19. Framing of regulations for administration of the police.—Subject to the orders of the
Administrator, the Commissioner of Police may make regulations not inconsistent with this Act or any
other law for the time being in force—
(a) regulating the inspection of the police force by his subordinates;
(b) determining the description and quantity of arms, accoutrements, clothing and other
necessaries to be furnished to the police;
(c) prescribing the places of residence of members of the police force;
(d) for institution, management and regulation of any police fund for any purpose connected with
police administration;
(e) regulating the distribution, movements and location of the police;
(f) assigning duties to police officers of all ranks and grades, and prescribing the manner in
which, and the conditions subject to which they shall exercise and perform their respective powers
and duties;
(g) regulating the collection and communication by the police of intelligence and information;
(h) generally, for the purpose of rendering the police efficient and preventing abuse or neglect of
their duties.
20. Commissioner of Police may call for returns.—The Commissioner of Police may call for such
returns, reports and statements on any subject connected with the prevention and detection of crime, the
maintenance of order and the performance of the duties of his subordinates as such subordinates may be
able to furnish to him.
21. Powers of punishment.—(1) Subject to the provisions of article 311 of the Constitution and the
rules, the Commissioner of Police, Additional Commissioner of Police, Deputy Commissioner of Police,
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Principal of the Police Training College or of the Police
Training School or any other officer of equivalent rank, may award to any police officer of subordinate
rank any of the following punishments, namely:—
(a) dismissal;
(b) removal from service;
(c) reduction in rank;
(d) forfeiture of approved service;
(e) reduction in pay;
(f) withholding of increment; and
(g) fine not exceeding one month’s pay.
(2) Subject to the rules—
(a) any police officer specified in sub-section (1) may award the punishment of censure to any
police officer of subordinate rank;
(b) the Assistant Commissioner of Police may award the punishment of censure to police officers
of, or below, the rank of Sub-Inspectors of Police;
(c) any police officer of, and above, the rank of Inspector may award punishment drill not
exceeding fifteen days or fatigue duty or any other punitive duty to constables.
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(3) Nothing in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall affect any police officer’s liability for
prosecution and punishment for any offence committed by him.
(4) The Commissioner of Police, Additional Commissioner of Police, Deputy Commissioner of
Police, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Principal of the Police Training College or of the
Police Training School, Assistant Commissioner of Police, or any other police officer of equivalent rank
may suspend any police officer of subordinate rank who is reasonably suspected to be guilty of
misconduct, pending an investigation or enquiry into such misconduct.
(5) An Inspector of Police may suspend any police officer below the rank of Sub-Inspector of Police,
who is reasonably suspected to be guilty of misconduct, pending an investigation or enquiry into such
misconduct.
22. Procedure for awarding punishments.—When any officer passes an order of awarding a
punishment of dismissal, removal from service, reduction in rank, forfeiture of service, reduction in pay,
withholding of increments or fine, he shall record such order or cause the same to be recorded together
with the reasons therefor, in accordance with the rules.
23. Appeal from orders of punishment.—An appeal against any order of punishment passed against
a police officer under section 21 or the rules thereunder [not being an order of punishment under
clause (c) of sub-section (2) of that section] shall lie—
(a) where the order is passed by the Commissioner of Police, to the Administrator;
(b) where the order is passed by an Additional Commissioner of Police, to the Commissioner of
Police;
(c) where the order is passed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Additional Deputy
Commissioner of Police, Principal of the Police Training College or School, Assistant Commissioner
of Police or any other officer of equivalent rank, to the Additional Commissioner of Police.
24. Police officers to be deemed to be always on duty and to be liable to employment in any part
of Delhi.—Every police officer not on leave or under suspension shall for all purposes of this Act be
deemed to be always on duty and any police officer or any number or body of police officers allocated for
duty in any part of Delhi may, if the Commissioner of Police so directs, at any time, be employed on
police duty in any other part of Delhi for so long as the services of the police officer or number or body of
police officers may be required in such other part of Delhi.
25. Circumstances under which police officer of subordinate rank may resign.—(1) Resignation
of any police officer of subordinate rank may be accepted only by the officer empowered to appoint (the
officer so empowered to appoint being hereafter in this section referred to as the appointing authority)
officers of such subordinate rank.
(2) A police officer of subordinate rank who intends to resign from police service shall give to the
appointing authority notice in writing to that effect and shall not be permitted to withdraw himself from
duty unless he has been granted permission to resign by such authority and two months have elapsed from
the date on which he tendered his resignation:
Provided that the appointing authority may at his discretion, permit a Head Constable or a constable
to withdraw himself from duty on his crediting to the Government two months’ pay in lieu of notice.
(3) A Head Constable or a constable who has agreed to serve for any specific period may not be
permitted to resign before the expiry of that period.
(4) Inspectors, Sub-Inspectors or Assistant Sub-Inspectors of Police, whose appointments involve
training at any Police Training College or Police Training School may not be permitted to resign within
three years from the date of their successfully completing the training.
(5) No police officer of subordinate rank whose resignation has been accepted by the appointing
authority shall be permitted to withdraw from duty until he has fully discharged all debts, due from him as
such police officer to Government or to any police fund and has surrendered his certificate of
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appointment, arms, accoutrements, uniform and all other Government property in his possession and has
also rendered a complete account of all Government money and property for which he is responsible.
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section if any police officer of subordinate rank
tenders his resignation on medical grounds and produces a certificate signed by the police surgeon or any
other medical officer authorised by the Administrator in this behalf declaring him to be unfit by reason of
disease or mental or physical incapacity for further service in the police, the appointing authority shall
forthwith permit him to withdraw from duty on his discharging, or giving a satisfactory security for the
payment of, any debt due from him as such police officer to Government or to any police fund:
Provided that he shall forthwith return the certificate of appointment, arms, accoutrements, uniform
and all other Government property in his possession before he is permitted to withdraw from duty.
(7) If any such police officer of subordinate rank resigns or withdraws himself from the duties of his
office in contravention of this section, he shall be liable on the orders of the appointing authority to forfeit
all arrears of pay then due to him in addition to the penalty to which he may be liable under section 22 or
any other law for the time being in force.
(8) Every such police officer on leaving the service in the Delhi police as aforesaid shall be given by
the appointing authority a Discharge Certificate in such form as may be prescribed.
26. Certificate, arms, etc., to be delivered by person ceasing to be a police officer.—(1) Every
person who for any reason ceases to be a police officer shall forthwith deliver to the officer empowered
by the Commissioner of Police, the Additional Commissioner of Police, Deputy Commissioner of Police,
Principal of the Police Training College or of the Police Training School, Additional Deputy
Commissioner of Police or any other officer of equivalent rank to whom such officer is subordinate, to
receive the same, his certificate of appointment and the arms, accoutrements, clothing and other
accessories which have been provided to him for the performance of duties and functions connected with
his office.
(2) (a) Any Metropolitan Magistrate and, for special reasons which shall be recorded in writing at the
time, the Commissioner of Police, Additional Commissioner of Police, Principal of the Police Training
College or of the Police Training School or a Deputy Commissioner, Additional Deputy Commissioner or
an Assistant Commissioner of Police may issue a warrant to search for and seize wherever they be found,
any certificate, arms, accoutrements, clothing or other accessories not delivered under sub-section (1).
(b) Every warrant so issued shall be executed by a police officer or, if the Metropolitan Magistrate or
the police officer issuing the warrant so directs, by any other person in the same manner as if it were a
warrant for a search issued under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).
(3) Nothing in this section shall apply in relation to any article which under the orders of the
Commissioner of Police has become the property of the person to whom the same was provided.
27. Occupation of, and liability to vacate, premises provided for police officers.—(1) A police
officer occupying any premises provided by the Commissioner of Police for his residence shall—
(a) occupy the same subject to such terms and conditions as may, by general or special order, be
specified by the Commissioner of Police; and
(b) notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, vacate the same on
his ceasing to be a police officer or whenever the Commissioner of Police or any officer authorised by
the Administrator in this behalf considers it, for reasons to be recorded in writing, necessary and
expedient to require him to do so.
(2) If any person who is bound or required under sub-section (1) to vacate any premises fails to do so,
the Administrator or the officer authorised in this behalf by the Administrator may order such person to
vacate the premises and may direct any police officer with such assistance as may be necessary to enter
upon the premises and remove therefrom any person found therein and to take possession of the premises
and deliver the same to any person specified in the direction.