(1) This Act may be called 1[the Maharashtra State Commissioners of Police Act].
(2) It extends to the whole of the 2[State of Maharashtra].
(3) It shall come into force on such date3 as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
(2) It extends to the whole of the 2[State of Maharashtra].
(3) It shall come into force on such date3 as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Source footnotes
1 The short title of the Act was amended for "the Bombay State Commissioners of Police Act, 1959" by Mah. 24 of 2012, ss. 2, Schedule, entry 78, w.e.f. 1-5-1960.2 These words were substituted for the words "State of Bombay" by the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1960.
3 4th January 1960, vide G. N., H. D., No. PRS. 5459/C. 2098 (a) published in B. G. G. 24-12-1959, Part IV-B, p. 1692.
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Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Amendment of enactments; power of State Government to confer powers and impose duties on Commissioner of Police under any law.Section 4 · Existing appointments, notifications, etc., by 2 Superintendent of Police and, where District Magistrate’s powers are conferred in substitution on Commissioner of Police, by District Magistrate, to be deemed to have been made by Commissioner of Police.Section 5 · Construction of references to Superintendent of Police in existing laws.Section 6 · Construction of references to Superintendent of Police and District Magistrate in instruments or documents.Section 7 · Pending proceedings before Superintendent of Police and District Magistrate.Section 8 · Pending legal proceedings.Section 9 · Power to remove difficulties.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 23 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.