Section 71

The Commissioner may, with the approval of the Minister, authorise the creation of an Auxiliary Police Force within the limits of any specified area owned by or under the jurisdiction or control of the Government or of any company, statutory body or other organisation, as the case may be, for the purpose of safeguarding life and property within such area.

The Commissioner may, in his discretion, confer the powers of a police officer upon one or more suitable persons who are employed by the Government or, after such consultation with the employer as he considers necessary, by any company, statutory body or other organisation, in work of a nature which, in the opinion of the Commissioner, renders the conferment of such powers necessary or desirable, and every such person shall be known as an auxiliary police officer and shall carry a warrant card issued by the Commissioner.

Every auxiliary police officer shall on appointment take an oath or affirmation in the form appropriate to his case, as set out in the Schedule, to be taken before a gazetted officer of the Police Force.

The members of every Auxiliary Police Force shall be auxiliary police officers and shall be organised in ranks similar to those of the Police Force, and shall be subject to the authority of the Commissioner for the maintenance of law and order, the preservation of public peace and the prevention and detection of crime within the limits of the respective areas of each Auxiliary Police Force and to such extent outside the limits of such areas as the Commissioner may decide.

Every auxiliary police officer shall have the powers, protection and immunities of a police officer of corresponding rank within the area under the jurisdiction of the Auxiliary Police Force of which he is a member and to such extent outside the limits of such area as the Commissioner may decide:Provided that he shall also have such powers, protection and immunities outside such area when pursuing or in charge of any person who has committed, or is suspected of having committed, an offence within the limits of that area or within his view outside that area.

The Commissioner may, after consultation with the company, statutory body or other organisation employing an Auxiliary Police Force, second one or more police officers for service with such Auxiliary Police Force, and the salaries and allowances of those police officers shall be paid by that company, statutory body or other organisation.

The pay, pensions and conditions of service of every auxiliary police officer and his day to day duties shall be matters entirely within the jurisdiction of the Government, if he is employed by the Government, or of the company, statutory body or other organisation employing him, and standard arms, ammunition and other accoutrements shall be provided at the expense of the Government or of such company, statutory body or organisation, as the case may be.

Section 21 shall apply to auxiliary police officers who are members of an Auxiliary Police Force created within the limits of a specified area in the like manner as it applies to police officers:Provided that auxiliary police officers shall not be precluded from making representations of the nature mentioned in section 21(1) to the company, statutory body or other organisation employing them.

Upon the dismissal of any auxiliary police officer by the Government or by any company, statutory body or other organisation employing him, as the case may be, the Commissioner shall cancel the warrant card of such auxiliary police officer, who shall thereupon cease to be an auxiliary police officer.

Upon the resignation of any auxiliary police officer from the service of the Government or of any company, statutory body or other organisation, as the case may be, the auxiliary police officer shall surrender his warrant card to the Commissioner, and shall thereupon cease to be an auxiliary police officer.

Notwithstanding subsections (9) and (10), the Commissioner may, after prior notice to the employer of the Auxiliary Police Force concerned, in his discretion cancel at any time the warrant card issued to any auxiliary police officer, who shall thereupon cease to be an auxiliary police officer.

The Minister may make regulations to be called the Auxiliary Police Regulations to carry out the purposes of this section, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers, such regulations may provide for —

Any act done or omitted to be done by any auxiliary police officer employed by any company, statutory body or other organisation shall be deemed to be an act done or omitted to be done in the course of his employment with such company, statutory body or other organisation, as the case may be, and the Government shall not be liable for any act done or omitted to be done by any auxiliary police officer who is not employed by the Government. [73