievous hurt or injury has been caused or ensued; or (ii) to whose property loss or damage has been caused or ensued, from the misconduct of the inhabitants of the area in regard to which proclamation is notified under section 15. 1[16. Recovery of moneys payable under sections 13, 14, 15 and 15A, and disposal of same when recovered:- (1) All moneys payable under sections 13, 14, 15 and 15A shall be recoverable by the Magistrate of the district in the manner provided by sections 386 and 387 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 18822 (10 of 1882) for the recovery of fines, or by suit in any competent Court. 3* * * * * * (3) All moneys paid or recovered under section 15A shall be paid by the Magistrate of the district to the persons to whom, and in the proportions in which, the same are payable under that section.] COMMENTS The Magistrate of the district may recover all moneys payable under sections 13, 14, 15 and 15A of this Act,- (i) in accordance with the provisions of sections 421 and 422 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; or (ii) by suit in any competent court. It will be his duty to pay all moneys paid or recovered under section 15A of this Act to the persons who are entitled thereto. 1 Subs. by sec. 6 Act 8 of 1895 for the original section. 2 See now sections 421 and 422 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974). 3 Sub-section (2) omitted by the A.O. 1937. See, however, para 4 of the Indian and Burma (Transitory Provisions Order, 1937). 9 The Police Act, 1861