GPOL 145 — Penalty for making false statement etc. and for misconduct of Police officers.

Gujarat Police Act, 1951

Statutory text

(1) Any person who makes a false statement or uses a false document for the purpose of obtaining employment or release from employment as a police officer, or

(2) Any police officer who (a) is guilty of cowardice, or (b) resigns his office or withdraws himself from duties thereof in contravention of section 29, or (c) is guilty of any wilful breach or neglect of any provision of law or of any rule, or order which as such police officer, it is his duty to observe or obey, or (d) is guilty of any violation of duty for which no punishment is expressly provided by any other law in force, shall, or conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with both.

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