Bare ActsThe POLICE ACT, 1861

Section 9

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Police-officers not to resign without leave or two months' notice:- No police- officer shall be at liberty to withdraw himself from the duties of his office unless expressly allowed to do so by the District Superintendent or by some other officer authorized to grant such permission, or without the leave of the District Superintendent, to resign his office, 1 As to enrolment, maintenance and discipline of- (1) the Military Police-force employed in- (a) the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, see the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Military Police (Disbandment) Regulation, 1946 (3 of 1946); (b) Assam, see the Assam Rifles Act. 1941 (5 of 1941); (c) Bengal see the Eastern Frontier Rifles (Bengal Battalion) Act. 1920 (Ben. No. 2 of 1920); (2) the Punjab Frontier Police-officers, see the Punjab Frontier Police-officers Regulation, 1893 (7 of 1893) (3) the Calcutta and Suburban Police, see the Calcutta Police Act, 1866 (Ben. No. 4 of 1866) and the Calcutta Suburban Police Act, 1866 (Ben. No. 2 of I866); (4) the police establishment in municipal areas in the U.P., see the Municipalities Act, 1916 (U.P. No. 2 of 1916); (5) the Police establishment in municipal areas in the Punjab, see the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 (Pun. No.3 of 1911); . (6) the Rural Police in the Santha1 Parganas, see the Santhal Parganas Rural Police Regulation, 1910 (4 of 1910); (7) the Rural police in Chhotta Nagpur see the Chhotta Nagpur Rural Police Act, 1914 (B.& O.No. l of 1914); (8) the U.P. Special Armed Constabulary, see the U.P. Special Armed Constabulary Act, 1942 (U.P. No.5 of 1942); (9) the Delhi Special Police Establishment. see the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act. 1946 (25 of 1946); (10) Delhi Police. see Delhi Police Act. 1978 (34 of 1978) 2 Subs. by the A.O. 1937 for "so appointed". 3 Subs. by Act No. 8 of 1895, sec. 3, for the original second paragraph. 5 unless he shall have given to his superior officer notice in writing, for a period of not "less than two months, of his intention to resign. COMMENTS No police-officer shall be at liberty:- (a) to withdraw himself from the duties of his office; (b) to resign his office without giving, at least, 2 months' notice of his intention to resign.

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