State Act

The Chennai City Police (Extension to the Chennai City Suburban Area) Act, 2008 Act 54 of 2008

This Act was repealed on 24 August 2011 by the Chennai City Police (Extension to the Chennai City Suburban Area) Repeal Act, 2011 (Tamil Nadu Act 22 of 2011), s.2; it may still apply to matters that began before then.

4. (1) Without prejudice to the provisions contained in section 7 of the City Police Act, the Government may, by notification, and subject to such conditions and limitation as may be specified therein, empower,— (a) the Commissioner of Police for Chennai City Suburban Area to exercise and perform in relation to the Chennai City Suburban Area, the powers and duties of an Executive Magistrate and of a District Magistrate under such of the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter in this section referred to as the said Code) or of any other law in force relating to matters with respect to which the State Legislature has power to make laws for the State, as may be specified in the notification; (b) any officer subordinate to the Commissioner of Police for Chennai City Suburban Area (not being an Officer below the rank of an Assistant Commissioner of Police) to exercise and perform in relation to Chennai City Suburban Area as may be specified in the notification, the powers and duties of Executive Magistrate under such of the provisions of the said Code or of any other law in force relating to matters with respect to which the State Legislature has power to make laws for the State, as may be specified in the notification. (2) Every officer subordinate to the Commissioner of Police for Chennai City Suburban Area shall, in the exercise and performance of any powers and duties, which he is empowered to exercise or perform under sub-section(1), be subject to the general control of the said Commissioner of Police in the same manner and to the same extent as an Executive Magistrate appointed under section 20 of the said Code would be subject to the general control of the District Magistrate appointed under that section. (3) The Commissioner of Police for Chennai City Suburban Area or any Officer subordinate to such Commissioner, shall not be subject, in the exercise and performance of any powers and duties which he is empowered to exercise and perform under sub-section (1), to the general control of the District Magistrate appointed under section 20 of the said Code.