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The Madras City Police (Extension to the City of Madurai and to the City of 
Coimbatore) Act, 1987 

 
Act 32 of 1987 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Keyword(s): 
City of Coimbatore, City of Maduraj, City Police Act, Law in Force 
 



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The followi~lg Act of the Tamil Nadu Lcgislativc Asscmbly 
received the arszllt 01; the Governor on thc 21st July 198'7 and 
is hereby published Tor general information :- 

I ACT No. 32 OF 1987 

Ail Act to extcnd the pro~.isions of the 1A4ndra.s City Police Act, 
1888 to the City of Madurai and to the City of Coimbatorc. 

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BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu 
In the Thirty-eight11 Year of the Republic of India as follows :- 

1. Skort trtfe and commencement.-413 This Act may be called 
the Madras City Police (Extension to the City of Madurai and to the 
City of Coinlbatcrc) Act, 1987. ' t 

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Stat6 
. Government mayzy, by notification, appoint. 

( 2. Definitions.--.-In this Act, unless the context otherwise re- 
quires,- 

(1 ) " appoint :d day " means the date appointed under sub- 
section (2) of seciion 1 for the coming into force of this Act; 

( 2 )  " City of Coimbatorc " gcans the City of Coimbatore as 
defined in clause (9) of section 2 of the Coimbatore City Municipal 
Corporation Act, 1981 (Tamil Nadu &t 25 of 1981); 

(3) " City of Madurai '' Incans the City of Madurai as defined 
11.1 clausc (9) of section 2 of the Madurai City Municipal Corporation 
Act, 1971 (Tamil Nadu Act 15 of 1971) ; 

(4) " City Police Act" means the Madras City Polic2 Act, 
1888 (Tamil Nadu Act 111 of 1888) ; 

(5) " Government " means the State Government ; 
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(6) "law in force " incllides any enactment, Ordinancq regu- 
lation, order, by-law, rtle, scheme or notification in force in the 

whole or in any part of the  stat^ of Tamil Nadu gr any instrument 
having the fonce of law in the whole or in any part of the State of 
Tamil Nadu, . 

3. Extensi~n of Tamil Nadu Act !I1 of 1988.-(1) With effect on 
and from the appointed da,y, the City Police Act as in force immedi- 
ately before ihe appointed day, shall stand extended to, and s h d  be 
in force, in the City of hlaciurai and in the City of Coimbatore. 

(2) In the City Police Act as extended to the Cities of Madurai 
and Cobbatore, -- . r 

(a) any refere ~ c e  to the City of Madras (other than the 
reference in section 3),, shall by reason of this Act, be construed as 
a reference1 to the City of Madurai, or a i  the case may be, the City 
if ~oimbatore ; t 

(b) any reference to Presidency Magistrate shall, by reason 
of this Act, be construed as a reference to Judicial Magistrate ; 

(cy any reference to the Commissioner of Polic? for Madras, 
shall, by reason of this Act, be construed as a reference to the 
Commissioner of Police for Madurai, or as the case may be, the 
Commissioner of Police for Coimbatore. 

4. Power o f  Government to cruthorzse Commiisioner of Police 
k d  certain other police oficers in the Citicr of Madurai and 
.Coimbatore to exercise powers of (District Mogistrntcs and Executive 
Magistrates under the Code of  Crirninal Procedure, 1973,- 
' ( 1 )  Without prejudice to the provisions contained in sectim 7 
of the City Police Act, the Goverqment may, hv notification, and 
subject to such conditions and limitation as may be specified thereh, 
empower- 

(a) the Commissbner of Police for Madurai or the COm& 
sioner of Police for Coimbatoro, to exercise and perfom in re 

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to the City of Macturai, or cs the case may bc, tllc City al Coiinbatore 
the powers and duties of an Executivc fi~lagistr-sic: an(! of a District 
Xlagistrate uncicr sdch of' Ihe pr~>t;is~on:; (11' t l~c  Soc!c of Cri~linal 
Procedure, 1973 (icnsira! Act 2 k j ! '  1 $ / 4 )  ( h r d l  c::!: ici. ill this section 
reterrcd to as tlie said Code) or. ok an) othc~: law i i l  force relating 
to matters with respect to which the State i,cgis'uture has powei to 
make laws i'or the State, as may be specificct in the notification ; 

( h )  a11 jl of-iicer su bodinate to tile Coll~i-rlissioner of Policq 
in the City of hkdurai, ar as the case may bc, i ~ ?  r?.e City of Coin~batore 
(not being an officer below the rank of an Assistant Commissioner of 
Police) to exercise and perform in relation to the City of Madurai, 
or as the case may be, ibe City of Coimbato~c:, as may be specified 
in the notification, tlie powers and duties oi  a11 Execuiive Magistrate 
under such uf the provisions of the sakb Code or oi any other law 
in force relating to matters with respa:: :il wnic!~ i i ~ e  State Legisla- 
ture has power to lnahe laws fur  the Stxie, :is inay be ;peci5ml in the 
aotification. 

(2)  Every officer subordinate to the Cylioissi~i,es of Police 31 
the City of Matlurai, or as the case may kc, in the City of 
Coiinbatore shall, in the exercise anci p~rforinailce of any powers 
and dotics urhicli he is ~-lll?owii.L,l to  . : ~ c : .  . .; , , under 
sub-section (11, be subjcct lo iire gencral control of the respective 
Comnlissic?nc~ oi' I~olicc in  t l ; ~  2 .  . . : h e  same 
extent as an Execuiive Magistrate appoi~itcd o:ldcr scciiton 20 of 
the said Cotle would bc silbjcct to llic : conlrol of the 
Oisti-ict Magistl-ate appointed under that sc~lioii. 

(3) The Commissioner of Police ia the i i i y  of Madurai, or 
as the case may be, in the City of Coir~~bato~.s  or any officer sub- 
ordinate to such Commissioner, shall 1;ot bo kib,,-cc i t r  th:: csercise 
al~d perfurinance of any powers and duties wi:i<iI ii; is empowered 
to excrcisc and perl'orm under sub-sectior, (I;, to :kc general cont~ol 
01 the District Magistrate appointed under s~ct loi l  of the caid 
Code. 

(4) The provisions of this sccti4n s k i  icc i :  c rlfcct notwith- 
standing anything contained in the s;iiJ Coil-. 

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5. P G ~ ~ C C  jo~.cc frrl?cari/sniur;: ~n the Ci;(c..: oj' ii: .:. : !u !< :l <,wi ; a  :!loft? 

irnn?e&Lh&4u ivfore tl,c srpcinted dull to be d. .ci:icLc: to he police 
,'f,j.cc constiticted r{i?tl~i. tire City I)o:ico Acbt ti.: ,..ii( ~ i ! i ~ d . - -  -(!) The 



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Cobbatore, immediately before the appointed day (hereafter in thi~ 
section reierred to as the existing police force j shall, on the appoint4 

3 b for the City OF Mad* 
a i o r e  under the City \ da Police Act as'extended and every member of the existing police fora 
holding the office mentioned in column (1)  01 the Schedule i m m ~  
diately before the appointed day, shall be deemed to be allpointed, 
on such appointed day, to the oflice mentioned in the corresponding 
enh y in column (2) of that Schedule. 

( 2 )  All proceedings (inciudizg ~rcceedings by way of investi- 
gations) pending before any police ofiicer of the existing police for% 
immediately belore thc appointed day, shall on the appointed day, 
be deemed to be procl:eclings pending before him in his capacity a$ 
the holder of the okke to which hc is dcenied to bc appointed 
u n d e ~  subsection (1) and shall be dealt with accordingly. 

(3) Where any power or Dunction which may be exercised a 
dschuged under any law by a District Magistrate or Executive 
Magistrate hmnediately before the appointed day has been contened 
on the Commissioner of Poiice or any other police officer by or unda 

I the City Police Act as extended, all proceedings in relation to, or arising 
I from, the exercise of such power or the discharge of such function 

pending immediately before such conferment before the District 
Magistrate, or the Executive Magistrate, as the case may be, shall, 
on the conferment of such power or function, on the Commissioner 
of Police or other police officer, stand transferred to the Corn 
mmssloner of Police o f  other police officer, as the case may be, 
and the officer to whom such proceedings stand so transferred shd 
either proceed de novo or from the stage of such transfer. 

6. Control o f  the Director-General of  Police over the Corn- 
nlissioners of Police for r21adurar and Coit~?batcre.- ( 1) Notwith- 
standing a n y t k 5 ~  contained in the City Po!ice Act as extended, the 
Commiss:nner of Police for Madurai and the Comm~ssionc=r of Police 
for Coimbatore shall, in the exercise of their functionsl under the 
City Police Act as extended, be under the contlrol and direction of 
the Director-General of Police for the State of Tamil Nadu subject 
to any rules that; may be made under sub-section (2) 

(2) It shall' be osmpetent to the Government to make rdes to 
limit and regulate the exercise of the powers of control' and direction 
conferred on the Director-General d Police by sub-section (1) in 
respect of the Commissioners of Police far Madurai and Coimbq- 
tore. 

(3) Nothing in this section shall apply in relation to :be pow 
a d  functions which mav be excrcis~d n* r l :~ -L - - - -~  A *  - 

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or an Execu t;ve Magistrate. 

7 .  Construcfioti of rqerences to Luws nut ill force ivt the City pf 
Madurui and in the City of CoilnBatyre.-(1) Any reference in the 
Clty Police Act as entended by this Act, to n law which is not id 
force in the City of Madurai, or as the case ~ z + * v  be, in tile City of 
Coin~batore on the appointed day shill, in relakcn to the said cities, 
be construed as a reference to the correbpondinp iaw, if any, in force 
in the said cities. 

(2) Any reference to the Tamil Nadu District Police Act, 1859 
(Cexiral Act XXlV of 1859) in aJiy law in iorcc in the City ot 
Madurai and in the City of Coirnbntore shall, in relation to those 
cities, be construed, 011 and after t l~e  2pyointt~d day, as a reference - 
to the City Police Act. 

8. Repeal of corresponding l a w -  immediately before the 
appointed day, there is any law in force in the City of Madurai or 
in rhz City of Coimbatore [including the 'Tam:i i\edn District Police 
Act, 1859 (Central Act XXIV of lb59) (hereinafter in this ~eckio* 
referred to as the Central Act) and the provisions af the City PoIPolico 
Act specified in the Schedule to the Cential Act and cxrei:ded by way 
of notification unclcr section 54-A of t.hc Central Act1 corresponding 
tu the City Police Act, such correspc d i n g  law sliall, on the appointed 
day, stand repealed in relation to ti;c City of Maduri?i, or as the case 
may be, the City of Coirnbatore to the extent to which tbe correfr 
ponding law relates to matters with respoct to which the State Legis- 
lature bas power to mak? laws for the State. 

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9. Savings.--(l)  The repeal by section 8 of any correspondhg 
law shall not affect-- 

I (a) tt!.: previous operation of any such law or anything 
done or du!:, cuRexed thereunder ; or 

( b ) any right, privilege, obligation ar liability acquiired, 
accrued or incurred under any such law ; or 

(c) any penalty, forfeiture or punishme~ct incurred in 
respect of any offence committed against any such law ; or 

( d )  any investigation, legal proceeding or reqtnedy i 
respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, pcrdty, 
forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid ; and any such investigation, 
legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced 

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(2) Subject to thq provisians otf sub-section ( I ) ,  anything 
done or any action taken, including any appointmclr~ or. delegation 
made, notitication, order, instru~tion or direction issued, rule, 
regulation, iorm, by-law or schenic framed, certificate, pesnlit or 
licence granted UL :.eglstratim elteeted, u:~der such cq-responding 
law in relarkon to the City of Xladurai, or as the case may be, the 
City of Coimbntoro, shall be deemed to have been done or taken 
.under the corresponding provisions of the City IJolice Act and shall 
continue in force acc&rdingiy, unless and until superseded by 
anything done or any action taken under the said City Police Act 
as extended. 

10. Constrrlction of reference to authorities where nett, crrithorities 
have been con.r.titiiled.-Ally reference, by whaWer form of 

.words in any law in force to any authority competent an the date 
- immediately preceding the appointed day to exercise any powzrs 
or discharge any functions in the City of Madurai, or as the case 
may be, in the City wf Coimbatore, shall, where a corresponding 

'newvauthority has been ccmstituted bv or undel- the City Pdise 
Act as extended or under this Act to ihe said cities, have eRect as 
-if it were a refercnce to that new authority. 
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11. Powers of courts and cther authorities )or prtrposes of 
facilitating application of the City Police Act.-For the purpose 
d facilitating the applicrition, in the City of Madurai and in the 
City of Coimhatore, of.:he City Police Act as extended any court 
ador other authority may construe the said Act with such alter* 
*ions not affecting the substance as may be necessary or proper to 
,adapt it to the matter before the court or other authority. 

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i 12. Power to make rules.-(1) The. Go\~ernment may make 
;1 W e s  for carrying out all or any of the purposes of this Act. 
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2 . (2) All rules made under this Act shall be published in the 
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:Tamil Nadu Government Gozcme, and unless they are expressed to 
* cqme into force on a particular day, sly111 come into force oa the 

dity on which they, are so published. 

(3)  All notifications issued under this Act shall, unless they 
'nrq expressed to come into force on a particular day, come into 
force on the day on which they are published. 

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. a  (4) Every rule, or order made or notification issued undrr 
this Act shall, as soon as possible after it is made or issued, bo 
.placed on the table of the 1-agislative Assembly, aad if before the 

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13. Power to retpove difficlr1t;~~c.-lf any  difficaltv arises in 
giving effect to !be provisions ni  the C ~ t y  Police Act as extended 
by this Act, to the City 9: ?ladurai and to the City of Coimbatore, 
the Government ma?, as occasion may require, by order, do any- 
thing - \\-hich salf:ir: - - l o  i h c ~ ~  to b e  n<ce isa r~  for the purpose of 
removing the di i5c~l ty  : 

Providcd that no order shall - be made under this section after 
iies the exjtiry of two years from the apponted day. 
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(2) 
Commissioner of Police : 

Pro1,ided that after the appointed 
day, the Government may 
appclint as Commissioner of 

Bo:'.e an oficer in the rank 
of Deputy Inspector-General 
of Police : 

Provided further that where a 
Commissioner of Police is 
iti~pointed in the rank of 
Deputy Inspector-General of 

Pol:cs, thz Government may 
appoint a Deputy Commis- 
sioner of Police in the rank of 

Superintendent of Pol!+ce. 

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1 to Pol ice. Polire. 

i (By order of the Governor) 

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Cornmi.rsioner (2nd Secrqtary to Governinent, 

Law DLpn*tment, 


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