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Police Reforms: India
Police Reforms: Too Important to Neglect, Too Urgent to Delay

   

Police Legislation

 

Country Names

Acts

Antigua and Barbuda

To be linked

Australia

Australia Federal Police Act 1979

STATES:
New South Wales
Police Act 1990

Police Integrity Commission Act 1996
Police Service Amendment Act 2002

Northern Territory
Police Administration Act, 2002

Queensland
Police Service Administration Act 1990
Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000

South Australia
Police (Complaints and Disciplinary Proceedings) Act 1985

Police Act 1998

Tasmania
Police Service Act 2003

Victoria
Police Regulation Act 1958

Police Regulation (Selection and Review) Act 1996

Police and Corrections (Amendment) Act 1997

Western Australia
Police Act 1892

Bahamas

To be linked

Bangladesh

To be linked

Barbados

To be linked

Belize

Belize Police Act Chapter 138

Botswana

To be linked

Brunei Darussalam

To be linked

Cameroon

To be linked

Canada

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act

Provinces:

British Columbia
Police Act

Alberta
Police Act

Saskatchewan
The Police Act 1990

Manitoba
The Provincial Police Act

Ontario
Police Services Act

Quebec
Police Acts and Regulations
Police Act

New Brunswick
Police Act, 1977

Nova Scotia
The Police Act

Prince Edward Island
The Police Act, 1988

Newfoundland
Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Act, 1992

Yukon
Auxiliary Police Act

Northwest Territories
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Agreement Act, 1988

Nunavut
Consolidation of Royal Canadian Mounted Police Agreement Act

Cyprus

To be linked

Dominica

To be linked

Fiji Islands

Laws of Fiji - Chapter 85

The Gambia

To be linked

Ghana

Police Service Act 1970

Grenada

To be linked

Guyana

Police Act - Chapter 16
Police Act - Chapter 17

India

Police Act of 1861

STATES:
Bombay Police Act 1951

Kerala Police Act 1960

Karnataka Police Act 1963

Delhi Police Act 1978

Madhya Pradesh Police Bill 2002

Jamaica

Police Act
The Police Public Complaints Act

Kenya

To be linked

Kiribati

To be linked

Lesotho

To be linked

Malawi

Constitution Chapter-XV

Malaysia

To be linked

Maldives

To be linked

Malta

Code of Police Laws

Mauritius

To be linked

Mozambique

To be linked

Namibia

To be linked

Nauru

To be linked

New Zealand

New Zealand Police Act 1958 109

Nigeria

To be linked

Pakistan

Police Order 2002
Amendment Ordinance Police Order 2002

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Consolidated Legislation

Samoa

To be linked

Seychelles

To be linked

Sierra Leone

To be linked

Singapore

Police Force Act 2004

Solomon Islands

Police Act Chapter 110

South Africa

South Africa Police Services Act 1995

Sri Lanka

Police Ordinance

St Kitts and Nevis

Police Act 2002

St Lucia

To be linked

St Vincent and the Grenadines

To be linked

Swaziland

To be linked

Tonga

To be linked

Trinidad and Tobago

The Police Service Bill 2003
The Police Complaints Authority Bill 2003

Tuvalu

To be linked

Uganda

To be linked

United Kingdom

Criminal Justice and Police Act (UK)
Police Act 1997 (UK)
Police Reform Act 2002(UK)

Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000
Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003

United Republic of Tanzania

To be linked

Vanuatu

Police Act

Zambia

To be linked

Zimbabwe*

To be linked

*Zimbabwe ceases to be a member of the Commonwealth family.