The Police Act, 1861
29. Penalties for neglect of duty, etc:- Every police-officer who shall be guilty of
any violation of duty or wilful breach or neglect of any rule or regulation of lawful order
made by competent authority, or who shall withdraw from the duties of his office without
permission, or without having given previous notice for the period of two months, 1
[or
who, being absent on leave shall fail, without reasonable cause, to report himself for duty
on the expiration of such leave] or who shall engage without authority in any employment
other than his police duty, or who shall be guilty of cowardice, or who shall offer any
unwarrantable personal violence to any person in his custody, shall be liable, on conviction
before a Magistrate, to a penalty not exceeding three months’ pay, or to imprisonment, with
or without hard labour, for a period not exceeding three months, or to both.
29. Penalties for neglect of duty, etc:- Every police-officer who shall be guilty of
any violation of duty or wilful breach or neglect of any rule or regulation of lawful order
made by competent authority, or who shall withdraw from the duties of his office without
permission, or without having given previous notice for the period of two months, 1
[or
who, being absent on leave shall fail, without reasonable cause, to report himself for duty
on the expiration of such leave] or who shall engage without authority in any employment
other than his police duty, or who shall be guilty of cowardice, or who shall offer any
unwarrantable personal violence to any person in his custody, shall be liable, on conviction
before a Magistrate, to a penalty not exceeding three months’ pay, or to imprisonment, with
or without hard labour, for a period not exceeding three months, or to both.
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