(1) Every Police officer not on leave or under suspension shall for all purposes of this Act be deemed to be always on duty, and any Police officer or any number or body of Police officers allocated for duty in one part of the State may, if the State Government or the 1[Director-General and Inspector-General] so directs, at any time be employed on Police duty in any other part of the State for so long as the services of the same may be there required.
(2) Intimation of proposed transfer to be given by the 2[Director General and Inspector General] to the Commissioner and District Magistrate.- Timely intimation shall, except in cases of extreme urgency, be given to the 3[Revenue Commissioner] and the District Magistrate by the 4[Director General and Inspector-General] of any proposed transfer under this section, and, except, where secrecy is necessary, the reasons for the transfer shall be explained; whereupon the officers aforesaid and their subordinates shall give all reasonable furtherance to such transfer.
(2) Intimation of proposed transfer to be given by the 2[Director General and Inspector General] to the Commissioner and District Magistrate.- Timely intimation shall, except in cases of extreme urgency, be given to the 3[Revenue Commissioner] and the District Magistrate by the 4[Director General and Inspector-General] of any proposed transfer under this section, and, except, where secrecy is necessary, the reasons for the transfer shall be explained; whereupon the officers aforesaid and their subordinates shall give all reasonable furtherance to such transfer.
Source footnotes
1. These words shall be deemed to have been substituted with effect from the 13th day of December 1982 for the words "Inspector-General" by Mah. 32 of 1987, s. 2.2. These words shall be deemed to have been substituted with effect from the 13th day of December 1982 for the words "Inspector-General" by Mah. 32 of 1987, s. 2.
3. These words were substituted for the word "Commissioner" by Bom. 8 of 1958, s. 3, Schedule.
4. These words shall be deemed to have been substituted with effect from the 13th day of December 1982 for the words "Inspector-General" by Mah. 32 of 1987, s. 2.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.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.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 22 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.