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Murticipal Police , 11878 : T.N. Act VII

'(TAMIL NBDU) ACT No. VII OF 1878%.

(Received the assent ofthe Governor on the 16th April 187.8,

and ofthe Governor-Generalon the 7thSeptember 1878.)
An Act to provide for the payment from
municipal funds of a portion of tho cost
of the police force employed in the City of
Madras and i n dl municipal towns within
the 8[State of T&rnilNadu].

Preamble. WHEREAS it is expedient that a portion of the oost of

the Police employed in the City of Madras, and in every
town brought under the operation of the PTowns M,&@
Improvement Act, 187 1 ( W a s ) , shall be defrayed Act m
from municipal funds ; It is hereby emoted as of 1871'
follows:-

Oommencement
1. This Act shall come into force on the-first day of
of~ot. April 1879.
2. [RepeaE of secthn 2 of Act V of 1871.] Rep. by the
RepealZng cGnd Amending Act, 1901 (Csntral Act X I of
1901).

1 These words were substit~tedfor the word "Madras" by the

Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as mended by the
Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws (Seoond Amendment) Order,
1969, which came into force on the 14th January 1969.
2 Short title, "The Madraa Municipal Police Aot, 1878 " wes given
by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1901 (Central Aot XI of 1901).
For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Fort St. George Gazette.
1878, Supplement. dated the 27th March, page 1; for Report of
the Seleot Cornmitee, see ibid, dated the 9th April 1878, page 1; for
Prooeeding~in Counoil, aee ibid, dated the Qth April 1878, page 68
and ibid,dated the 24th April 1878, page 75.
:This ex ression was substituted for the expression "Pkdency
ofso& St. &eorge9'by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Law8 Odor,
1970, whioh was deemed t o have come Into force on the 14th
Jauary 1969.
4 The Aat waa ?pealed by ?fadree Act N of 188&aes now the
Tamil Nsdu Distnct MunioipalltiesAct, 1920 (TamilNadu A& V og
19W).
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1818 : T.R. Act VII] &zclzicipal Police 218

8. The Munioipal Commissioners for the City of Munioipal

Madras shall annually set apart, and pay to l [ t h e : g E p
State Gov~rnment]in equal monthly instalments, out ,,h~-, ,f
of the funds raised under the Madras Munioipal Aot, Polio0 in City
1867e, or any other oomesponding law for the time
being in foroa suoh sum not exoeeding fifty per oentum
of the total oost of the Polioe-form, other than the
Marine Police, employed by l[the State Government]
in the said City, as may be annually fixed by l[the
State Government].

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of 1871.
4. In every town in whioh the 4TownsImprovement
Aot, 1871 (Madras),or any other corresponding law for towards
the time boing in forooh, is in operation, bhe Munioipal m o i n t e ~ o of
e
Pokoe 1n
Commissioners for suoh town shall annually set apart, mufaseal towno.
and pay to l[the State Government] in equal monthly
instalments out of the funds raised under the said A d
or law, suoh sum not exceeding seventy-five per
aentum of the total oost of the Police-foroe employed
in suoh town as may be annually fixed by l[the State
GovernmenB].

6. All sums payable under this Act shall bo paid by undertoAct,

whom
when
the Municipal Commissioners for suoh oity or town as t o be paid.
aforesaid at suoh times and to suah persons as l[the
State Government] may from time to time direot.
Commissioner of
Police t o furnish
6. The Commissioner of Police for the City of Madras the Madras
shall, on or before the first day of August in each year, Munioipality
furnish to the Munioipal Commissioners for the City of a M U d l ~ With
Madras, a statement of all sums received and expended

1 The words "the Provincial Government" were substituted for

the words 'Itbe Government" by the Adaptation Order of 1937 and
the word "State" was substitutod for "Provinoial" by the Adap-
tation Order of 1980.
2 The Aob was repealod by Madras Act V of 1878--see now the
Nadraa City Municipal Corporation Act, 1919 (Tamil Nadu Aot IV
of 1919).
a See Tamil Nadu Aot I V of 1919.
4 The Aot was repealed by Madree Aot I V of 1 8 8 4 - 8 now
~ ~ the
T-il Nadu Dietriot Munioipalities Act. 1920 (Tamil Nadu Aot V
of 1920).
6 SwTamil NBdu Aot Vof 1920.
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rbtements of by him in the past official year in respect of the Police-

received, foroe, other than the Marine Police, employed in the
a d expended
uld o f e e t m d ~ i d ciby, and a statement or estimate showing the
probable probable expenditure to be inourred in the ensuing
expenditure, on official year in respeot of the said Police-force.
moount of the
csts Police. Every District Superintendent of Police shall, at suoh
District periods as the l[State Government] may from time to
~ ~ ~ ~ time
$ , directa
p " t furnish
o~ to the Municipal Commis~ionera
furnish similar for 'every town in his district in which the aTowns~ a a r
8tabmenta to Improvement Act, 1871 (Madras), or any other corres-
mufassal
m-cipdtiesin ponding law for the time being in foroe, is in operation,
pspeot of Polioe statements containing similar inforhation to that
m towns. mentioned in the preceding paragraph, in respeot of
the Police-force employed in every suoh town.
3(TAMIL NADU) ACT No. VIII OF 1878 4.
[THE S ( T NDU) ~ ~ COTFEE-STEALING
PREVENTION AUT,1878.1
(Received the wsent of the Governor on the 30th Augzcst
1878, and of the Governor-Benerd onthe 28th 8ep-
tember 1878.)
An Aot t o prevent Thefts of Coffee.
Yroamble. WHEREAS
it is expedient to make special provision to
prevent thefts of coffee, and to repress and punish the
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1 The words "Provincial Goymnont" werc substituted for the
words '' Governor in Council by the Adaptation Order of 1937
a d the word "State" was substituted for "Provincisl " by the
Adaptation Order of 1960.
a See now Tamil Nadu Act V of 1920.
a Thcse words were substitutedfor tho word "Madras" by the
Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as amended by the
Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws (Second Amendment) Order, 1969,
whioh came into force on the 14th January 1969.
4 For Statement of Objects and Reasons, aee Tort St. George
Gazette Supplement, dated the 28th January 1878, page 3 ;for
Report of the Select Cornmitee, see ibid, Supplement, dated the 13th
August 1878, page 3; for Proceedings in Council, see ibid, Supple-
ment, dated the 12th February 1878, page 27 ibid, Supplement,
dated the 13th August 1878, page 100, ibid, Supplement, &tad the
20th August 1878, page 101.
This Act was extended t o the hyekumarj
district and the Shencottah t d u k of the !WanelveIi
diatriot by section 3 of, end the Fiwt Soheclule to, the Tamil
Nadu (Transferred Territory) Extension of LBwe A d , 1960 (Tamil
Nadu Act 23 of 190O), which came into f o m on the l e t April
1961, repealingthe oorresponding law In that territory.
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The following Act cf the Tam11 Nadu Legislative Assembly rcceived tne assent of the
Governor on the 22nd May 2008 and is hereby published for general information:-

ACT No. 20 OF 2008.

An Act to repeal the Tamil Nadu Municipal Police Act, 1878.

BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tam11 Nadu in the Fifty-ninth
Year of the Republ~cof India as follows:-
1. (i) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Municipal Police (Repeal) Act. 2008. Short title and
commence-
( i ~ ) It shall come tnto force at once. ment.
2. The Tam11Nadu Municipal Police Act, 1878 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Repeal.
Act) is hereby repealed.
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3. All actions taken under the principal Act and all proceedings thereunder
pending Abatement of
immediately before the commencement of this Act before any authority shall abate. action taken.

(By Order of the Governor)

S . DHEENADHAYALAN,
Secretary to Government,
Law Department.