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Parent: The KARNATAKA POLICE ACT, 1963. (4aded5b93505795e677300a6b18af976953ae763)

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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

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20A · The State Security Commission.- (1) The State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, establish a Commission to be called the State Security Commission for the purpose of exercising such functions and discharging such duties as may be assigned to the Commission, by or under this Act.

20B · Police Establishment Board.- (1) The State Government shall, by notification in the official Gazette, establish a Police Establishment Board with the Director General and Inspector General of Police as Chairman and three senior most police officers not below the rank of Additional Director General of Police working within the police department as members. Additional Director General of Police (Administration) shall be the convener.

20C · State Police Complaints Authority.- (1) The State Government shall, by notification in the official Gazette, constitute the State Police Complaints Authority consisting of three persons, namely.-

20D · District Police Complaints Authority.- (1) The Government shall in consultation with State Police Complaints Authority, by notification in the official Gazette, constitute the District Police Complaints Authority under the chairmanship of the Regional Commissioner of the Region and two other members, one from the retired Civil Service and the other from the Civil Society. The member of retired Civil Service shall be an officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary to Government and the other member shall be from the Civil Society. The Civil Society member shall be chosen from amongst the panel of names recommended by the Lokayukta, who shall be a person of repute who has rendered humanitarian service in the field of education, Health, upliftment of the poor etc. and had not aligned himself with any political party or ideological group.

20E · Powers of the State Police Complaints Authority and District Police Complaints Authority.- The State Police Complaints Authority and District Police Complaints Authority shall, while investigating any matter under this Act, have all the powers of a civil court in trying a suit and in particular, in respect of the following matters, namely:-

20F · Tenure of officers incharge of police stations, circle, sub-division, district and range -(1) Subject to superannuation, the officers who are in operational duties and incharge of Police station, Circle, Sub-division may have a minimum tenure of one year.

20G · Units in a Police station.- (1) The Police station shall be headed by a Station House officer not below the rank of an Inspector of Police or Sub-inspector of Police as the Government may by order determine.