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Repeal of H.P. Ordinance No. 1 of 2007 and savings. SCHEDULES. THE HIMACHAL PRADESH POLICE ACT, 2007 (ACT NO. 17 OF 2007) 1 (Received the assent of the Governor on the 21st September, 2007 and was published in Hindi and English in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra- ordinary) , dated 26th September, 2007, pp. 5733- 5912) An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the establishment and management of the Police and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto; Amended, repealed or otherwise affected by,- (i) H.P. Act No. 1 of 20082, published both in Hindi and English in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh, dated 15th February, 2008 pp. 12345-12347. Effective from 9th October, 2007. WHEREAS the Nation’s founding faith is the primacy of the rule of law and the Police, as guardians of the law must promote the rule of law and render impartial and efficient service to the people with due respect for human rights as well as due concern for the security of the State and the Nation; AND WHEREAS the Police needs to be professionally organized and kept free from extraneous influences, so that it is respected by citizens and accountable to law; AND WHEREAS it is expedient to explicitly define the role, duties and responsibilities of the Police, taking into account the emerging challenges of policing, and concern for the security of the State as well the need to ensure good governance and respect for human rights; AND WHEREAS it is necessary to appropriately empower the Police to enable it to function as a professionally efficient, effective and responsive agency. BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-