Short title, extent and commencement — The KARNATAKA POLICE ACT, 1963.

Sections: Short title, extent and commencement Substitution of section 6 Insertion of new chapter IIA KARNATAKA ORDINANCE NO. 2 OF 2012 THE KARNATAKA POLICE (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2012 Arrangement of Sections --- KARNATAKA ORDINANCE NO. 2 OF 2012 THE KARNATAKA POLICE (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2012 (Promulgated by the Governor of Karnataka in the sixty-third year of the Republic of India and First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the 1 st day of June, 2012) An Ordinance further to amend the Karnataka Police Act, 1963. Whereas both the Houses of the state legislature are not in session and His Excellency the Governor of Karnataka is satisfied that the circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action, further to amend the Karnataka Police Act, 1963 (Karnataka Act 4 of 1964) for the purposes hereinafter appearing; Now, therefore in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 213 of the Constitution of India, His Excellency the Governor of Karnataka is pleased to promulgate the following Ordinance, namely:- Short title, extent and commencement.- (1) This Ordinance may be called the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Ordinance, 2012. It extends to the whole of the State of Karnataka. It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. Substitution of section 6.- In the Karnataka Police Act, 1963 (Karnataka Act 4 of 1964) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for section 6, the following shall be substituted, namely:- "6. Director General and Inspector General of Police.- (1) For the direction, control and supervision of the Police service, the Government shall appoint a Director General and Inspector General of Police, who shall subject to the cont