The State Armed Police Forces (Extension of Laws) Act, 1952
# THE STATE ARMED POLICE FORCES (EXTENSION OF LAWS) ACT, 1952
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 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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SECTIONS

1. Short title and extent.
2. Definition.
3. Extension of disciplinary laws of any State to members of the armed police force of that State

when serving outside that State.

4. Power to add to, or omit from, the Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

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# THE STATE ARMED POLICE FORCES (EXTENSION OF LAWS) ACT, 1952

 ACT NO. LXIII OF 1952

[22nd August, 1952.]

An Act to provide for the extension of disciplinary laws in force in any State relating to the armed police

force of that State to members of the said force when serving outside that State.

BE it enacted by Parliament as follows:—

**1. Short title and extent.—(1) This Act may be called the State Armed Police Forces (Extension of**

Laws) Act, 1952.

(2) It extends to the whole of India [1]***.

**2. Definition.—In this Act, "armed police force" means any police force constituted by any of the**

enactments specified in the Schedule for the time being in force.

**3. Extension of disciplinary laws of any State to members of the armed police force of that State**

**when serving outside that State.—Where any detachment of an armed police force of a State is serving**
in any part of any other State, whether independently or by being attached to the police force of that other
State, then, notwithstanding anything contained in section 3 of the Police Act, 1888 (III of 1888), every
member of the said detachment, while discharging the functions of a police officer in that other State, shall
continue to be subject to the same laws in respect of discipline and liabilities as would have been applicable
to him, if he had been discharging those functions within the State to which the said force belongs.

**4. Power to add to, or omit from, the Schedule.—The Central Government may, by notification in**

the Official Gazette, add to, or omit from, the Schedule any enactment and on the publication of such a
notification, the Schedule shall be deemed to be amended accordingly.

1. Omitted by Act 62 of 1952, s. 2 and the Schedule, for “except the State of Jammu and Kashmir” (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).

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**SCHEDULE**

(See section 2 and 4)

1. The Bengal Military Police Act, 1892 (V of 1892).

2. The Eastern Frontier Rifles (Bengal Battalion) Act, 1920 (Bengal Act No. II of 1920).

3. The Bombay State Reserve Police Force Act, 1951 (Bombay Act No. XXXVIII of 1951).

4. The Central Provinces and Berar Special Armed Constabulary Act, 1942 (C.P. and Berar Act No.

VII of 1942).

5. The Madhya Bharat Special Armed Force Act, Samvat 2007 (Madhya Bharat Act No.75 of 1950).

6. The Orissa Military Police Act, 1946 (Orissa Act No. VII of 1946).

7. The Rajasthan Armed Constabulary Act, 1950 (Rajasthan Act No. XII of 1950).

8. The United Provinces Provincial Armed Constabulary Act, 1948 (U.P. Act No. XL of 1948).

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