Punjab Laws Act : POWER TO DIRECT LOCAL TAXATION FOR PAYMENT OF POLICE ENROLLED UNDER ACT 5 OF 1861 Indian

Punjab Laws Act,1872

Act No : 4

Section : POWER TO DIRECT LOCAL TAXATION FOR PAYMENT OF POLICE ENROLLED UNDER ACT 5 OF 1861

SECTION 39C: POWER TO DIRECT LOCAL TAXATION FOR PAYMENT OF POLICE ENROLLED UNDER ACT 5 OF 1861

Whenever it seems to the 11[State Government] expedient that the duties of watch-and-ward and other internal police service of any town or village not comprised within the limits of a municipality or within the limits of a village -watchman's beat as defined under the power conferred by section 39 -should be performed by police-officers enrolled under Act V of 1861, the 11[State Government] may direct that the said service shall be so performed, and may also12[* * *] direct that the charges for the time being fixed by such Government on account of such service shall be defrayed by taxes to be levied in such town or village.