(1) This Act may be called 1[the Maharashtra Police Act].
2[(2) It extends to the whole of the State of 3[Maharashtra].
4(3) It shall come into force 5[in the pre-Reorganisation State of Bombay] on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette 6[specify in this behalf, and in that part of the State to which it is extended by the Bombay Police (Extension and Amendment) Act, 1959 (Bom. XXXVI of 1959), it shall come into force on such other date as the Government may by like notification specify].
2[(2) It extends to the whole of the State of 3[Maharashtra].
4(3) It shall come into force 5[in the pre-Reorganisation State of Bombay] on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette 6[specify in this behalf, and in that part of the State to which it is extended by the Bombay Police (Extension and Amendment) Act, 1959 (Bom. XXXVI of 1959), it shall come into force on such other date as the Government may by like notification specify].
Source footnotes
1. The short title of the Act was substituted for "the Bombay Police Act, 1951" by Mah. 24 of 2012, s. 2 Schedule, entry 45, w.e.f. 1-5-1960.2. This sub-section was substituted for the original by Bom. 34 of 1959, s. 4 (1).
3. This word was substituted for the word "Bombay" by the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subject) Order, 1960.
4. Sub-section (3) shall stand unmodified vide the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subject) Order, 1960.
5. The words were inserted by Bom. 34 of 1959, s. 4 (2).
6. These words were substituted for the words "specify in this behalf" by Bom. 34 of 1959, s. 4 (2).
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Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · One Police force for the whole of the State of Maharashtra.Section 4 · Superintendence of Police Force to vest in the State Government.Section 5 · Constitution of Police Force.Section 6 · Director-General and Inspector-General, Additional and Deputy Inspector General.Section 7 · Commissioner.Section 8 · Appointment of Superintendent and Additional, Assistant and Deputy Superintendent.Section 8A · Appointment of Director of Police Wireless and of Superintendent, Assistant and Deputy Superintendents for Wireless System, Motor Transport System of any specific duty.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 22 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.