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Whoever makes a talse siatement or a statement which is misLeading in materal particu ars to a Police offlcer forlhe purpose of obtaining any benelit shalL, on conviclion, be pufished with imprisonment for a term which may extentto lhree months or a iine or both. Penalty for disobeying orders ordirections Power lo reserve public places, and erect barriets Saving ol Control ol lMagistrate of the District Obslruction in Police work Unautho.ised use of Police uniform Retusallo deliver up ceatificate etc. on ceasing to be Police officer False or misleading statement nade to the Police Dereliction of duly by Police officer Arrestj search, selzule Offences by the publlc '167. Otfence by the police (1) whoever. being a Police officeF (a) williully breaches or neglects lo lollow any legal provis on, procedure, rules, regulations applicable to members of the Police Service; or (b) without law4ul reason, iails to regisler a First Lniormation Report as required by Sectjon 154 oi the Code ol Criminal Procedure, 1973i or (c) is tound in a state of intoxication, while on duty; or (d) malingers or feigns illness oriniury orvoluntarily causes hurtlo himself with a view to evading duty; or (e) acts in any other manner unbecoming ol a Police Otficer;shall,on conviction, be punishedwith imprisonment foraiermwhich may extend ro lhree n_ontl's o'wilE a ii'1e o'bolh. (2)Whoever, be ng a Police Officer:" (a) is gullty of cowardice; or (b) abdicates duties. or withdraws from duties or remains absent withoul aulhorizallon from dutyior more than 21 (twenty-one) daysior (c) uses crrminal force against another Police Officer, or indu ges in gross insubordlnalioniol (d) is guilty of sexual harassrnent in the course of duty, whelheriowards other Polce Officers or any member of the pubLlc;shall, on convlcilon, be punlshed wiih irnprisonmeni for a ierm which mav €xtend to three months orwiih afine or both. Whoever, being a Police ofllcer- (1 ) withoul laMu I aulhority and reasonable cause enters or searches, or causes to be enlered orsearched, anybuilding, vessel,lenl or place;or (2) unlaMully and without reasonablecause seizesthe property oiany person;or (3) unlaMully andwilhout reasonable cause delains,searches, orarrests a person;or (4) unla!#Lrlly and wilhout reasonablecause delays lhe lorwarding ol any person arrested io a Magistrate or to any other aulhorily to whom he is legally boLind tofoMard slrch person; (5) subjects any person in her/hls custody or wiih whom he may come lnto contact in ihe course ol duty, to torlure orlo any kind of inhuman or unlaMul persona violence or gross misbehavior; (6)holds out and threat: orpromise nol wa(anted by law;shall, on conviction, be punished with lmprisonmenl for a ierm which may exlend to one year and shall be liable lo fine.